https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/bifrost-forum/caching-on-render-farm-not-working/m-p/10287527#M3586 <P>I am trying to cache an MPM simulation on our farm, but it only works if I hook up a conversion node from Bifrost Geo to Maya Geo. It is still caching through the Bifrost node (I am not caching the Maya geo) but I can only get it to work when I hook it up through the conversion node. I am trying to avoid having the conversion node to save resources, so I'm wondering if I did something wrong?</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I am not really sure, but maybe it's because nothing is pulling on the bifrost data unless I hook it up to a maya geo conversion node? It plays and caches fine in the viewport on my local machine without the conversion node, and I read <A href="https://area.autodesk.com/blogs/the-maya-blog/bifcmd-bifrost-engine-and-bifrost-compute-jobs-explained/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</A> that batch session and mayapy are supported, so not sure what step I'm missing. I tried both write_Alembic and file_cache to native bob format, both have the same issue. Also I can't use bifcmd right now because it is dependent on some maya nodes</P> Mon, 03 May 2021 16:54:11 GMT bugsdabunny 2021-05-03T16:54:11Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/bifrost-forum/caching-on-render-farm-not-working/m-p/10287527#M3586 <P>I am trying to cache an MPM simulation on our farm, but it only works if I hook up a conversion node from Bifrost Geo to Maya Geo. It is still caching through the Bifrost node (I am not caching the Maya geo) but I can only get it to work when I hook it up through the conversion node. I am trying to avoid having the conversion node to save resources, so I'm wondering if I did something wrong?</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I am not really sure, but maybe it's because nothing is pulling on the bifrost data unless I hook it up to a maya geo conversion node? It plays and caches fine in the viewport on my local machine without the conversion node, and I read <A href="https://area.autodesk.com/blogs/the-maya-blog/bifcmd-bifrost-engine-and-bifrost-compute-jobs-explained/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</A> that batch session and mayapy are supported, so not sure what step I'm missing. I tried both write_Alembic and file_cache to native bob format, both have the same issue. Also I can't use bifcmd right now because it is dependent on some maya nodes</P> Mon, 03 May 2021 16:54:11 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/bifrost-forum/caching-on-render-farm-not-working/m-p/10287527#M3586 bugsdabunny 2021-05-03T16:54:11Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/bifrost-forum/caching-on-render-farm-not-working/m-p/10299074#M3587 <P>I am suspecting now it is because the viewport is not pulling on the data perhaps? Because when I freeze the viewport locally, it also doesn't work. Will have to do more testing, but if anyone knows how to get it working in a batch maya session please let me know</P> Sat, 08 May 2021 00:34:03 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/bifrost-forum/caching-on-render-farm-not-working/m-p/10299074#M3587 bugsdabunny 2021-05-08T00:34:03Z