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SFSimDev

• June 20, 2022 12:33

Hi All Is there a way to create processing chains that branch rather than having each operation be UseOutputAsInput on or off? For example I'd like to do the following in a batch: 1. MATERIAL MERGE 2. OCCLUSION CULL ON OUTPUT OF 1. 3. OPTIMIZE 50% ON OUTPUT OF 2. 4. REMESH 150 TRIANGLES ON OUTPUT OF 2. At the moment I think it is only possible for step 4 to use the output of step 3? This would be a very powerful feature if possible. I'm using InstaLOD Studio XL Thanks for reading Chris

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  Andreas Strunski

  • June 23, 2022 07:26

  Hello Chris,

  Please excuse the delayed response.

  When using the Previous Output As Input option, it's impossible to branch an operation's output into its predecessors. As a workaround, you can simply execute steps 1 and 2 first and then run the optimization and the remeshing in parallel. This can also be achieved without storing the operations in different profiles.

  First, enable POAI and disable the OP and RE entries. Please also make sure to disable the export of the MM operation.

   

  After processing these steps, you can disable POAI and toggle all operations:

  

   

  When using InstaLOD Studio XL, this workaround does not have any downside. After running the operations, you'll have access to the LOD tabs that allow toggling between the remeshing and optimization results, as well as the ability to use the timeline to go back to the previous steps (see screenshot below).

  Thanks,

  Andreas

  

   

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  SFSimDev

  • June 23, 2022 10:59

  That's great. Thanks for the detailed response Andreas I'll give that a whirl! Much appreciated :D

   

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