Hi, I'm getting a wierd bug, that I can't quite seem to figure out.

Whenever I'm using my GPU preview, a bunch of random files gets dumped on the root of the same drive as where my project is set. The specific file path is not present anywhere in the scene, nor in fumefx.

I've attached a screenshot of the files it creates from just scrubbing two frames. They're not always named the same thing.

I'm simulating as OpenVDB, if that's of any help.

I hope I can get some help, because it's a bit of a mess in the pipeline.

Hi
When I run a sim with a void source, the fluid seems to collide with it, rather than just be erased.
Is this expected behaviour?...any way to prevent this?
Thanks

Hi ,
i'm getting crashes with Final Render and fumefx, the frame renders fine , then crashes right at the end.
It works if Shadow maps are used, if any other mode is used it crashes.
we're using 2016 with fume 4.0.3
The problem isn't specific to a scene, it can easily be recreated with a very basic scene.

If you sim a few frames then render, i get a crash.
if you turn off shadows on the light it will not crash, but obviously , no shadows.

Thanks

Hi,

Long-time user that is having trouble getting shadows to work in Max 2017, when using Mental Ray. I have checked the usual suspects like MR Cast Shadows and Receive, I ma using a Direct Target light with Shadows on (Ray Traced), Atmosphere shadows checked, light added to FumeFX grid under Illum, Use Autovolume checked, MR Exposure Control with non-physically based lighting, etc. All the things I normally do, but to no avail.

Starting a simple scene from scratch doesn't seem to create shadows, nor do scenes that I have built previously that worked in 2016.

Attached are 2 images, one rendered in 2016, same file in 2017.

Any ideas?

Thank you for your help,

Greg

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Hi
Can I submit the simulation on network using Deadline. We don't use backburner.
I followed the network simulation setup from the help file. But was wondering is it possible to send a simulation job
through Deadline ?

Thanks

I'm getting an error when placing a lattice on my fume grid

// Error: FumeFX: computWorldSurface : logicalIndex //
// (kFailure): Data type is not valid here //
// -> in file warps\ffxShapeNode.cpp and line 1144

The preview of the fluid sometimes will show up, some times it goes away. The fluid then stops updating after the the time line is scrubbed

Hi
I doing a post processing with retime with a value of 0.07 enabled on an existing simulation.
As I am still doing the testing, I kept the gird spacing at default 1.
But while reading the post cache, there is stutter in first 150 frames for every 20 frames or so.
Any ideas on how i could reduce this.

Hi,
we recently bought a fume fx license and along with it we got 5 mr shader licenses.
we installed all these on our farm and authorised them through the AfterFLICS from the workstation.

Now the local render comes out fine, with both MR and Vray.
However when we send the scene on the farm to render, using Deadline. we get an odd error,
we tried looking on the net for similar problem, but i haven't found any thing of that sort. I hope you guys could shed some light on this.
we are using Fume Fx 4, Maya 2016
Here is the log from Deadline error report. I am also posting this on Deadline forums, I thought it would be nice to know if you guys have any idea on as well.
Any help is highly appreciated.


Log from Deadline report.
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Error
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Error: Monitored managed process "MayaBatch" has exited or been terminated.
at Deadline.Plugins.PluginWrapper.RenderTasks (System.String taskId, Int32 startFrame, Int32 endFrame, System.String& outMessage, FranticX.Processes.AbortLevel& abortLevel) in :0

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Type
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RenderPluginException

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Stack Trace
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at Deadline.Plugins.SandboxedPlugin.a (Deadline.Net.DeadlineMessage A_0) in :0
at Deadline.Plugins.SandboxedPlugin.RenderTask (System.String taskId, Int32 startFrame, Int32 endFrame) in :0
at Deadline.Slaves.SlaveRenderThread.a (Deadline.IO.TaskLogWriter A_0) in :0

