You can create an Agent Atoms Proxy via the Atoms Menu: Atoms > Rendering > Create AtomsProxy Node.
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The Atoms proxy node is a lightweight representation of your cache.
You can assign an atoms cache and a variation file to it.
The AtomsProxy node is connected to the time node by default .
You can also specify a json variation file which will override any scene setup.
If you only care about showing some agents you can specify their ids in the "Agent Ids" field, where 0 is the first index available:
- 0-6: will show all agents with id between 0 and 6.
- 0, 2, 4: will show the agents with id 0, 2 and 4
- !(0-6): will not show all agents with id between 0 and 6.
Benefits of using Atoms Proxies
- Atoms Proxies are much faster than having a "cacheReader" module on an Agent Group node.
- Atoms Proxies will still display the correct frame even when users scrub on the timeline, unlike the atoms groupgroups.
- Atoms Proxies are used for giving a visual reference to artists, for lighting and for rendering.
- You can render with motion blur only when using an Atoms Proxy.
- Atoms Proxies do not use an Atoms Crowd license, but an Atoms Procedural license.