sim suddenly starts writing 5kb cache frames

[ttdww]

alright - i'll prep and email it. thanks!

[Svetlin.Nikolov]

As soon as the nightly builds are back online - hopefully today or tomorrow, there is a fix there you can try and say if it makes any difference.

[ttdww]

great thanks! will do.

[ttdww]

if you still need the scene, i'll be able prep and put it up tomorrow. i'm in PST. thx again.

[Ivaylo Katev]

tomorrow is good, thanks for the collaboration

[Svetlin.Nikolov]

Hello, the nightly builds with the attempted fix are out, can you try if it makes a difference? (most max versions are in the folder of Oct 21st)

[ttdww]

surely - will do. thanks a ton!

[ttdww]

finally got a chance to test it out. the problem still persists, however this time I did receive an error message upon write of the 1st 5kb frame. i'm currently using v25087. thanks!

[Svetlin.Nikolov]

Seems like you can't write files over 32MB over the network. We will add a fix for this, but just for the sake of clarity - what OS do you use, and can you save anything else big from 3ds max, for example a vray proxy or some GI map, anything over 32 megs?

[Ivaylo Katev]

yes, the number 32 sounds like a good value for a hidden limitation. we will try to workaround it, but would be very good to know what is causing it.

[ttdww]

hi, thanks very much! these boxes are winXP x64 (don't laugh). yes, the boxes write all other caches fine: fumefx, vray gi maps, TP cache data, etc. thx again!

[Svetlin.Nikolov]

Copy that, the docs say that xp 64 has issues over 32 megs, we will add a workaround.

[Ivaylo Katev]

i'm also with xp64, never had such a problem, but if this is an official info, there is no doubt that this is the problem and we will workaround it

[ttdww]

this is great news guys - that is to have a 'known' issue that could be causing it. thx so much for looking into a workaround!

[Svetlin.Nikolov]

Hello and sorry for the long delay - in today's nightly build we added a fix that will hopefully deal with this problem. Since we can't test it here, we're counting on you to try it out