[Geoff Thomson]

… have done some test renders using key factors i thought may have been causing trouble with my scene file.
‘Clusters’ AND ‘Xpresso’ controllers like i used work just fine… Not sure what’s going on…
Think i need beer!
Thommo

[Geoff Thomson]

Hi Brian… Thanks for you response… Have you had issues with ‘Clusters’ not rendering using NET Render?

I think that it’s the point clusters that are stuffing me up… (I removed ALL Xpresso tags and the server ran at least, but now it’s getting client errors)
I’ve tried using the ‘Point Cache’ tag to remove the use of clusters, but the only client that does anything instead of ‘waiting’ is the client i’m running on the same machine as the server.
Any ideas?

[Geoff Thomson]

Further info – it seems it may be related to ‘user data’ on a control object driving the Xpresso tags… which drives a pretty serious set of moves…
#(@&%!
Does anyone know of any documentation relating to using Xpresso in a production environment? It’s no good to me if i can’t use it to do real WORK.
(apologies for negativity – 8 years a C4D user and nearly had enough)

[Geoff Thomson]

Hi Alisa.
Thanks, we fixed this issue back in January (it was a server update thing).
Appreciate your help though.
Cheers,
Thommo

[Geoff Thomson]

Dude – you fricken ROCK! Your little discovery just saved me throwing my perfectly decent G5 out the window ay…
I’m out of breath from bouncing round the department – i’m that FRICKEN happy!
Thanks a heap mate.
Thommo

[Geoff Thomson]

Mate! Thankyou! That did it!

Didn’t get an alert that anyone had responded, so only just saw this response… you have saved my SANITY! Thankyou!
I knew it would be something simple – and it was.

Thanks a heap.
Thommo

[Geoff Thomson]

What server system you using?

[Geoff Thomson]

Hi John.
I can’t for the life of me remember how that issue was fixed. Think I do remember it being a server thing though.

If it comes back to me how we fixed it, i’ll drop you a line.

Good luck.
Thommo

[Geoff Thomson]

Thanks Danny – that does give me more faith in the product – i have just this morning been going through the “let’s just use a PC for encoding WMV” scenario – and i’d really prefer to stay clear of that whole scene i think. Have you used Cleaner 6.5? How does it compare to Episode in your opinion? (As for the retrospective, i still remember our first Apple 2e – noyce) Rockety Rock. Thommo.

[Geoff Thomson]

Thanks a lot guys – i am pretty interested in Episode – i’ve been testing it for a few days – it seems pretty good alright. I’ll also look into the Cleaner thing. Cheers, Thommo.