Cycles for Softimage

[Shekn]

Yes, in some details the manual contains old information. Some screenshots contains old version of UI and so on. May be sometimes I will update it, but don't know when.

[Hirazi Blue]

Okay, thanks... I will get back to you after more testing...

[sirdavid32]

6. Nishita sky model in cycSkyTexture node. This model produce the great lightining for the open-door scene. Only one remark: by default the sky is over-brighted. For correct result it needs to switch to Filmic color profile (instead of the default sRGB).
7. VDB primitive for rendering static OpenVDB files. This primitive allows to select the vdb-file and show some statistic information about selected file. In particular, the grids inside this file. There is no possibility to render animated vdb-s by using these primitives. Only static. For animations it will be better to use OpenVDBtoSoftimage addon. How to use VDB Primitive is described in the tutorial 26 of the manual (https://ssoftadd.github.io/manuals/sycl ... 20_eng.pdf)
8. Some bugfixes and improvements. In particular, now in some cases the render does not update the whole scene, but update only changed items. This works for changing shader parameters and camera and lights positions. But this update mechanism may produces some bugs. I don't know.

Bad news: the size of the distributive is very big. 130 Mb. And I can't reduce it, because all libraries inside this distributive is needed for the render engine. Only one method to decrease the size of the distributive - delete unused cuda binaries inside \Application\Plugins\lib folder.

And one more remark. Now the render use tbb.dll library, and the version of used library may be conflict with the same library, installed in the system or used by another addon. For example, on my machine, if I install Sycles addon inside workgroup, then all works perfect, by if I install it to the same folder, as other addons, then it conflicts with my other addon S-USD. Because S-USD use another version of the tbb library.

Thank you for all those warnings. I completely deleted the last Sycles version, to get a clean install for version 1.10.
Question: Are the toon shaders also being updated?
Also: Thank you so much for posting this detailed guide with the new implementations!

Best regards.

[sirdavid32]

Just started using Sycles, but I can't seem to get it to work.
Could someone perhaps please post a simple sample scene I can use to check if everything works "as advertised"?

I posted this video and walked through some of the parameters. Maybe this will help?


I totally need to make a new one now that version 1.10 is out. I hope to find the time.

[Hirazi Blue]

Thanks. I will look at it!

[Shekn]

sirdavid32
No plans for updating SToon addon. It should work. This addon is the port of the addon "Toonkit for Cycles" for Blender. As I understand, there are no any essential changes in that addon, so, nothing to update in SToon.

[jonmoore]

sirdavid32
No plans for updating SToon addon. It should work. This addon is the port of the addon "Toonkit for Cycles" for Blender. As I understand, there are no any essential changes in that addon, so, nothing to update in SToon.

Are all the .xsirtcompound's safe for use in your latest version or will they cause problems. I ask as I keep all my .xisirtcompound's in a flat user directory so they'll be a pain to prune (but it is doable as I can recognise them through the Render Tree.

[Shekn]

I hope, that all previous shader compounds are working with the latest version of the Sycles. Some shader nodes were updated, but these updates only add functionality (ports or parameters) without any removes. So, it should works.

If you mean specially SToon shaders, then these shaders are osl-shaders. If some of them is not working, simply delete compiled *.oso file, and then, when needed, the render recompile it again. As a result, the shader node will be updated.

[jonmoore]

I hope, that all previous shader compounds are working with the latest version of the Sycles. Some shader nodes were updated, but these updates only add functionality (ports or parameters) without any removes. So, it should works.

If you mean specially SToon shaders, then these shaders are osl-shaders. If some of them is not working, simply delete compiled *.oso file, and then, when needed, the render recompile it again. As a result, the shader node will be updated.

That's great news. And yes, I meant Sycles shader compounds in general terms.

I'll also keep an eye out for any OSL driven shaders that need recompiling.

Thanks.

[MKXSI]

Hi everybody and thanks again Shekn for this
Btw, i installed Sycles 1.10.1 and the denoising tab on both render options and render region options is empty,,, any clue?
Thanks

[Shekn]

It's because you open render properties in the scene, created with the previous version of the Sycles. In the new version some parameters are changed, and the old scenes does not contains any data about new parameters. The only way to fix it - merge old scene to the new scene and resave it.

[wireframex]

Hi everybody and thanks again Shekn for this
Btw, i installed Sycles 1.10.1 and the denoising tab on both render options and render region options is empty,,, any clue?

Just create a new scene with a null then merge with your old scene

[MKXSI]

Solved! Thanks guys

[Hirazi Blue]

Here's a strange problem...
I hope I'm doing something wrong so do not hesitate to point out my error...
When rendering a simple sphere, the render shows a bite taken out of it (see my crudely drawn highlight)
What could I be doing wrong. It's a simple setup with Sycles diffuse shaders and a Sycles Area Light...

spherebittenarrow.png

[wireframex]

Light between camera and sphere ?
Send your scene I can have a look

[Hirazi Blue]

Weirdly enough I cannot reproduce the error this morning.
Will get back to you if and when I do...