CC Particle World Keeps Crashing

[David Teixeira]

Has anyone had any success in finding a way around this?
Adobe seems to just give me the run around.
I have always been a happy Adobe user but this one is ridiculous!

Quote from Adobe:

“Adobe is not responsible for third-party plug-ins, like CC Particle
World, even if they are included in the installation of After Effects.”

What? this does not seem right.

[Joe Barratt]

I also recently purchased a new 2009 intel Mac, Dual-Quad Core with 16GB of RAM and CS4.

CC Particle world crashed on me as well, even after downloading the Adobe updates, but the CycoreFX HD 1.6.5 (UB) download fixed the problem.

So no need to purchase Trapcode!

[Greg Trost]

Do I have to pay for Cycore to be able to use Particle World? I downloaded it but now I have the green X.

[Joe Barratt]

I must admit I spoke to soon in regards to Particle World, the green X appears, it would be great if this could get fixed somehow.

[Karl-jason Mawdsley]

Done a bit of research into this – apparently the fault is due to Hyper-threading technology which allows your computer to sue different parts of your processors to perform different tasks.
If you switch it off you can use CC Particle World in After Effects CS3 – no upgrades or anything.
A guy has created a little app that allows you to switch hyper-threading technology on and off whenever you want. I’ve been using it for a day now and it works fantastically.

You can get it here: https://satymahajan.com/changeht/

NB: If you’re computer goes to sleep or restarts hyper-threading is automatically switched on.

Hope this helps – it certainly helped me…

[Damian Da silva]

Hi Karl,

Does the Hyper-threading trick work with CS4 as well, and if so, is there another way of turning it off without the app that you suggested, as it doesn’t seem to work on my mac PRO.

Damian

[Saty Mahajan]

Here’s my original post (on Adobe’s forums) that Karl was talking about. You can turn off HT one of the following ways. Sorry the app isn’t working for you Damian. Are you running a 2009 Mac Pro (i.e. Nehalem?)

<--- QUOTE The problem is hyperthreading. If you disable hyperthreading AE CS3 will function normally.There are a few ways you can disable hyperthreading. 1. Through the processor preference pane (included with Xcode). 2. Type this into terminal (without the quotes): "hwprefs cpu_ht=false". 3. Build an applescript application (so you can keep it on the dock): Do a spotlight search for "AppleScript Editor". Launch the editor and put the following line of code in there and save it as an application: do shell script "hwprefs cpu_ht=false" 4. Or just download this little AppleScript application that I wrote that help you turn on/off hyperthreading: https://www.satymahajan.com/changeht

Please note that if your computer sleeps, hyperthreading will be enabled on wake up, so you’ll have to disable it again. Other than that, I’ve tested this on both Leopard and Snow Leopard and it works. Good luck!

——>

Best,

Saty Mahajan

[Karl-jason Mawdsley]

Not sure if it works with CS4 because as far as I know the issue has been resolved.
Anyhoo, there are a few things you can try. All the app does is to run a few lines of code in terminal so you can do it manually if you want…
Just type this:

hwprefs cpu_ht=false

and that should disable it – if you want to re-enable it then type:

hwprefs cpu_ht=true

or restart your computer.

I am also on a mac pro and it works on mine. Is it a 2009 tower? This trick only works on computers with the Nehalem architecture you see….

[Roger Rohatgi]

CC Particle World on After Effects CS4 on my Nehalem has been working great thanks to the fix by Cycore.

However, I just wanted to know if anyone that has moved to Snow Leopard has had any problems with After Effects CS4 or any other software using a quad or dual-quad Nehalem mac pro.

I am in the middle of some major projects for clients and I am reluctant to make the jump.

thanks for your feedback!

[Jake Scott]

What Cycore fix are you speaking of? Is it a free download or something? I am still having this problem and I really don’t want to shell out $400 for Particular 2 at this time.

Thank you