06-27-2008, 12:18 AM
rif - I can't understand why you have no problem with not getting predictable repeatable results with the same file.
If you have a sim which is perfect and for any reason you lose your fxd files you're hosed.
the director comes in and says I want that explosion exactly that you guys did 6 months ago for me - and we say sorry no can do.
we have all the the scene files but they probably won't give you what you got last time.
it makes it very hard to judge complex long sims against each other - does that look different due to the advection stride and fuel and temperature differences or is it just different because it is - tough.
If you have a sim which is perfect and for any reason you lose your fxd files you're hosed.
the director comes in and says I want that explosion exactly that you guys did 6 months ago for me - and we say sorry no can do.
we have all the the scene files but they probably won't give you what you got last time.
it makes it very hard to judge complex long sims against each other - does that look different due to the advection stride and fuel and temperature differences or is it just different because it is - tough.