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Log
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2016-08-17 15:41:37: BEGIN - BLADE_01.cine-chromatix.inc\chromatix
2016-08-17 15:41:37: 0: Executing plugin command of type 'Initialize Plugin'
2016-08-17 15:41:37: 0: INFO: Executing plugin script '/tmp/Thinkbox/Deadline8/slave/blade_01/plugins/57b4698cad9222556b7cc2b9/MayaBatch.py'
2016-08-17 15:41:38: 0: INFO: The job's environment will be merged with the current environment before rendering
2016-08-17 15:41:38: 0: Done executing plugin command of type 'Initialize Plugin'
2016-08-17 15:41:38: 0: Start Job timeout is disabled.
2016-08-17 15:41:38: 0: Task timeout is disabled.
2016-08-17 15:41:38: 0: Loaded job: Fume_Fire_v03 - Fume_Fire - persp (57b4698cad9222556b7cc2b9)
2016-08-17 15:41:38: 0: Executing plugin command of type 'Start Job'
2016-08-17 15:41:38: 0: INFO: Rendering with Maya Version 2016.0
2016-08-17 15:41:38: 0: INFO: Setting MAYA_DISABLE_CIP (ADSK Customer Involvement Program) environment variable to 1 for this session
2016-08-17 15:41:38: 0: INFO: Setting MAYA_DISABLE_CER (ADSK Customer Error Reporting) environment variable to 1 for this session
2016-08-17 15:41:38: 0: INFO: Starting monitored managed process MayaBatch
2016-08-17 15:41:38: 0: INFO: Stdout Redirection Enabled: True
2016-08-17 15:41:38: 0: INFO: Asynchronous Stdout Enabled: False
2016-08-17 15:41:38: 0: INFO: Stdout Handling Enabled: True
2016-08-17 15:41:38: 0: INFO: Popup Handling Enabled: True
2016-08-17 15:41:38: 0: INFO: QT Popup Handling Enabled: False
2016-08-17 15:41:38: 0: INFO: WindowsForms10.Window.8.app.* Popup Handling Enabled: False
2016-08-17 15:41:38: 0: INFO: Using Process Tree: True
2016-08-17 15:41:38: 0: INFO: Hiding DOS Window: True
2016-08-17 15:41:38: 0: INFO: Creating New Console: False
2016-08-17 15:41:38: 0: INFO: Running as user: chromatix
2016-08-17 15:41:38: 0: INFO: Not enforcing a build of Maya
2016-08-17 15:41:38: 0: INFO: Executable: "/usr/autodesk/maya2016/bin/maya"
2016-08-17 15:41:38: 0: INFO: Argument: -prompt -proj "/media/CX_VFX/_INTERN/KISHORE/SimNPtrcl_RnD"
2016-08-17 15:41:38: 0: INFO: Startup Directory: "/usr/autodesk/maya2016/bin"
2016-08-17 15:41:38: 0: INFO: Process Priority: BelowNormal
2016-08-17 15:41:38: 0: INFO: Process Affinity: default
2016-08-17 15:41:38: 0: INFO: Process is now running
2016-08-17 15:41:38: 0: Done executing plugin command of type 'Start Job'
2016-08-17 15:41:38: 0: Plugin rendering frame(s): 1
2016-08-17 15:41:38: 0: Executing plugin command of type 'Render Task'
2016-08-17 15:41:38: 0: INFO: Waiting until maya is ready to go
2016-08-17 15:41:42: 0: STDOUT: VP2 Warning : Graphics hardware has been detected to have insufficient memory (0 MB).
2016-08-17 15:41:42: 0: STDOUT: Please check your video card and driver to ensure that a minimum amount of memory exists (512 MB).
2016-08-17 15:41:42: 0: STDOUT: The environment variable MAYA_OGS_GPU_MEMORY_LIMIT can be used to explicitly set the GPU memory limit.
2016-08-17 15:41:42: 0: STDOUT: VP2 Warning : Insufficient shader level capabilities. Vertex (3 vs 4), Geometry (0 vs 0) Pixel (3 vs 4)
2016-08-17 15:41:42: 0: STDOUT: VP2 Warning : Graphics hardware feature level insufficient to support renderer (2 vs 4)
2016-08-17 15:41:42: 0: STDOUT: API error detected in /local/S/Maya_2016_DI/src/Maya/src/Components/BifrostTmp/plugins/mayavis/BFPlugin.cpp at line 113
2016-08-17 15:41:42: 0: STDOUT: : (kFailure): Unexpected Internal Failure
2016-08-17 15:41:42: 0: STDOUT: mental ray for Maya 2016
2016-08-17 15:41:43: 0: STDOUT: mental ray: version 3.13.1.2, Jan 21 2015, revision 236291
2016-08-17 15:41:43: 0: STDOUT: mental ray: started on "BLADE_01.cine-chromatix.inc", Wed Aug 17 15:41:42 2016
2016-08-17 15:41:44: 0: STDOUT: QWidget: Cannot create a QWidget when no GUI is being used
2016-08-17 15:41:44: 0: STDOUT: Stack trace:
2016-08-17 15:41:44: 0: STDOUT: /lib64/libc.so.6(+0x35670) [0x7f27c51e1670]
2016-08-17 15:41:44: 0: STDOUT: gsignal
2016-08-17 15:41:44: 0: STDOUT: abort
2016-08-17 15:41:44: 0: STDOUT: qt_message_output(QtMsgType, char const*)
