Blender Crashes (OS restarts) when saving file with Distribute Points In Volume with High Density #130978

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Eric-Zwirnmann · 2024-11-26T15:47:33+01:00

Eric-Zwirnmann commented

2024-11-26 15:47:33 +01:00

System Information
Operating system: macOS-14.6.1-arm64-arm-64bit 64 Bits
Graphics card: Metal API Apple M3 1.2

Blender Version
Broken: version: 4.2.3 LTS, branch: blender-v4.2-release, commit date: 2024-10-14 15:20, hash: 0e22e4fcea03
Worked: (newest version of Blender that worked as expected)

Short description of error
File mostly contains Geometry Nodes. When the Distributed Points in Volume has a high density, then Blender can often crash when you try to save the file. The crash sometimes cause the OS to appear to reboot too.
The Mac is perfectly capable of handling the file, even with 1000 density.
This issue occurs also on a Mac Studio Pro M2 with 32G Memory, 60Core GPU

Exact steps for others to reproduce the error
Load the attached file
Change density on Distribute Points In Volume Geometry Node to 1000
Save the file

Some times there is a huge lag, sometimes there is a crash.
Tried setting the viewport to Shading and other modes, no change on preventing the issue from occurring.

**System Information** Operating system: macOS-14.6.1-arm64-arm-64bit 64 Bits Graphics card: Metal API Apple M3 1.2 **Blender Version** Broken: version: 4.2.3 LTS, branch: blender-v4.2-release, commit date: 2024-10-14 15:20, hash: `0e22e4fcea03` Worked: (newest version of Blender that worked as expected) **Short description of error** File mostly contains Geometry Nodes. When the Distributed Points in Volume has a high density, then Blender can often crash when you try to save the file. The crash sometimes cause the OS to appear to reboot too. The Mac is perfectly capable of handling the file, even with 1000 density. _This issue occurs also on a Mac Studio Pro M2 with 32G Memory, 60Core GPU_ **Exact steps for others to reproduce the error** Load the attached file Change density on Distribute Points In Volume Geometry Node to 1000 Save the file Some times there is a huge lag, sometimes there is a crash. Tried setting the viewport to Shading and other modes, no change on preventing the issue from occurring.

ParticalSphere.blend

1.0 MiB

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Artem Petrushin commented

2024-11-27 02:56:28 +01:00

Cannot confirm on 4.2.1 and 4.4 Alpha, it may be a MacOS specific issue.
Lags are to be expected, the realized geometry has about 32.4 million polygons.

System Information
Operating system: Windows-10-10.0.22631-SP0 64 Bits
Graphics card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060/PCIe/SSE2 NVIDIA Corporation 4.6.0 NVIDIA 566.14

Cannot confirm on 4.2.1 and 4.4 Alpha, it may be a MacOS specific issue. Lags are to be expected, the realized geometry has about 32.4 million polygons. **System Information** Operating system: Windows-10-10.0.22631-SP0 64 Bits Graphics card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060/PCIe/SSE2 NVIDIA Corporation 4.6.0 NVIDIA 566.14

Alaska commented

2024-11-27 03:23:40 +01:00

I was personally unable to reproduce the issue here.

You say the often crashes implying it doesn't happen every time. How likely is it to have the issue?

Are you able to test some things and see if it helps:

Does using factory settings help?
- Open Blender
- Select File -> Defaults -> Load Factory Settings from the top of Blender to temporarily load factory settings
- Open your file, and do the things to get it to crash.
Does changing .blend file thumbnail settings help?
- Open Blender
- Select Edit -> Preferences from the top of Blender
- In the Preferences window go to the Save & Load tab
- Change File Preview Type to None
- Open your file, and do the things to get it to crash.

Do you have a crash log?

When Blender crashes, a popup will appear asking if you'd like to report the issue to Apple.
Select the Report button, then copy the text on that screen toa text file and share it here.

This obviously doesn't work if your computer reboots.

System Information
Operating system: macOS-14.6.1-arm64-arm-64bit 64 Bits
Graphics card: Metal API Apple M1 Pro 1.2
Blender version: 4.2.3 LTS, branch: blender-v4.2-release, commit date: 2024-10-14 15:20, hash: 0e22e4fcea03

I was personally unable to reproduce the issue here. You say the often crashes implying it doesn't happen every time. How likely is it to have the issue? Are you able to test some things and see if it helps: - Does using factory settings help? - Open Blender - Select `File -> Defaults -> Load Factory Settings` from the top of Blender to temporarily load factory settings - Open your file, and do the things to get it to crash. - Does changing .blend file thumbnail settings help? - Open Blender - Select `Edit -> Preferences` from the top of Blender - In the `Preferences` window go to the `Save & Load` tab - Change `File Preview Type` to `None` - Open your file, and do the things to get it to crash. Do you have a crash log? - When Blender crashes, a popup will appear asking if you'd like to report the issue to Apple. - Select the `Report` button, then copy the text on that screen toa text file and share it here. This obviously doesn't work if your computer reboots. **System Information** Operating system: macOS-14.6.1-arm64-arm-64bit 64 Bits Graphics card: Metal API Apple M1 Pro 1.2 Blender version: 4.2.3 LTS, branch: blender-v4.2-release, commit date: 2024-10-14 15:20, hash: `0e22e4fcea03`

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