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HI

I'm using Modo's replicator with time variation to randomize the animation of an IK rigged mesh.

Octane plug-in doesn't render the "time randomization" from the rigged mesh
I did a setup with a simple cube, with a simple animated rotation (not rigged), and octane renders ok.
I'm attaching a .lxo file with both cases (to change just rewire in "schematics").

Is this a bug, or a limitation? Is there a solution?

Thank You

jtmsf_Joao

Modo11.1v1
Octane for Modo 3.6.1.120

So...

It's worst than I thought:

Octane is not rendering time variations defined in the replicator, if the "prototype" connected to the replicator is animated by any kind of Deformer

I'm posting two examples: in the the first one the prototype is animated by a bend effector ; in the second one the prototype is animated by a morph map.
If I render with modo (preview and F9), it works. If I render with Octane it doesn't

I also tested exporting an deformer animated mesh to an MDD, and then connecting the MDD+Mesh to the replicator with time variation. Didn't work either in Octane

One curious thing: I noticed that modo viewport doesn't display the time variation of animated deformers either.

Thanks for any help

Is this a limitation of octane? A bug?

Any workaround for this issue?

I would appreciate if somebody could tell me if this "not rendering replicator time variation from rigged mesh animation" issue is a octane limitation or a bug.

Thanks

Hi - as per my response to your other question - the Modo Replicator is converted to an Octane Scatter node (so the transform for each replicator point becomes an Octane Scatter instance transform). Therefore all instances will render as the same (ie. identical) mesh. So to render your scenerio correctly - you would need to use separate Mesh objects rather than a Replicator.

I hope that helps.

Paul

I was afraid of that...

I could render with modo's renderer, but each frame takes an eternity...

An external GPU renderer seemed like the best option.

Thanks for your help Paul.