Vray Material Repository: Gathering of ideas

[dlparisi]

It would be cool, if not very practical, for someone to render each material on the same box and with the same settings to get an idea of the render expense of each material. There will probably be hundreds of mats..not sure I am volunteering. :P

Why not develop a baseline object , i.e. whatever the sample model ends as with a simple patern on it like a checkerboard or something. This arbitraily gets assigned a value of one and whoever is submitting a model is required (requested?) to render the baseline object as well as their new material (they really only need to so this once on each machine). Divide the new material render time bythe baseline and you get a multiplier. The new material "time" is simply a multiplier of the baseline object, everthing stays relative.

[jacksc02]

now that sounds like a lot of extra work

[DaForce]

yeah a fair amount of extra work.. but also a good idea.. in theory atleast.

Lele!!!! we have a job for you

I think getting a listing of the render time expense is a great idea! Say we have 2 brushed metal materials, and they look very similar but one had a 2x rendertime compared to the other, then you would be able to choose to go with the slightly better yet longer rendering material or the faster but not quite as good material.
Really cool idea!
Eric, I see you have volunteered to do all the rendering

[base2studios]

hehe...i completely agree this would be useful...I'm no uber-materializer, so I'm trolling for mats ALL the time and I've come across a few dupes that suck Scott's balls when it comes to rendertimes comparatively. schwing!

[jacksc02]

......I've come across a few dupes that suck Scott's balls.............

interesting comment.............

[base2studios]

that's just how I roll....lol

[jacksc02]

must be a texas thing

[CCS]

leave me out of this, ya freak!

[base2studios]

VIVA LWF REVOLUCION!!!! hehe

[DaForce]

ok..... did it just get freaky in here or what.

We need something like in BF2

"base2studios blocked for 30mins for speaking weird shit"

[jacksc02]

yeah for sure! maybe a cool off button

[base2studios]

get your head outta DaBattlefield you Wake Island whore! LOL

[DaForce]

53hours gameplay on that map alone isnt that bad is it... hahaha

[jacksc02]

game nerds....

[DaForce]