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EEVEE unusable on Intel Mac / MacOS 11.7.10 #123928

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opened 2024-06-29 01:02:54 +02:00 by Joe Ashear · 3 comments
Joe Ashear commented 2024-06-29 01:02:54 +02:00
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Operating system: macOS-11.7.10-x86_64-i386-64bit 64 Bits
Graphics card: Metal API AMD Radeon R9 M295X 1.2
(Further details at bottom of bug report)

Blender Version
Broken: version: 4.2.0 Beta, branch: blender-v4.2-release, commit date: 2024-06-28 19:02, hash: db5cc087141a
Worked: 4.0.2

Short description of error
Just switching to EEVEE makes Blender get stuck in a cycle of beachballs on my (admittedly old) Mac.

Exact steps for others to reproduce the error

  1. Launch Blender 4.2
  2. Set viewport display mode to Rendered
  3. Set render engine to EEVEE

A beachball appears. After about 20 seconds, the objects in the viewport go black, and the beachball keeps spinning. Eventually, the scene info area shows the message:

Error: Shadow buffer full, may result in missing shadows and lower performance. (1082290330 / 2048)

The beachball keeps spinning intermittently and Blender never becomes responsive.

My system specs:
Model Identifier: iMac15,1
Processor Name: Quad-Core Intel Core i7
Processor Speed: 4 GHz
Number of Processors: 1
Total Number of Cores: 4
L2 Cache (per Core): 256 KB
L3 Cache: 8 MB
Hyper-Threading Technology: Enabled
Memory: 16 GB
System Firmware Version: 478.0.0.0.0
SMC Version (system): 2.23f11

**System Information** Operating system: macOS-11.7.10-x86_64-i386-64bit 64 Bits Graphics card: Metal API AMD Radeon R9 M295X 1.2 (Further details at bottom of bug report) **Blender Version** Broken: version: 4.2.0 Beta, branch: blender-v4.2-release, commit date: 2024-06-28 19:02, hash: `db5cc087141a` Worked: 4.0.2 **Short description of error** Just switching to EEVEE makes Blender get stuck in a cycle of beachballs on my (admittedly old) Mac. **Exact steps for others to reproduce the error** 1. Launch Blender 4.2 2. Set viewport display mode to Rendered 3. Set render engine to EEVEE A beachball appears. After about 20 seconds, the objects in the viewport go black, and the beachball keeps spinning. Eventually, the scene info area shows the message: > Error: Shadow buffer full, may result in missing shadows and lower performance. (1082290330 / 2048) The beachball keeps spinning intermittently and Blender never becomes responsive. **My system specs:** Model Identifier: iMac15,1 Processor Name: Quad-Core Intel Core i7 Processor Speed: 4 GHz Number of Processors: 1 Total Number of Cores: 4 L2 Cache (per Core): 256 KB L3 Cache: 8 MB Hyper-Threading Technology: Enabled Memory: 16 GB System Firmware Version: 478.0.0.0.0 SMC Version (system): 2.23f11
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Clément Foucault commented 2024-07-01 15:24:50 +02:00
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The shadow buffer error should be fixed already.

As for the render issue if might be related to #123052, #122361 or #122837.

If you can still reproduce the shadow buffer error, then please reopen.

The shadow buffer error should be fixed already. As for the render issue if might be related to #123052, #122361 or #122837. If you can still reproduce the shadow buffer error, then please reopen.
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Jeroen Bakker commented 2024-07-01 16:16:24 +02:00
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Just an additional note, although Joe already mentioned it. This seems like a system of late 2014. Some issues we might not be able to reproduce and fix as we don't have the hardware and the GPU drivers are not updated for a long time. I hope you understand that we do our best to keep as much system working, but sometimes it doesn't outweigh the effort it takes.

Just an additional note, although Joe already mentioned it. This seems like a system of late 2014. Some issues we might not be able to reproduce and fix as we don't have the hardware and the GPU drivers are not updated for a long time. I hope you understand that we do our best to keep as much system working, but sometimes it doesn't outweigh the effort it takes.
Joe Ashear commented 2024-07-01 16:31:49 +02:00
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I totally understand, and I appreciate that Blender has supported my system this far!

I totally understand, and I appreciate that Blender has supported my system this far!
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