topic Re: Error: No valid XGen node specified. in Maya Forum

Error: No valid XGen node specified.

ChristopherDKopp — Wed, 10 Jun 2020 03:32:38 GMT

Hey everyone,

I tried to cache my xgen hair the way it is described here: https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/maya/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2017/ENU/Maya/files/GUID-28367DFD-A479-4E29-A691-6381CC8AF384-htm.html?_ga=2.243623437.9021727.1591758334-848200013.1591758334
...but unfortunately I get the error mentioned in the title. This is my first time trying to cache a description since I am a student. I selected the description accordingly and as soon as I hit apply in the cache menu, it says Error: No valid XGen node specified. I don't understand what the problem is. Thank your for your help!

Kind regards,
Dean

Re: Error: No valid XGen node specified.

xuxiao305 — Sun, 06 Sep 2020 05:57:00 GMT

Hello!

It seems you need to go to Generate --> Convert to interactive groom

This should create a new node with "_splineDescription" suffix for you

Select this new node, then try creating new cache again

Hope this help 🙂

Cheers,

Xiao

Re: Error: No valid XGen node specified.

lynn_zhang — Thu, 10 Sep 2020 06:20:20 GMT

Hello @xuxiao305 Welcome to Autodesk Community! Thanks for offering the suggestion!

@ChristopherDKopp Let us know if this helps!

@xuxiao305 wrote:

Hello!

It seems you need to go to Generate --> Convert to interactive groom

This should create a new node with "_splineDescription" suffix for you

Select this new node, then try creating new cache again

Hope this help 🙂

Cheers,

Xiao

Re: Error: No valid XGen node specified.

Anonymous — Thu, 12 Nov 2020 01:09:57 GMT

Really helpful message. Thankx