• Maxon Cinema 4D

  x-particles freezing cinema 4D upon save

  Posted by Jon Simpson on September 2, 2014 at 7:21 pm

  I have a scene where I am accumulating some snow to be pushed around by a bobcat with plow. I am trying to accumulate about 6 inches of snow, so I run x-particles for about 90 frames of heavy and fast snow to cover the parking lot. When I go to save the project, every single time it hangs. Im pretty sure it has something to do with the amount of particles but I am running a reasonably good system that should be able to handle this. It does not have any problems rendering the scene, just saving the project. Any ideas?

  Adam Trachtenberg replied 11 years, 8 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Jon Simpson

  September 2, 2014 at 7:32 pm

  Is there a way to pre-populate the scene with snow in x-particles?
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  Adam Trachtenberg

  September 2, 2014 at 10:03 pm

  After you’ve generated the particles you need, go to the emitter’s Object tab, under the Initial State section, and click the Set State button. Then go to the Emission tab, uncheck Emit all Frames, and set End Emit to 0. Save the scene.

  When you restart the scene, move the play head forward one frame and all of your particles will appear. I just tried it with two million particles and there was no delay here.

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