Couple questions

[anon72468074]

Questions:

1. Is there/will there be a way to render Phoenix FD particles in Krakatoa MY?

2. Is there/will there be a way to render Maya fluids in Krakatoa MY?

3. Is there/will there be a way to use Deadline to partition particles for Krakatoa MY?

Sorry for the repetitive nature of my questions, or if the answers are really obvious and somehow I’ve missed them.

Thanks in advance,
R.

[Conrad_Wiebe]

1. Is there/will there be a way to render Phoenix FD particles in Krakatoa MY?
2. Is there/will there be a way to render Maya fluids in Krakatoa MY?

Both support for Maya fluids and Phoenix FD are being planned. First priority is Maya fluids. We are hoping to have it for our next major release.

3. Is there/will there be a way to use Deadline to partition particles for Krakatoa MY?

This can currently be done using a MEL script submitted to Deadline. However, we started on a handy UI that lives directly in the export dialog. The UI should simplify the process greatly. I’ll get it posted asap.

[Bobo]

One of our Beta users posted this workaround for rendering Phoenix particles on the Beta forum. I hope he won’t mind if I re-post his approach:

I’ve just finished a project where I was using phxFD particles with K_MY. Once you have your phx sim, in the PhoenixFDPGroup node of the sim, there’s the “Create Particle System” checkbox. click that and you get an nParticleShape node. Now, when you open the Krakatoa PRT saver, the nparticleshape node is available in the “objects to save” side.

Works great, although one gotcha, not on Krakatoa, but on the phx side is if you’re phx sim doesn’t start at frame one, duplicate the first frame of your sim to pad the cache out (e.g. your cache starts on frame 75, so copy the frame 75 cache file for frames 1 - 74). If you don’t do this, the nparticleShape from phx doesn’t go back to the initial state when you rewind to frame 1.

[anon72468074]

Cool, thanks for the responses… I’ll check out that workaround.

[Conrad_Wiebe]

Hi again,
I just thought I’d let you know that Particle Partitioning in Krakatoa MY is now fully supported over Deadline. I will send you a private message with the download link. It will be public in the next release also.

[anon38265681]

Questions:

1. Is there/will there be a way to render Phoenix FD particles in Krakatoa MY?

2. Is there/will there be a way to render Maya fluids in Krakatoa MY?

3. Is there/will there be a way to use Deadline to partition particles for Krakatoa MY?

Sorry for the repetitive nature of my questions, or if the answers are really obvious and somehow I’ve missed them.

Thanks in advance,
R.

Hi, i just rendered a maya fluid with krakatoa by creating a particle emitter inside the fluid box and using the fluid as a field. you can see it here vimeo.com/82798915
pls let me know if you have questions about it