Lens Effects moved out of Vray VFB?

[Rob Burns]

After updating from 2.25 to 2.40 I noticed that the Lens Effects are no longer accessible in the Vray VFB, but only through the Environment and Effect dialogue. I thought I had read in a thread that in future releases it would be in the VFB. Why the change? I thought it made more sense in the VFB. Also when updating the effects through the Environment and Effect dialogue, it always opens up a new Max Frame Buffer with the updated effect which is a bit annoying. Just wondering if the effects still be found somewhere in the VFB that I'm not seeing? Cheers.

[jacksc02]

It is in the VFB in the nightly builds but it didn't make it into the 2.4 release

[Rob Burns]

It was there as you described in version 2.25, but I just updated to version 2.4 and it is no longer there.

[voltron7]

seems to be there in latest nightly

[Rob Burns]

your right, I installed the 2.45 nightly and it is there now - I'm still having some problems with it, but it is back in the VFB now. Cheers.

[voltron7]

Yeah, problems here too, just random total OS freezes...
All the best

[vlado]

Yeah, problems here too, just random total OS freezes...

This is maybe why it's not in the official 2.4 I'm curious about these freezes though - can you describe in a bit more detail? I'd like to fix any issues there.

Best regards,
Vlado

[voltron7]

This is maybe why it's not in the official 2.4 I'm curious about these freezes though - can you describe in a bit more detail? I'd like to fix any issues there.

Best regards,
Vlado

Well, it seems to happen randomly. It does seem specifically to happen after sliding the Glare "Size." No magic number either.
It happens frequently enough that I save before making each adjustment, but the freeze doesn't happen every time.

Regarding the freeze, well, system is frozen on the screen, and needs to be "hard-booted."(not sure if that actually means anything.)
Always using vFB and VrayPhysicalCamera.

It also seems to happen more often when "Interactive" is checked, but that might be a reach.
I've tried it using loaded IR maps and light cache files.
...with and without DOF
...different gamma settings
...with and without obstacle image
...all 3 types of glare (i.e. from image, from render camera...)
...all 3 types of "mode"
...scenes have a mixture of vraylight materials (no GI) vray lights and 3dsmax IES lights.) (still testing to see if the max ies could be the culprit.)

The little green progress bar (update control) will move somewhere between 50-75% full and that is when the freeze happens...

I also should disclaim that I'm using an old Q9550