lucidblack
10-10-2006, 10:03 PM
hi all, i have just recently made the switch over to maya 8 because some of the maya 7 bugs were destroying me, paticularly the render layer issues, i also use lots of paint FX im much of my work, however in maya 8 i have noticed that the paint effects engine will "go dead" at some point while working on the file, this means that Paint Effects simply doesnt render after your initial render, it just ends, leaving a shadow where it should be (software dmap shadows).
i have found one rememdy to this and that is to import the maya file into a freshly opend copy of maya, you will be able to see your paint effects for some time until the engine "dies" again. i have not been able to pinpoint exactly what action causes the PFX engine to "die"
this has become very difficult to deal with, has anyone had the same issue or know of any solutions to this problem?
i have found one rememdy to this and that is to import the maya file into a freshly opend copy of maya, you will be able to see your paint effects for some time until the engine "dies" again. i have not been able to pinpoint exactly what action causes the PFX engine to "die"
this has become very difficult to deal with, has anyone had the same issue or know of any solutions to this problem?