Phoenix FD nightlies for 3ds Max 2019

[Svetlin.Nikolov]

Hey all,

In today's nightlies (revision 28187) there are builds for 3ds Max 2019.

Please ping us if you find anything has changed or is not working

Cheers!

[gregvfx]

28189 not working for me...

[Svetlin.Nikolov]

Hey,

Are you using the vray3, vray4, or defscanline build? Can you give me a bit more info on what happens - e.g. the plugin doesn't load, displays a message, the simulation or the rendering has a certain problem, etc?

Thanks!

[flipbook]

Working fine here, Vray 3.6.04 and todays nightly

[gregvfx]

Sorry, of course.
Using vray4: The plugin failed to initialize at the start on both computers

[gregvfx]

Actually, it is the plugin inside vrayPlugins that fails, it looks like the rest of phoenix isn't installed at all...?

[georgi.zhekov]

Did you get a PhoenixFD build for V-Ray 4? Sounds like you are trying to install a Phoenix build for V-Ray 3.

[gregvfx]

There must be something wrong with my computers, I can't get phoenix to install properly. Even the standard install for 2018 is not working...
It may have to do with the silent install that I did recently, but why is the UI version of the install also not working?

[georgi.zhekov]

Can you show us the log from the installer?

[nikola.bozhinov]

Hi,

Which V-Ray 4 build are you using? Phoenix FD nightlies with ID 28170 and above are intended for Beta 3, so if you are still using Beta 1 or 2 the Phoenix FD plugin will fail to initialize.

[gregvfx]

how to grab the log?

[gregvfx]

I install the proper files...
It doesn't work in 2018 as well now, it has to be something on my computers. But what???

[gregvfx]

Here is the log...

[Svetlin.Nikolov]

Hey, thanks for the log! Everything seems installed properly - the phoenixfd.dlr should be in vrayplugins when installing the V-Ray Phoenix and one folder above in case of Scanline. This is the main Phoenix plugin.

Note that, as Nikola said, if you are using a V-Ray 4 nightly, it won't work - you need the official Beta 3 build from chaosgroup.com.

[Svetlin.Nikolov]

Are you using V-Ray Next with Max 2018 as well? Did it work with Phoenix previously or did only V-Ray 3 work with Phoenix on Max 2018 on your machines? Also, does the error message say 'phoenixfd.dlr' or some other file name?