hey guys! I got an answer! it wasn't obvious at all, I had to go through windows settings to do it. two guys at cgtalk have encountered this problem before.
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I have 1Gig of Ram

there is quite a bit of geometry but none of it is complicated

oh no I don't touch anything, just click on playblast and let it go. just goes 10-12 frames and that's it.
but if I make a new scene I can playblast longer.

could there be something in my scene...

Hey everyone!
I seem to have a problem with my scene.

I modeled a whole house with furniture and everything. I then proceeded to add a camera for a fly-through. however whenever I go to playblast...

Hey everyone!
I've been away from Maya for two years and I've got this little problem that's bugging me.

the fire particles I've got aren't rendering.

I remember theres probably an easy...

oh I'm sure theres is a way, even with a script or something that has to do with breaking the link from the light to the grass. I know it's difficult but I'm sure theres an answer somewhere out...

Greetings Mayaheads!

I have a light linking question. :banghead:
I want to unlink my paint fx stroke (blowing grass) from a directional light but can't seem to find the option to do it, maybe...

ah sweet thank you!
much apreciated.
I knew it was talked about before somewhere. :D

hey everyone!
looks like this is my first post. I'm an animator but I havne't done any serious work in about 8months because i'm travelling around in asia. So now I reside in Japan and I'm...