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Aearon
02-16-2003, 05:32 PM
hey guys

is there any way to hide objects over certain frame ranges so the renderer doesn't have to do all the setting up

i'm currently working on a scene in which the camera swings towards the sun: in those frames you don't see any scene objects, so the rendering takes only <5 secs while the setup for each frame takes around 40secs

i'm sure there's a simple solution to this... (?)

*edit*

note: i DO want to render them in one run, so rendering the first part and then the second with hidden objects is not what i'm looking for
gaggle
02-16-2003, 05:39 PM
Right off the bat I'd suggest just doing it manually, ie. hide the objects, render out the sun sequence, then unhide again. If it's just this small-ish sequence, why waste time setting up various stuff/scripts?

I don't actually know if MAX still has to process the object if said objects have their Visibility track set to 0. Tested that by any chance?..

There might be a cool way to do this automatically, but others "in the know" will have to provide that information.

áh, I see you counter-maneuvered my suggestion with your edit :)
Reality3D
02-16-2003, 05:40 PM
You need Blinders script from Blur
Get the scripts pack here
http://www.blur.com/blurbeta
Aearon
02-16-2003, 05:45 PM
hehe thx anyway gaggle :D

...and reality3d: this seems to be what i'm looking for, thx a bunch
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