Cycles for Softimage

[wireframex]

Edit.. I can't put (Sorry, the board attachment quota has been reached.)

You can store it in https://www.dropbox.com to share it ?

[wireframex]

Hi shekn,

Do you think to update HDRMaster soon ?
Thanks
Phil

[avalon_70]

Include or not include, that is the question. The reason to distribute libraries for GPUs separately is to reduce the addon size. As I understand by your remarks it is inconvenient. Ok, next time I will include the lib folder into addon package.

Thank you ..

Edit.. I can't put (Sorry, the board attachment quota has been reached.)

You can store it in https://www.dropbox.com to share it ?

Ok.
You can find the two "compounds" here:

https://www.taobargraphics.com/download

Right click on the button and "save link as..."

The new site is in progress, as soon as I have some time to complete it...

[Shekn]

About HDRMaster. I think about it, but if make update, then it should fix some other problems. For example, when it fills the library with hdr maps, then it spams jpg-s to the directory with hdr files. It's not ok. It will be better to store these secondary images in different directory or may be even in the database. Also it will be helpful to add support of the other renderers: MentalRay, Arnold or my other integrations (ospRay and LuxCore). It's possible, but requires some time.

[wireframex]

You can find the two "compounds" here:

https://www.taobargraphics.com/download

Thanks

EDIT : Can't download it --> I tried with Opera and Edge Browser without any success because of security problem

[wireframex]

About HDRMaster. I think about it, but if make update, then it should fix some other problems. For example, when it fills the library with hdr maps, then it spams jpg-s to the directory with hdr files. It's not ok. It will be better to store these secondary images in different directory or may be even in the database. Also it will be helpful to add support of the other renderers: MentalRay, Arnold or my other integrations (ospRay and LuxCore). It's possible, but requires some time.

Ok don't worry
It will be ready when it will be ready

[opoppopopp]

Log Statistics won't log real object name as before?

// Geometry:
// Total memory: 5.08M (5,326,626)
// mesh 1.85M (1,935,408)
// mesh 1.85M (1,935,408)
// mesh 496.20K (508,109)

// Geometry:
// Total memory: 5.08M (5,326,549)
// polymsh_detached1 1.85M (1,935,408)
// polymsh_detached1 1.85M (1,935,408)
// di 496.20K (508,109)

[avalon_70]

EDIT : Can't download it --> I tried with Opera and Edge Browser without any success because of security problem

Try here:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/h3b4vrunmtty2 ... 2.zip?dl=0

[Shekn]

About logging mesh names. You are right, I will fix it in the next update.

[wireframex]

Try here:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/h3b4vrunmtty2 ... 2.zip?dl=0

Far better

[avalon_70]

After a long time I have to do a job that includes a render. I'm trying to use cycles and I noticed a few problems:
The first is the disappearance of the tiles in the options (blender 3.4 has them), and every test I have to wait for it to complete the whole frame.
The ideal is that they existed and started from the center in a spiral, but I don't know if this is feasible.

Second problem, the render must perhaps be very large in size (it will have to be printed), and doing a quick test up to about 8000px it works, then it crashes (I have a GTX 1070 with 8gb of ram), it could also be a settings problem that I do not know.

[Shekn]

These are two slightly different issues. Tiling rendering option is hidden in UI of the Sycles, because there are some problems with it. I can not properly setup this mode. I set all parameters in the same way as in Blender sources, but my render is crashes. So, it requires more investigations. In theory this tiling mode should help to render big images.

But, I tried to render 16k width image in built-in MentalRay, ant it crashed. I think that the reason not on the render engine, but in Softimage. It allocates the frame buffer for output to the screen, and if it overflow the gpu memory, then it crashes. All successfully rendered in the batch mode. MenalRay image with 16k output result and also Sycles image with the same size. In batch mode all works with cpu or gpu render devices.

[avalon_70]

These are two slightly different issues. Tiling rendering option is hidden in UI of the Sycles, because there are some problems with it. I can not properly setup this mode. I set all parameters in the same way as in Blender sources, but my render is crashes. So, it requires more investigations. In theory this tiling mode should help to render big images.

But, I tried to render 16k width image in built-in MentalRay, ant it crashed. I think that the reason not on the render engine, but in Softimage. It allocates the frame buffer for output to the screen, and if it overflow the gpu memory, then it crashes. All successfully rendered in the batch mode. MenalRay image with 16k output result and also Sycles image with the same size. In batch mode all works with cpu or gpu render devices.

Okay, thanks for the reply.
Tile rendering is very convenient for scene setup, when there is a need to calibrate the various materials.
Ok for the batch render, I've used it a lot in the past, if I remember correctly I still have a tool that helps in its creation ( RenderQ if I remember correctly).

[Maximus]

Im having constant crashes on rendering Strands. Just a simple basic emission > generate strand trails and render causes softimage to crash
anyone experienced this?

[avalon_70]

Im having constant crashes on rendering Strands. Just a simple basic emission > generate strand trails and render causes softimage to crash
anyone experienced this?

I just tried. It doesn't crash for me. GTX 1070 and installation without DLL change.

[Shekn]

I checked, and for me strands and, in particular, strand trails are working without any errors.