Cycles for Softimage

[Surface_VR]

maybe we will create a separate branch -and put there -the final renders in cycles and softimage (especially ice is interesting (because it does not seem to support everything) -and note to the developer) what do you say? it will be more final and structured - the(test &) final renders in cycles and softimage

I'd like to do it in the future, when we have more movies!

[Surface_VR]

By the way, you can now add default texture nodes,
but is there any items that correspond to the Extension of cycTextureimage yet?

[Shekn]

There is a problem with this parameter. I can't find the parameter in the Image node, which allows to switch between different wrap modes of the texture coordinates (clamp the texture, repeat it or something else). By default Metal Ray does not repeat the texture, if the point outside of the uv coordinates. But in most cases it should be repeted. That's why in Sycles the Image node translated to cycImageTexture with repeat extension mode.

[Surface_VR]

OK.
I guess it's better to use the cycimagetexture node when applying decals.
Thanks!

[SPJ]

I want to post my renderings too!


All videos were created in Softimage and rendered in Sycles.
Textures were created in Substance Painter, Quixel Mixer, and free PBR textures.
It's great that ICE can be rendered in Cycles!

Very nice work there! Good to have someone else around that is having success with the workflows between SI and Sycles!

I've been tackling other client projects that are purely After Effects based lately so I haven't had much more time with XSI. I bought a new machine with a AMD Radeon 5700XT but I think that might of been a mistake because so far it isn't rendering with GPU. I'm going to try a bunch of different graphics driver versions as people in the Blender community are also having some issues with the 5700XT. I'm sure if I can get it to work, it will be so much faster!

[SPJ]

Hey Shekn, do you keep older versions of Sycles available to download at all?

I'm looking to try the 5700 XT GPU on different iterations of the Cycles source to see if I can get it to work. I've tried various graphics drivers from Nov 2020 - May 2021, but I just get a black frame from GPU only. CPU is fine.

I'm reading that it could be an OpenCL issue and that some users are having better results from either different graphics drivers or different Blender releases.

Thanks

[Shekn]

No, there are no old versions. Only 1.9: https://ssoftadd.github.io/download/Sycles_1.9.xsiaddon
1.9.1: https://ssoftadd.github.io/download/Syc ... 1.xsiaddon
and 1.10 - 1.10.2: https://github.com/ssoftadd/SSoftAdd.github.io/releases

[SPJ]

No, there are no old versions. Only 1.9: https://ssoftadd.github.io/download/Sycles_1.9.xsiaddon
1.9.1: https://ssoftadd.github.io/download/Syc ... 1.xsiaddon
and 1.10 - 1.10.2: https://github.com/ssoftadd/SSoftAdd.github.io/releases

Appreciate the links, I'll give these a try!

[Shekn]

One more links. I find an old backup with versions 1.1 - 1.7.5: https://mega.nz/file/JoInlYhL#Gk2UR8-4c ... H0LCfBkSRs

[SPJ]

One more links. I find an old backup with versions 1.1 - 1.7.5: https://mega.nz/file/JoInlYhL#Gk2UR8-4c ... H0LCfBkSRs

Wow, lots of versions to try. Thanks shekn, this will keep me busy for a bit. Hopefully I get a breakthrough!

[SPJ]

Something to do with tiles but hard to tell. Can do test some different HW tonight.

without denoise:


with denoise:


options (all at default)

I̶'̶v̶e̶ ̶i̶n̶s̶t̶a̶l̶l̶e̶d̶ ̶a̶ ̶r̶a̶n̶g̶e̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶d̶i̶f̶f̶e̶r̶e̶n̶t̶ ̶v̶e̶r̶s̶i̶o̶n̶s̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶S̶y̶c̶l̶e̶s̶.̶ ̶I̶ ̶w̶a̶s̶ ̶g̶e̶t̶t̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶b̶l̶a̶c̶k̶ ̶r̶e̶n̶d̶e̶r̶s̶ ̶w̶i̶t̶h̶ ̶G̶P̶U̶ ̶o̶n̶l̶y̶ ̶w̶i̶t̶h̶ ̶a̶l̶l̶ ̶v̶e̶r̶s̶i̶o̶n̶s̶ ̶a̶p̶a̶r̶t̶ ̶f̶r̶o̶m̶:̶ ̶-̶

