Summary

Title:OX Surface Comb - Blend Distance causes extreme slowdown and crashes
Category:Crash/Critical
Status:Open
Posted By:Kotowicz ( Simon Kotowicz )
Date Created:19 August 2023

Problem

Description:

I have a model with 11 groups of strands.  I am applying OX Surface Comb to each group.  WHen I use "Applies To > Strand Group > Blend Distance" anything other than 0.0cm, the software locks me out, a singlew processor thread jumps to 100% and it can take over a minute before I see the blend apply to the strands.  After this the application becomes unstable and will crash within a minute or two.

Number of guides, roughly 5,000
3DS Max 2024, Ornatrix 8.0.9.32946

 

Steps to Reproduce:

On a model - Not a sphere, a real model.

OX Guides from Surface > Even distribution.

5,000 Strands.

Ox Edit Guides > Plant extra roots, remove roots, create groups of strands, 1 - 11

Ox Surface Comb > Applies to > Pattern 4 / Blend DIstance 0.0cm

Ox Surface Comb > Applise to > Pattern 11 / Blend Distance 0.0cm

 

So far, so good.

Now, go back to one of your surface combs and alter the Blend Distance.

Boom!

 

Hello,

Can you provide a simplified version of your scene for testing? You can send it to jeordanis .f (at) ephere.com or reach out privately on our Discord server.

Jeordanis Figuereo (Product Designer. EPHERE Inc.)