Vray RT not reading remote texture folder

[plodej]

We are having the following problem problem: VRay production renderer reads server based texture folder without any problems while the Vray RT can't seem to find the same textures and renders flat objects without textures. When we use a local directory the Vray RT reads the textures no problem. This has been going on for a while now. Anyone experienced this? Bug or missing env variable for RT? Thanks.

[vlado]

How do you start the V-Ray RT render server application on your render slaves? Is it registered as a Widows service? If yes, you might need to change the user with which the service runs so that it can get proper permissions for accessing the network.

Best regards,
Vlado

[plodej]

We are not using distributed rendering/ render slaves. We are each working independently on our individual workstations, but are all trying to use a central texture library that is located on a server. The production renderer can find the textures no problem, but the moment we use the same remote directory to run VRay RT all objects with textures render without them.

[vlado]

Can you show me the output of the V-Ray RT render server where it gives warnings about textures not being loaded?

Best regards,
Vlado

[plodej]

Vlado

Here is what we get in the output window in Maya when the Vray RT render initiates:

[2012/Sep/27|08:25:46] V-Ray: V-Ray for Maya version 2.30.01 from May 11 2012, 01:51:11
[2012/Sep/27|08:25:46] V-Ray: V-Ray core version is 2.00.01
[2012/Sep/27|08:25:49] V-Ray warning: Successfully loaded "C:/ Work/tmp/Temp.hdr" for viewport environment !

V-Ray: Starting render
[2012/Sep/27|08:26:43] V-Ray: Loading plugins from "C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Maya2013/vray/vrayplugins/vray_*.dll"
[2012/Sep/27|08:26:43] V-Ray: 103 plugin(s) loaded successfully
[2012/Sep/27|08:26:43] V-Ray: Finished loading plugins.
[2012/Sep/27|08:26:43] V-Ray: Exporting scene to V-Ray.
[2012/Sep/27|08:26:43] V-Ray: Parsing light links time 0h 0m 0.0s (0.0 s)
[2012/Sep/27|08:26:43] V-Ray: Translating scene geometry for V-Ray
[2012/Sep/27|08:26:43] V-Ray: Total time translating scene for V-Ray 0h 0m 0.0s (0.0 s)
[2012/Sep/27|08:26:43] V-Ray: Rendering with IPR (port 20207).
res=true
res=true
res=true
res=true
res=true
res=true
[2012/Sep/27|08:26:43] V-Ray: Updating frame at time 1.00
[2012/Sep/27|08:26:43] V-Ray: Total time updating frame 0h 0m 0.0s (0.0 s)
[2012/Sep/27|08:26:43] V-Ray: Render complete
[2012/Sep/27|08:26:43] V-Ray: ========================
[2012/Sep/27|08:26:43] V-Ray warning: [SettingsPNG] No image writer specified.
[2012/Sep/27|08:26:43] V-Ray warning: [SettingsJPEG] No image writer specified.
[2012/Sep/27|08:26:43] V-Ray warning: [SettingsSGI] No image writer specified.
[2012/Sep/27|08:26:43] V-Ray warning: [SettingsTIFF] No image writer specified.
[2012/Sep/27|08:26:43] V-Ray warning: [SettingsTGA] No image writer specified.
[2012/Sep/27|08:26:43] V-Ray warning: [SettingsEXR] No image writer specified.
[2012/Sep/27|08:26:43] V-Ray: Preparing renderer...
[2012/Sep/27|08:26:43] V-Ray: Preparing scene for rendering...
[2012/Sep/27|08:26:43] V-Ray: Creating texture cache with size 0 MB
[2012/Sep/27|08:26:43] V-Ray: Creating bitmap manager
[2012/Sep/27|08:26:43] V-Ray: dr host: 127.0.0.1
[2012/Sep/27|08:26:43] V-Ray: Connected to render host 127.0.0.1:20207
[2012/Sep/27|08:26:43] V-Ray: Using 1 hosts for distributed rendering.
[2012/Sep/27|08:26:43] V-Ray: Preparing scene for frame...
[2012/Sep/27|08:26:44] V-Ray: Bitmap file "C:/Work/tmp/Temp.hdr" loaded.
[2012/Sep/27|08:26:44] V-Ray warning: Scene is empty.
[2012/Sep/27|08:26:44] V-Ray: Running RTEngine

[plodej]

Any ideas? We are trying to figure out if this may have something to do with ports? Would VRay RT use different ports than the production renderer?

[vlado]

This is the output of V-Ray RT in Maya; however I need the output of the V-Ray standalone render server that runs on the render slaves.

Best regards,
Vlado

[plodej]

I guess were not understanding one another here. We are not using render slaves. We are using a central server as a repository for all of our textures and files we are working on. We load a file from the server to our local machines. These files link to textures on that same server. When we run VRay RT on our local machine (individual workstations) everything works except the textures. The moment we move or re-link the textures to a local directory all is fine. Distributed rendering is turned off in this case.

[vlado]

V-Ray RT *always* renders in DR mode, even on the same machine. So there is always a V-Ray RT server application running (vray.exe). This is the one that I need the output from

Best regards,
Vlado

[plodej]

OK that makes a little bit more sense Vlado, thank you Silly question perhaps, but how do I grab that output from the server app?

[vlado]

OK that makes a little bit more sense Vlado, thank you Silly question perhaps, but how do I grab that output from the server app?

That depends on how you started it. Is it registered as a Windows service? Or you get it in the Windows taskbar?

Best regards,
Vlado