squariness

Que · March 18, 2007, 09:25:17 PM

ive recently done this picture on 2 differnt pcs just incase mine was on its way out or sumot lol
but it seems to happen on both so im wonderin if its a clitch with the preveiw or maybe someone knows why its happened but ..well plain to see ive got blockiness in me clouds to the top left n a lil on the right i think but ..well anyone any ideas how it happened as ive done a few cloud renders an all turned out ok

Cyber-Angel · March 18, 2007, 09:36:45 PM

Que,

This is a well known issue and is caused by the acceleration cache, try turning this option off seems to be the advice and re-render but be prepared for extended render times.

I haven't used clouds since I got the update, which apparently has fixed the blockyness with the acceleration cache, but as yet I haven't looked into this.

Regards to you.

Cyber-Angel

dhavalmistry · March 18, 2007, 09:51:24 PM

I thought they removed/reduced the blockiness in the update or am I wrong??....

Nice render by the way!

chefc · March 18, 2007, 10:12:25 PM

Great render

Que · March 18, 2007, 10:31:39 PM

hey thanks for the quick replys guys i'll give it a go ..need to work out where it is first but i'll find it lol

and thanks for the comments on the actual pic guys

Cyber-Angel · March 18, 2007, 10:40:46 PM

Quote from: dhavalmistry on March 18, 2007, 09:51:24 PM
I thought they removed/reduced the blockiness in the update or am I wrong??....

Nice render by the way!

I have the update as mentioned: but haven't got round to using the clouds yet to attest to weather or not the blockiness has been removed or not, maybe some one could do a test to be sure and post the results!

Regards to you.

Cyber-Angel

Oshyan · March 19, 2007, 02:42:36 AM

Que, are you using the updated version of TG2 (released a few days ago)? In TG2 go to Help->About Terragen 2 and report the build number listed after "Terragen 2 Technology Preview 1". It should be 1.8.76.0.

If you are in fact using the latest version then it would be helpful for us to have this scene for further testing on this issue. As the change log for the latest version indicates some work was put into resolving this blockiness issue with the acceleration cache, but some problems may remain.

- Oshyan

Dark Fire · March 20, 2007, 01:51:59 PM

Those blocks almost look good. As a consequence, I have a name for the image: Real world vs Digital world...

Que · March 20, 2007, 11:48:25 PM

hmmmm ok now im lost lol..new version ...ang on i need a drink

Que · March 21, 2007, 12:16:47 AM

Hi Oshyan im not totally sure what version i made the picture with i think its 1.8.64.0 that ive been using...only today have i formatted this pc im on and just downloaded the new preveiw as i didnt no there was one and the build number on this is the 1.8.76.0 version.

im going to give it anther go on this version cus i tried turning the accelaration cach off and it seemed to ...well it stopped the blockiness but turned it into more of a dripping paint kinda effect lol..so here the file incase ya want to look at it anyhow but i'll let you know how it turns out on this new version.

Thanks for the help guys
Quent.