Cached Playback unsupported nodes

Some nodes in the Maya dependency graph (DG) disable the Cached Playback process. This section refers only to animated nodes that disable Playback Caching. If the nodes are not animated, Playback caching is not affected by them.

Playback caching is disabled, and enters Safe Mode if Maya detects any unsupported nodes in the scene. When Cached Playback is in Safe Mode, the Cached Playback status line and the Cached Playback icon turns yellow. (See Cached Playback status line states for more information.)

When in Safe Mode, the Cached Playback icon turns yellow

textureDeformer nodes are unsupported and disable Cached Playback.

Use the variables in the following tables for each unsupported node.

Note: See Setting environment variables using Maya.env for information on using environment variables.

Note: For more technical detail on Cached Playback, see the Maya Cached Playback whitepaper.

Cache file

Disabling Nodes/Attributes	Supported Value	Force enable cache with
cacheFile		`MAYA_CACHE_IGNORE_UNSAFE_CACHE_FILE`

MASH

Disabling Nodes/Attributes	Supported Value	Force enable cache with
MASH_Jiggle		`MAYA_CACHE_IGNORE_UNSAFE_MASH`
MASH_Trails.trailsMode (Conditional support: certain attribute values disable caching)	Join the Dots (2) Connect to Point (3) Connect to Nearest (4) Connect by Distance (5) Constraint Pairs (6)
MASH_Flight	FALSE
MASH_Spring	FALSE
MASH_Falloff.falloffEventType (Conditional support: certain attribute values disable caching)	FALSE
MASH_Time.enableVelocity (Conditional support: certain attribute values disable caching)	FALSE
MASH_Time.simulateTime (Conditional support: certain attribute values disable caching)	FALSE
MASH_Orient.orientMode (Conditional support: certain attribute values disable caching)	FALSE
MASH_Color.enableVelocity (Conditional support: certain attribute values disable caching)	FALSE

Subdivision

Disabling Nodes/Attributes	Supported Value	Force enable cache with
subdiv.aOutSubdiv (Conditional support: certain attribute values disable caching)	*Not animated	`MAYA_CACHE_IGNORE_UNSAFE_DEFORMING_SUBDIV`

Texture deformer

Disabling Nodes/Attributes	Supported Value	Force enable cache with
textureDeformer		`MAYA_CACHE_IGNORE_UNSAFE_TEXTURE_DEFORMER`

Trax

Disabling Nodes/Attributes	Supported Value	Force enable cache with
animClip		`MAYA_CACHE_IGNORE_UNSAFE_TRAX`
clipGhostData
clipLibrary
clipScheduler
clipToGhostData

Cached Playback unsupported nodes

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