toadstorm 189 Posted June 18, 2018 This is probably a discussion better suited for another thread. @Noobini I'll take a look at your scene in a couple hours. If anyone else discovers any other bugs or inconsistencies, please feel free to report them here or (preferably) on our forums. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
toadstorm 189 Posted June 18, 2018 @Noobini I found the bug; it's in Apply Attributes. It's incorrectly combining the existing group mask (group1) with `@mops_falloff>0` via a Python script, and it was doing it with bad syntax to boot. If you disable "Ignore zero falloff prims" it will work in the meantime. I'll have this fixed in the next build. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
toadstorm 189 Posted June 19, 2018 Okay, I think all of those group masking bugs are fixed. There's a few other fixes and features added as well; details are in our updates thread. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Noobini 385 Posted June 19, 2018 group works a treat...and also confirming if I negate group (!)...it works too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jesper Rahlff 71 Posted June 19, 2018 on the move along spline node, (or any other node with advection) it would be handy to be able to specify start frame of the solver, as not everyone works from frame 1. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
toadstorm 189 Posted June 19, 2018 ah right! you'd think i'd know better by now. we'll have that in the next build. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
toadstorm 189 Posted June 22, 2018 The solver parameter issue has been patched, along with a bunch of other ones. See the updates thread for details. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bobc4d 13 Posted June 28, 2018 On 6/16/2018 at 4:42 PM, dyei nightmare said: yes i think the same... lazyness, and i dont want this software becoming a sort of C4D or 3max (oh the horror), only because some people is lazy to learn the hard way, yes its hard, yes is a mistery to learn this, and is so complex to do a simple sunset scene, but thats why im love with this software I hope you are saying this tongue in cheek. so what tools are made to make life easier? so what it brings in new blood because of those tools. but if your only argument to not have such tools is to keep Houdini "complex" and keep the uninitiated away then close Houdini off to new users r at least until they pass muster by passing a complex VEX quiz. a regressive way of thinking. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dyei nightmare 2 Posted June 28, 2018 (edited) 22 hours ago, bobc4d said: I hope you are saying this tongue in cheek. so what tools are made to make life easier? so what it brings in new blood because of those tools. but if your only argument to not have such tools is to keep Houdini "complex" and keep the uninitiated away then close Houdini off to new users r at least until they pass muster by passing a complex VEX quiz. a regressive way of thinking. no, is not to keep houdini complex, there is an apropiate answer for this that fits your tool-logic, but there is no point on this conversation Edited June 28, 2018 by dyei nightmare 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jordibares 87 Posted June 29, 2018 Houdini getting easier, more accessible is a matter of time, so those that feel the need to protect their jobs I would suggest to look at both ends of the spectrum, either you bring some truly serious maths and engineering skills to the party or you bring some serious good flair and taste. Don't fight gravity... you will loose. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dyei nightmare 2 Posted June 29, 2018 (edited) 3 hours ago, jordibares said: Houdini getting easier, more accessible is a matter of time, so those that feel the need to protect their jobs I would suggest to look at both ends of the spectrum, either you bring some truly serious maths and engineering skills to the party or you bring some serious good flair and taste. Don't fight gravity... you will loose. yes, houdini has become more artist friendly, and thats not bad, but i thought that the main target of side fx were the companies that are working on vfx, but dont want to spend a lot of money on software developers or creating new inhouse software. but anyway this is a topic for other thread, i mean, the wrangle nodes system is wonderfull and dynamic, but, i dont understand why sesi are putting more effort on modeling department instead of making a faster mantra renderer and less noisy. Edited June 29, 2018 by dyei nightmare Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
malexander 366 Posted June 29, 2018 3 hours ago, dyei nightmare said: yes, houdini has become more artist friendly, and thats not bad, but i thought that the main target of side fx were the companies that are working on vfx, but dont want to spend a lot of money on software developers or creating new inhouse software. but anyway this is a topic for other thread, i mean, the wrangle nodes system is wonderfull and dynamic, but, i dont understand why sesi are putting more effort on modeling department instead of making a faster mantra renderer and less noisy. We can't do both? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dyei nightmare 2 Posted June 29, 2018 (edited) 5 hours ago, malexander said: We can't do both? Both? do you mean both targets? Edited June 29, 2018 by dyei nightmare Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Midphase 4 Posted July 1, 2018 On 6/29/2018 at 5:19 AM, dyei nightmare said: I dont understand why sesi are putting more effort on modeling department instead of making a faster mantra renderer and less noisy. Why should SESI invest any more resources into faster rendering when there are already fantastic solutions like Redshift, Octane and Arnold available? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dyei nightmare 2 Posted July 1, 2018 (edited) ... Edited July 1, 2018 by dyei nightmare Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
toadstorm 189 Posted July 12, 2018 We've made a few incremental upgrades to MOPs, but the next big feature addition (uploaded just now) is support for instancing sequences. Currently you can load either Alembics or bgeo files as packed disk sequences, and there's full support for frame cycling and individually addressable frame selection via expressions or point attributes. Details are in the Instancer documentation. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jordibares 87 Posted July 12, 2018 On 01/07/2018 at 3:06 AM, Midphase said: Why should SESI invest any more resources into faster rendering when there are already fantastic solutions like Redshift, Octane and Arnold available? IMHO SESI needs to invest on both areas (and others as well). Houdini needs a great modeller and a great render engine that fully takes advantage of the architecture in Houdini. None of those render engines do. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
altbighead 22 Posted July 13, 2018 Awesome work and thanks for sharing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
toadstorm 189 Posted September 13, 2018 New updates! A quick list of what's new: Automatic update feature for easy future updates! New "Spread Falloff" for growing, crawling effects! spread_falloff_01.hip example file included. Instancer now automatically uses relative paths. Quick Add function in Instancer to add all your objects at once! Instancer now supports scatter density attribute when scattering on meshes. Instancer now supports different merge types ("Into This Object", etc). Falloff Preview now shows points only to prevent crashing. Disable Preview shelf tool turns off all Falloff previews for the entire current SOP chain. Lag and Area added to Audio Falloff. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
toadstorm 189 Posted October 25, 2018 MOPs v0.1.9 is released! This wraps up a bunch of improvements from prior Experimental builds after v0.1.3: -MOPs Instancer now has an ID Offset control. Some unneeded point attributes have been removed. -Falloff preview now displays sprites. Sprites should generally reflect the approximate scale of instances. This feature will be replaced once Houdini's viewport crash bug is patched. -The Spring Modifier now correctly ignores attributes that are not checked. -The MOPs to Point Instances shelf tool now works with Houdini 17.0. -The MOPs Update shelf tool now works properly on OSX/Linux. -MOPs Move Along Spline has slightly more predictable rotations. -The example files have all been updated to work with the latest version of MOPs, especially the new Falloff Preview model. https://github.com/toadstorm/MOPS/releases/tag/v0.1.9 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
