.fdc issues

[dagoose]

Hi,

I don't know if this is the way it is supposed to work but it is a bit annoying to me.

I do a sim and set my default path for example to:
bla\bla\test\v001\test_v001_.fxd

I sim a couple of frames lets say to 50.
Now i got my cache files from test_v001_0001.fxd to test_v001_0050.fxd and the corresponding test_v001_.fdc.

Now i changed some settings and but still want to keep my old cached files so I set
a new default path:
bla\bla\test\v002\test_v002_.fxd

I sim up to frame 25.
The cache files test_v002_0001.fxd to test_v002_0025.fxd and also the test_v002_.fdc
get written but when I hit the continue sim button the dialogue box tells me it wants
to start from frame 50. But I did not sim to frame 50 in my v002 and there is no test_v002_0050.fxd.

So I guess it takes the voxel info from test_v001_0050.fxd and continues to sims from
there writing out test_v002_0051.fxd.

This doesn't make a lot of sense to me.
Am I missing something or is this a bug?

To me it would be very helpful if there would be an option like 'continue FROM FRAME'.

Thanks for your help.

Regards,

Rico

[sitnisati]

Hello,

I have tested it and it works properly in FumeFX 3.5.3.
So, I have simmed \test1_ all to the end which is frame 48.
Changed the output path name \test2_ (don't forget to hit enter if you're writing it directly), but have stopped the sim at frame 21.
Continue have properly asked me for the test2 cache.

In the case that you're exporting all the data to the .fxd cache, you can right click on the continue button for more continue options.

Regards,
Kresimir Tkalcec

[dagoose]

Hi,

we found that this problem only occurs in our pipeline with a script to automate the submission of sim jobs to deadline.

Also it is not always repeatable. uuurghh.

Thanks a lot!!!

Rico

[rconover]

I am not sure if there is a logic to it or not-but occasionaly it seems like the stop/continue isn't written correctly when you stop the sim. I think it happened in max too. If there is a logic to it it escapes me.

FYI
If you are desperate to force the stop/continue there is a workaround i posted in the MAX fumefx forum
under the subject "Continuing Simulation after crash" which should allow you the write one from the last .fxd frame written. Although you'll want to have been writing the velocity channel to the cache for best results.
Sim one frame from the initial state sim and the stop/continue should be good too.

[sitnisati]

Hello Rico,

Please let me know if you find anything reproducible as we'd like to fix it if the bug is on our side.

Thank you.

Kresimir Tkalcec