Hi All,
Overall, I LOve the new update, but each time I try to insert a clip file (following generation of terrain + fractal terrain), my machine crashes. I've done this countless times with the previous version of TG2..and no probs. Wondering what's up.
Thanks in advance for any clues/recommendations.
Linda
Quote from: Linda McCarthy on November 29, 2010, 12:00:44 AM
Hi All,
Overall, I LOve the new update, but each time I try to insert a clip file (following generation of terrain + fractal terrain), my machine crashes. I've done this countless times with the previous version of TG2..and no probs. Wondering what's up.
Thanks in advance for any clues/recommendations.
Linda
I've experienced this before the new version. I found that you need to either pause the preview window's progress; or, wait till it is finished rendering - then, proceed to add your clip file. Hope this helps.
Strange, I'm not aware of seeing this kind of instability in our internal testing. In a quick test just now I can't replicate this, but my test scene is fairly simple. Does this happen with all clip files for both of you? Can you reliably reproduce it?
- Oshyan
Quote from: Oshyan on November 29, 2010, 12:29:48 AM
Strange, I'm not aware of seeing this kind of instability in our internal testing. In a quick test just now I can't replicate this, but my test scene is fairly simple. Does this happen with all clip files for both of you? Can you reliably reproduce it?
- Oshyan
I am doing a final render right now Oshyan. When it is complete, I'll try adding a clip file while the preview window is rendering to see if it happens again. This crash issue has happened for me several times in the past until I discovered waiting for the the preview window to complete rendering before adding a clip file worked.
OK. You mention it happened before the 2.2 update though, correct?
- Oshyan
Quote from: Oshyan on November 29, 2010, 01:19:18 AM
OK. You mention it happened before the 2.2 update though, correct?
- Oshyan
Yes, it happened before the 2.2 update. I haven't as yet loaded the update; and, won't be doing so till mid December - reason, I'm going through some major changes with my computer as of now. Linda had the problem after her download of the update.
Thank you, choronr and Oshyan for your responses. I paused the render preview, an now I'm good to go.
It didn't happen unless I generated a terrain before adding a Power Fractal. Then, each time I tried to add the clip file, the heightfield would generate and it would put the clip file in the node area, then crash. Anyway, it works now. Thanks again, Bob..and Oshyan.
Linda
Was the heightfield set to Auto Generate?
- Oshyan
Yes it was.
Quote from: Oshyan on November 29, 2010, 02:06:37 AM
Was the heightfield set to Auto Generate?
- Oshyan
Can you test it again with auto generate turned off? Auto generate is known to be a buggy feature unfortunately.
- Oshyan
Just tested it with Auto Generate turned off. No problem now, even when I don't pause the render.
Thanks very much for your help. Linda
Quote from: Oshyan on November 29, 2010, 02:12:40 AM
Can you test it again with auto generate turned off? Auto generate is known to be a buggy feature unfortunately.
- Oshyan
Great, thank you for testing that. We will address the Auto Generate issues in a future update.
- Oshyan
My 2 pennies - I have seen no instability at all as I've played with this newest version.