Drendir Posted December 17, 2020 Report Share Posted December 17, 2020 I created an animation loop We have a terrible playback, extremely choppy when using the play button from the timeline with the growfx cache. Basicly useless for review. When scrolling manually through the timeline it works smooth and fine. What this means is that we are unable to have a real-time review of the animation we cached Please advice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eduard Posted December 17, 2020 Report Share Posted December 17, 2020 Hello Drendir, Can you send me your scene file with this plant, please? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drendir Posted December 23, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2020 It's not about the plant, or scene... It's about 3D Studio Max 2021 viewport performance with Grow FX anim.cache combined. It flunks on all Grow FX objects. If you can tell me that you are able to have smooth playback with GrowFx anim.cache in 3D Studio Max 2021, that's sufficient for me. Can you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eduard Posted December 24, 2020 Report Share Posted December 24, 2020 Forgot to ask which version of GrowFX are you using, 1.9.9 SP9 or 2.0? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drendir Posted December 24, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2020 1.9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eduard Posted December 24, 2020 Report Share Posted December 24, 2020 40 minutes ago, Drendir said: 1.9 So is it 1.9 or 1.9.9 SP9? I checked the latest version 1.9.9 SP9 in 3dsMax 2021 and it seems the animation plays smoothly after writing the cache. How do you build cache, with One File or One File Per Frame? I recommend using One File Per Frame because it allows you to use all of your PC's cores. If you have too large files, then the system may not play them interactively, and there may be some slowdown. The cache is mainly implemented for faster rendering when building the plant is very slow. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drendir Posted December 29, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2020 it's really just a few grass sprites... Also the file per frame doesn't work for loops i read in another forum thread... Is that still valid? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eduard Posted December 30, 2020 Report Share Posted December 30, 2020 On 12/29/2020 at 2:20 PM, Drendir said: it's really just a few grass sprites... Also the file per frame doesn't work for loops i read in another forum thread... Is that still valid? Without your scene file, I can't tell you anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olivia256 Posted September 17, 2023 Report Share Posted September 17, 2023 Experiencing choppy playback with cached Grow FX animations. Likely due to high memory usage or insufficient GPU power. Try optimizing your scene, reducing polygon counts, or upgrading your hardware for smoother playback. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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