Cycles for Softimage

[Shekn]

It should works. But sometimes, when you click to skip the rendering, Softimage start it again from the beginning. You skip again, and Softimage restart again and so on. It happens when, for example, you have an active quick render preview and rotate the camera. In this case after skipping the render restarts. I don't know why it happens. May this is from Softimage side, but may I am controlling render process in a wrong way.

[opoppopopp]

It should works. But sometimes, when you click to skip the rendering, Softimage start it again from the beginning. You skip again, and Softimage restart again and so on. It happens when, for example, you have an active quick render preview and rotate the camera. In this case after skipping the render restarts. I don't know why it happens. May this is from Softimage side, but may I am controlling render process in a wrong way.

Sorry, I mean the "skip rendered" in pass PPG

I think SI just check if there is a file matching current naming pattern, even it is a 0kb dummy file

if so, will skip that frame
if not, generate a .lock file indicate that some one currentlly rendering this frame, so that other application instances will skip this frame also

don't know the detail of custom renderer , but seems there is a "SkipExistingFiles" bool int the process callback?(attachment 2)

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[Shekn]

Ok. I understand what you mean. This skipping not done automatically by Softimage, but I will add this feature in the next update.

[Shekn]

Next small update - version 1.8.2. Download here: https://ssoftadd.github.io/download/Syc ... 2.xsiaddon

What's new:
1. Compile with the latest version of the Cycles renderer. This version of the Cycles have some new features:
1.1. Add Vertex Color node, which allows to get vertex color directly without using Attribute node (example in the attached picture).
1.2. Add "random per island" output in the Geometry node. This property assign random value for each connected component of the mesh (example in another attached picture).
1.3. Noise nodes (NoiseTexture, VoronoiTexture and MusgraveTexture) refactored. Some parameter changed and there are some new parameters.
2. Support the Softimage feature to skip frame rendering for existing images.
3. Some small bugfixes.

Blender developers again upgrade the version of used libraries. It means, that now the Sycles addon necessarily requires Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable 2015 or even 2017.

[wireframex]

Thanks a lot for update

[MKXSI]

Magnifique, Thanks a lot!

[MKXSI]

hi again, im having refresh issues when manipulating UV map on texture editor. Doesnt refresh results in render region.

[Shekn]

This is because the caching system is on. Turn it off, and the the uv-coordinates will be updated every time. This parameter placed in Performance tab of the render settings and called Cache Mesh.

[MKXSI]

TOps! Tanks for the tip.
Is there anyway to automaticly see textures on de texture editor, what i do now is i put the texture files in the rendertree so i am able to see them in the txt editor
Thanks

[Shekn]

No, as I understand, textures from Sycles shader nodes can not be automatically recognized by texture editor.

[MKXSI]

Thanks for the answer, btw neither in the viewport on texture shading mode isnt it?

[Shekn]

No, only on the render view.

[MKXSI]

ok thanks Shekn, would there anyway to implement that? you know im a zero on programming and stuff

[yashugan]

Hi, thank you again for the fanstastic CYCLES for xsi, it is actually ESSENTIAL and i'm converting all my work in cycles! A side from this i would like ask few things: Is possibile associate the VIEWPORT texture to the DIFFUSE of a shader automatically or choose witch texture see in viewpoert from the Cycimage node? Actually i have to assign a OPEN GL texture to every maerial and i was wondering if can be automatic... Also trasparency is not showed anymore... If i edit some UV is very usefull to see what i'm doing REALTIME
Last,is possible view the texture thumbnails inside the render tree? should very usefull to have a clear view of complex nodes.......
I know that those request can be "refinement",personally i think that can help much in editing shaders.
Anyway, thank you again for cycles, is a MUST have for XSI. Nothing else to say.

[Shekn]

I am sorry, but it is impossible to make realtime preview of the render tree texture nodes. Build-in MR shader nodes can be previewed in the viewport, but I don't know how to do this for custom nodes. What I can try to do is to recognize default Image node for using it in the same way as the cycImageTexture node. Then the texture will we shown in the viewport. But there is a problem: Cycles image node and MentalRay image node has a different set of parameters. Some parameters of the MR node can be interpreted as the similar parameters of the Cycles node, but not all of them.

In principle, it is possible to make preview of the nodes in the separate window. Like material preview. But also there are some problems. For example, if the node contains several outputs, what port should be output to the preview window? The cycImageTexture node has two outputs: color and alpha. What value should be previewed? The cycVoronoiTexture node has many different output ports, and some of them are empty when the node use one set of parameters, and contains data with another set of parameters.

[sirdavid32]

That would look like a dedicated floating viewport like in the Exocortex plugins.
Question: Is the addon working fine with SI2015sp2?