Hello,

I am not sure if this is a bug, a feature, or a mistake on my part.

Whenever I am using "Save to Disk in Background" on a filecache, it replaces the "Base Name" Entry with the resolved string.
It also doesnt keep the $F, but replaces it with the first cached frame number.

I am using Houdini 19.0.455
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maximgehricke
I am not sure if this is a bug, a feature, or a mistake on my part.

The filecache node was updated in 19 to build the path more programmatically. To define the file name like before, change the File Path drop down from "Constructed" to "Explicit". This will allow using $F in the file name.

Otherwise, when using the constructed mode, leave out the frame number from the 'Base Name' field. This should only contain a descriptive token. No frame number, extension, version or other metadata should go in this field. In your example, simply use "$OS".

uncheck Advanced/Save/Harden Base Name On Save

tamte
uncheck Advanced/Save/Harden Base Name On Save

yeah that one got me very good. alt dragged in hurry couple times and ended up with overwritten file caches.
that is switched of by default from now on

sekow

tamte
uncheck Advanced/Save/Harden Base Name On Save

yeah that one got me very good. alt dragged in hurry couple times and ended up with overwritten file caches.
that is switched of by default from now on

It's still naming the file waterDust_pop.$F4.bgeosc_v1.$F4.bgeosc which is silly. Using an explicit path, or taking out the tokens from the base name will create a more sensible file name.

jsmack

maximgehricke
I am not sure if this is a bug, a feature, or a mistake on my part.

The filecache node was updated in 19 to build the path more programmatically. To define the file name like before, change the File Path drop down from "Constructed" to "Explicit". This will allow using $F in the file name.

Otherwise, when using the constructed mode, leave out the frame number from the 'Base Name' field. This should only contain a descriptive token. No frame number, extension, version or other metadata should go in this field. In your example, simply use "$OS".

Ahhh I see, the node is more intelligent than I thought!

Thats actually great news, I was going nuts haha. This however makes it much easier too.

tamte
uncheck Advanced/Save/Harden Base Name On Save

This is also very useful, I made this disabled by default now.

Thanks so much for the help everyone!