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gordons

01-10-2007, 07:52 PM

I tried using net render on a scene with tracer and none of the lines were rendered (they show up if I use the main system only but not if I net render). Do I need to bake before using net render and if so how? I have tried the cache tag but it doesn't seem to work. The manual does not include tracer in the list of mograph effects you can bake.

Per-Anders

01-10-2007, 08:15 PM

It depends what you're tracing. The tracer will try to preroll the scene for NET Render up to the current frame, however it's dependent on a couple of things, firstly the tracer has to be below the objects it's tracing in the hierarchy (by that I don't mean as a child, just lower down in the OM), secondly some objects/effects that you put into the tracer wont work unless they're baked, in those cases it tends to be a limitation.

gordons

01-10-2007, 08:26 PM

It's just a simple cube with a sweep nurb/tracer, and the tracer object is at the bottom of the list:

http://headfirstdm.com/tracer.jpg

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