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ABECK

11-27-2007, 12:32 PM

I'm sure this is an easy question, but I'm a noob (coming from Blender) and dynamics has a lot of options.
I've created an ocean, a preview plane and a boat. I selected the boat and chose "make Motor Boat." I have the bouancy set, so the boat looks to be floating normally. I have the throttle, rudder and pitch/roll set as well. When I play back the scene, the boat moves across the water as expected (even rising up as it speeds up - exciting!) However, when I batch render the scene, the boat just sits there.
I'm guessing it's something simple with the render, because when I preview it, it looks fine.

Thanks.

Duncan

11-27-2007, 05:54 PM

As long as you render in a single sequence on one machine it should work. However it is usually a good idea to do "Edit: Keys: Bake Simulation" before rendering. Then it will always update OK, even if you render on a renderfarm.

Duncan

ABECK

11-27-2007, 06:04 PM

As long as you render in a single sequence on one machine it should work.
Duncan

Yup - single sequence, one machine. I'll try baking, as you mentioned. Perhaps the boat object I imported from another project has a location key frame set, or something. I'll try a new object just to test.

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