Okay problem solved, When it doubt do two things:

1. Delete preferences!
2. Delete History!

These are two very simple rules all CG artists should live by;)

***Thanks for the help Dave!

okay it works! I had to go to solver>memory cache>delete , and now the rigid bodies seem to work.

However some of the effects still don't work. Mainly the shatter. It does absolutely nothing, and...

Thanks for the reply

I deleted my preferences but still my rigid bodies do not animate, nor fall.

This happens in any new or current project.


Im thinking about reinstalling maya however I...

BTW the rigid body system has work fine it the past. But all of a sudden it stopped working.

Hey All

I don't know what happened but my active rigid body system does not animate. It just stays in one position

I'm not sure if I did something with Cache settings or something like that but...

Okay everything in my scene has been rendered except for my paint fx. I am still having issues with it.

Anyone know reasons why paint fx cant be rendered?

Thanks for the reply

I made the terrain by using a polygon plane and the paint selectable tool. I added a fractal texture to it. The sky is made from a nurbs sphere, and paint fx. I cannot render...

I forgot to mention a few details

I am running Maya 8.5
comp specs:

Macbook pro Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.2 GHz, 4GB ram, GeForce 8600M GT VRAM 128

To sum up my problem: I imported a spaceship...

Im having a hard time rendering my scene. Only one object (a spaceship) in the scene shows up in my IPR window. The terrain and sky I have in my scene do not show up.

I added some lights, and...