2016-08-17 15:41:44: 0: STDOUT: /usr/autodesk/maya2016/lib/libQtCore.so.4(+0x86c22) [0x7f27ca7ecc22]
2016-08-17 15:41:44: 0: STDOUT: qFatal(char const*, ...)
2016-08-17 15:41:44: 0: STDOUT: QWidgetPrivate::init(QWidget*, QFlags)
2016-08-17 15:41:44: 0: STDOUT: QWidget::QWidget(QWidgetPrivate&, QWidget*, QFlags)
2016-08-17 15:41:44: 0: STDOUT: QDesktopWidget::QDesktopWidget()
2016-08-17 15:41:44: 0: STDOUT: QApplication::desktop()
2016-08-17 15:41:44: 0: STDOUT: FFXQt_GetMainWindowCenter(long*, long*)
2016-08-17 15:41:44: 0: STDOUT: FFXPW_GetDesktopCenter(int*, int*)
2016-08-17 15:41:44: 0: STDOUT: FumeFXDyna::initializeViewAttrs()
2016-08-17 15:41:44: 0: STDOUT: FumeFXDyna::initialize()
2016-08-17 15:41:44: 0: STDOUT: TpluginNode::initializeAttributes(TattributeList&, TattributeList&)
2016-08-17 15:41:44: 0: STDOUT: TdependNodeClass::initializeClass()
2016-08-17 15:41:44: 0: STDOUT: TdependGraph::registerNodeType(TdependNodeClass*)
2016-08-17 15:41:44: 0: STDOUT: TpluginNodeDBase::add(Tstring const&, TiffTag const&, MPxNode::Type, Tplugin*, unsigned int, void* (*)(Tmetaclass*), Tmetaclass**, TdependNodeVS*, void* (*)(), MStatus (*)(), Tmetaclass const*)
2016-08-17 15:41:44: 0: STDOUT: MFnPlugin::registerNode(MString const&, MTypeId const&, void* (*)(), MStatus (*)(), MPxNode::Type, MString const*)
2016-08-17 15:41:44: 0: STDOUT: initializePlugin(MObject)
2016-08-17 15:41:44: 0: STDOUT: Tplugin::primaryLoad(Tstring const&, Tstring*)
2016-08-17 15:41:44: 0: STDOUT: Tplugin::load(Tstring const&, Tstring*)
2016-08-17 15:41:44: 0: STDOUT: TloadPluginAction::loadPlugin(TfilePath const&, Tstring const&, bool, Tstring&)
2016-08-17 15:41:44: 0: STDOUT: TloadPluginAction::execute(TargList&)
2016-08-17 15:41:44: 0: STDOUT: TloadPluginAction::doCommand(TargList&)
2016-08-17 15:41:44: 0: STDOUT: Mel_Command_Dispatch(SphNode*)
2016-08-17 15:41:44: 0: STDOUT: node_exec
2016-08-17 15:41:44: 0: STDOUT: f_catch
2016-08-17 15:41:44: 0: STDOUT: f_not
2016-08-17 15:41:44: 0: STDOUT: fc_if
2016-08-17 15:41:44: 0: STDOUT: node_exec
2016-08-17 15:41:44: 0: STDOUT: fc_ifelse
2016-08-17 15:41:44: 0: STDOUT: node_exec
2016-08-17 15:41:44: 0: STDOUT: f_function_entry_node
2016-08-17 15:41:44: 0: STDOUT: node_exec
2016-08-17 15:41:44: 0: STDOUT: sophia_call_executable
2016-08-17 15:41:44: 0: STDOUT: SophiaExecutable::evaluate(void*)
2016-08-17 15:41:44: 0: STDOUT: TcommandEngine::executeCommand(Tstring const&, bool, bool, TmelCmdResult*, unsigned int)
2016-08-17 15:41:44: 0: STDOUT: TscriptAction::execute(Tevent const&, TinterpreterResult**)
2016-08-17 15:41:44: 0: STDOUT: TevalDeferredAction::doCommand(TargList&)
2016-08-17 15:41:44: 0: STDOUT: Fatal Error. Attempting to save in /usr/tmp/chromatix.20160817.1541.ma
2016-08-17 15:41:44: 0: STDOUT: Failed to register registerFragments.Segmentation fault
2016-08-17 15:41:45: 0: WARNING: Monitored managed process MayaBatch is no longer running
2016-08-17 15:41:45: 0: Done executing plugin command of type 'Render Task'

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Details
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Date: 08/17/2016 15:41:46
Frames: 1
Elapsed Time: 00:00:00:10
Job Submit Date: 08/17/2016 15:41:32
Job User: kishore
Average RAM Usage: 3580908340 (15%)
Peak RAM Usage: 3735564288 (15%)
Average CPU Usage: 12%
Peak CPU Usage: 17%
Used CPU Clocks (x10^6 cycles): 34696
Total CPU Clocks (x10^6 cycles): 289133


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It looks like Maya is trying to open, FFX preview window or something of that sort. but just a thought

Thanks
kishore

Hello....
I'm writing out VDB files from Fume but when I import the VDB back into Maya the VDB is moved to the origin. I have to move the vdb by hand back to its original position it was simmed at. So what I was doing was copying the translate from the original Fume sim onto the VDB. However it still doesnt seem to be in the right place. There is still an offset. Presumably because the bounding boxes are being calculated differently.

How can I work out what the correct offset is?

Thanks.

Hi
Is there any way to get the nearest surface pixel colour and apply it to a colour slot in Afterburn?

Thanks
Mark