Format of the .gi file of the irradiance cache

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   Hello,

I'm wondering if there's anyone (maybe a developer of maxon?) that can give me a short description of what the .gi file actually contains. There is an irradiance cache viewer available for Vray for 3DS Max, so i was actually going to try and write one for C4D as well, since it's such a usefull tool to see if you're having everything covered. If this is classified information, it's fine, but i'd love to be able to write such a thing, many people would find that really usefull.

Greetings,
Bart

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ZaPPZion Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Member Joined: 2010 Jul 20 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2	Post Options Post Reply Quote ZaPPZion Report Post Quote Reply Topic: Format of the .gi file of the irradiance cache Posted: 2010 Jul 20 at 5:01pm
	Hello, I'm wondering if there's anyone (maybe a developer of maxon?) that can give me a short description of what the .gi file actually contains. There is an irradiance cache viewer available for Vray for 3DS Max, so i was actually going to try and write one for C4D as well, since it's such a usefull tool to see if you're having everything covered. If this is classified information, it's fine, but i'd love to be able to write such a thing, many people would find that really usefull. Greetings, Bart

Matthias Bober Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Forum Moderator Joined: 2006 Oct 16 Location: Germany Online Status: Offline Posts: 1644	Post Options Post Reply Quote Matthias Bober Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 2010 Jul 20 at 11:30pm
	I am sorry but the .gi file format specification is not avaible for plugin developers. cheers, Matthias
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ZaPPZion Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Member Joined: 2010 Jul 20 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2	Post Options Post Reply Quote ZaPPZion Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 2010 Jul 21 at 1:06pm
	Oh, that's a pity. Was hoping to help a lot of people out there with a IRCache viewer (just like the one from VRay), but that's not possible now (i could reverse engineer the file format, but that would mean breaking the EULA or at least not being able to release it ) Only thing i need to know is where the sample positions are, to show them as little spheres in either an external program or even as a plugin. But thanks for the info any way, hope to see an IRCache viewer in a next version of c4d!