Summary

Title:Nothing happens after hitting simulate
Category:Crash/Critical
Status:Open
Posted By:coilbook ( )
Date Created:20 May 2016

Problem

Description:

After I simulate  and then go to lucid global settings if i change anything there and then hit record again  nothing happens. I have to restart 3ds max

Not sure what it is old versions did not do it.

Steps to Reproduce:

here is the scene. If I simulate liquid as mesh and then decide to enable show is particle nothing happens

 


Attached Files:

>test.max (4349952 bytes),

Here is video  Also after I stoped this simulation and changed gravity  3ds max crashed completely.

I also had initial state done with resolution 70  and gravity -5.  So later changing res or grav crashes max  


Attached Files:

>Video(4).MOV (5512587 bytes),

I can change the global flex settings and re-record the scene here without problems. Will check the initial state.

Marsel Khadiyev (Software Developer, EPHERE Inc.)

seems like most problems happen in 3ds max 2014.  We started using 2015 and have less freezing etc.

But we still have problems where if I simulate as particles and uncheck shows as particles mesh just disappears even though granularity is set to the lowest level. Earlier releases never had this problem. Not sure what causes mesh to disappear  maybe ndvidia newsest drivers . We use windows 7

I attached the scen called test.  Can you try to set granularity to low level.  make sure that  show as particles is on.  Do simulation and then uncheck show as particles and move time slider   Our max freezes or mesh just disappears Thank you

Could you


Attached Files:

>test.max (4349952 bytes),

To follow up on the initial state part, I tried setting it to 30, and then simulating at 40 resolution and vice versa. Generally you must re-capture the initial state if you change any of the simulation parameters that affect particle count. In this case the behavior is correct, except for the assertion which should probably just be a warning message instead,

Marsel Khadiyev (Software Developer, EPHERE Inc.)

In the scene you uploaded, if I simulate and check off the "Show as particles" I see the mesh correctly, see screenshot. I am on Max 2016 though.


Attached Files:
Image 1

Marsel Khadiyev (Software Developer, EPHERE Inc.)