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Title: Recover Image from T4 Beta ???
Post by: masonspappy on September 05, 2016, 03:49:10 AM
The image I was rendering on T4 Beta stopped rendering on Sunday Sept 4.  (Image is black).
I thought it would start rendering correctly again once I'd loaded the new T4 on Monday, but it still renders black.
Is there any way to recover this image?
Title: Re: Recover Image from T4 Beta ???
Post by: Dune on September 05, 2016, 05:12:22 AM
Are you sure it's not an 'off' setting in TG? a totally black render is very strange.
Title: Re: Recover Image from T4 Beta ???
Post by: masonspappy on September 05, 2016, 08:19:45 AM
Not at all sure.
What I see is that when rendering first starts, the screen is populated with the usual dot patterns.  In fact parts of the picture actually do render out enough so that pieces of the image are recognizable. But then those pieces disappear and eventually the remaining dot patterns disappear.  This happened on Sunday - I saved the image I'd been working on for a few days (in T4 Beta) then tried to open it up again, only to to be met with this behavior. 
It's not that big of a deal, I can pretty much recreate what I lost (I save images and incrementally save the TGD with a new name every day or two).  So work wasn't totally lost
Title: Re: Recover Image from T4 Beta ???
Post by: Dune on September 05, 2016, 08:30:54 AM
I would say the camera is under the terrain. Could that be?
Title: Re: Recover Image from T4 Beta ???
Post by: bobbystahr on September 05, 2016, 10:32:45 AM
I had a similar but different problem when loading a scene from the BETA into TG4 full. For some reason my camera wasn't where I left it nor where it appeared to be in the 3D preview...Had to make a new camera to get back to where I was...very odd. The RTP showed the different camera position where as the 3D preview showed the camera as I set it with nothing in front of it...as I said, very odd.
Title: Re: Recover Image from T4 Beta ???
Post by: yossam on September 05, 2016, 10:59:40 AM
Try finding the camera............I had a case of the camera moving underground for some reason. About drove me to drink.......... :)
Title: Re: Recover Image from T4 Beta ???
Post by: masonspappy on September 05, 2016, 11:23:24 AM
Thanks guys.  I've tried ideas suggested here and a few others as well,  but no joy. Don't think I'll pursue it any further since I can pull up a TGD from 2 days ago and build that up again to the point I was at yesterday morning. But thanks much for the feedback!
Title: Re: Recover Image from T4 Beta ???
Post by: bobbystahr on September 05, 2016, 12:40:17 PM
Quote from: yossam on September 05, 2016, 10:59:40 AM
Try finding the camera............I had a case of the camera moving underground for some reason. About drove me to drink.......... :)

Camera was where it should be according to my settings and at the correct height; the one I added(not C&P but added) was .5 m to the left and worked fine...as I said very odd.
Title: Re: Recover Image from T4 Beta ???
Post by: Oshyan on September 05, 2016, 05:00:53 PM
If you guys see any other issues like this that are reproducible, please email us the TGDs to support AT planetside.co.uk

- Oshyan
Title: Re: Recover Image from T4 Beta ???
Post by: bobbystahr on September 05, 2016, 05:40:25 PM
Quote from: Oshyan on September 05, 2016, 05:00:53 PM
If you guys see any other issues like this that are reproducible, please email us the TGDs to support AT planetside.co.uk

- Oshyan

heading out but I'll try that scene again...I kept the errant camera as it was. If it happens I'll gather the scene and send it to you.
Title: Re: Recover Image from T4 Beta ???
Post by: masonspappy on September 05, 2016, 08:47:25 PM
Quote from: Oshyan on September 05, 2016, 05:00:53 PM
If you guys see any other issues like this that are reproducible, please email us the TGDs to support AT planetside.co.uk

- Oshyan
Just the tgd? Do you want any objects we used to be sent as well?
Title: Re: Recover Image from T4 Beta ???
Post by: Oshyan on September 05, 2016, 08:53:21 PM
Ideally it would be everything in the project file, but if you don't want to send it all, *you* can try rendering it without objects and see if it reproduces the issue. If so then you can just send us the TGD alone.

- Oshyan