Hi! I'm working on a fulldome-video, using the MR-Shader lib from the download section.
i've used the included fisheye lens with 180 degree view, all worked well till i tried to render a fluid. frame 1 --> ok, frame 2 also, but in frame 3 at 95 percent the render stops (not aborted, but didnt get forward to next frame)
the same on a handful of frames, no idea why this happens. i tried to cache the fluid. but that didnt solve the problem.
maybe somebody has an idea what went wrong?? (if u wanna try: download the shader-lib, create a scene with, ae visor: "giantstormanim")
This happens many times.Whant happens is the renderer leaks a nit (no it cant be avoided by better coding except by not letting you do whatever you want). So it crashes because it reaches critical mass and diies off.
Now whet yu do is launch the stuff from commandline and NOT form within maya (yiou realy allways should do this not only sis it more fleexible its just the way to go on the overalla s its the only sane way you can spead your workload), but from within the command prompt. and to protect yourself from this crash wrap the calll ina for loop thet calls the rnderer every n frames so it can flush.