V̶e̶r̶s̶i̶o̶n̶ ̶1̶.̶5̶ ̶c̶r̶a̶s̶h̶e̶d̶ ̶m̶y̶ ̶X̶S̶I̶ ̶w̶h̶e̶n̶e̶v̶e̶r̶ ̶I̶ ̶t̶r̶i̶e̶d̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶r̶e̶n̶d̶e̶r̶ ̶w̶i̶t̶h̶ ̶C̶y̶c̶l̶e̶s̶ ̶-̶
V̶e̶r̶s̶i̶o̶n̶ ̶1̶.̶4̶ ̶r̶e̶n̶d̶e̶r̶e̶d̶ ̶l̶i̶k̶e̶ ̶t̶h̶i̶s̶ ̶p̶o̶s̶t̶ ̶f̶r̶o̶m̶ ̶p̶a̶g̶e̶ ̶2̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶t̶h̶r̶e̶a̶d̶,̶ ̶I̶ ̶w̶i̶l̶l̶ ̶a̶t̶t̶a̶c̶h̶ ̶a̶n̶ ̶i̶m̶a̶g̶e̶.̶ ̶

R̶e̶a̶d̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶o̶n̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶f̶o̶r̶u̶m̶ ̶t̶h̶r̶e̶a̶d̶ ̶I̶ ̶n̶o̶t̶i̶c̶e̶d̶ ̶o̶t̶h̶e̶r̶s̶ ̶a̶l̶s̶o̶ ̶g̶e̶t̶t̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶b̶l̶a̶c̶k̶ ̶f̶r̶a̶m̶e̶s̶ ̶o̶n̶l̶y̶ ̶w̶i̶t̶h̶ ̶G̶P̶U̶ ̶a̶r̶o̶u̶n̶d̶ ̶p̶a̶g̶e̶s̶ ̶3̶-̶4̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶t̶h̶r̶e̶a̶d̶.̶ ̶I̶ ̶t̶h̶i̶n̶k̶ ̶I̶ ̶m̶i̶g̶h̶t̶ ̶h̶a̶v̶e̶ ̶a̶ ̶s̶i̶m̶i̶l̶a̶r̶ ̶p̶r̶o̶b̶l̶e̶m̶ ̶(̶a̶l̶t̶h̶o̶u̶g̶h̶ ̶i̶t̶'̶s̶ ̶a̶n̶ ̶A̶M̶D̶ ̶c̶a̶r̶d̶,̶ ̶s̶o̶ ̶n̶o̶t̶ ̶C̶U̶D̶A̶ ̶-̶ ̶p̶e̶r̶h̶a̶p̶s̶ ̶O̶p̶e̶n̶C̶L̶?̶)̶.̶ ̶ ̶I̶ ̶a̶m̶ ̶n̶o̶w̶ ̶c̶o̶m̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶r̶o̶u̶n̶d̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶t̶h̶i̶n̶k̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶i̶t̶ ̶m̶i̶g̶h̶t̶ ̶b̶e̶ ̶a̶ ̶b̶u̶g̶ ̶i̶n̶ ̶S̶y̶c̶l̶e̶s̶ ̶s̶i̶m̶i̶l̶a̶r̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶o̶n̶e̶ ̶n̶o̶t̶e̶d̶ ̶o̶n̶ ̶p̶a̶g̶e̶ ̶2̶?̶

EDIT: It looks like when 1.5 crashed, the XSI process was still running when I installed 1.4. The result was some 1.5 files didn't get removed when I installed 1.4 because they were read only. So basically the results above are not accurate.

[SPJ]

Been through all the versions that support GPU rendering and none of them are rendering with the GPU enabled. I just get a black frame.

I'm out of ideas, so I think I'll have to accept the GPU just won't work with Sycles

There are a lot of reports of problems with 5700 XT using Cycles in Blender. I should have looked into it before I purchased!

[wireframex]

Nvidia is the right move

[SPJ]

Nvidia is the right move

If only I knew that 3 weeks ago!! Not like gpus are that easy to get a hold of atm anyway!

[I3D]

Hi Shekn

I have 4 Tesla cards that only show up as CUDA but only 3 show up as OptiX. is this a widget limitation that cannot scroll beyond that point?



Thank you

[Shekn]

Yes, this is my limitation. I hardcode the limit to 8 devices, but it's possible to increase the limit in the next update. May be to 1024 devices. 1k devices ought to be enough for anybody.