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I have been experimenting with scene states recently and found it to be surprisingly powerful, if a bit clunky. There are a few things VRay doesn't play nice with though like apparently camera settings don't get recorded.
The thing that really bugs me though is that you can't override the naming of files output the by v-ray framebuffer without applying a different render change to every single state.
In my case I have around 50 objects that needs to be rendered using 8 different material settings, in a few different camera angles. Setting it up using state sets I could in theory make it simple by setting up the states for each object, but the naming of the files becomes an issue since I don't want to use Max's built in file output. The only real solution I've found is increment the frame number for every state but that still requires over a thousand manual changes.
Soooo my question is, will VRay be able work with state sets in the future, and is it possible to fake it using scripting, by using the "scripted state" to change the output path before each render?
Also, does anyone use RP Manager or similar? It doesn't seem to have been updated in a long time so I'm unsure about buying it. Does it have support for outputting and auto-naming files with the v-ray frame buffer?
The thing that really bugs me though is that you can't override the naming of files output the by v-ray framebuffer without applying a different render change to every single state.
In my case I have around 50 objects that needs to be rendered using 8 different material settings, in a few different camera angles. Setting it up using state sets I could in theory make it simple by setting up the states for each object, but the naming of the files becomes an issue since I don't want to use Max's built in file output. The only real solution I've found is increment the frame number for every state but that still requires over a thousand manual changes.
Soooo my question is, will VRay be able work with state sets in the future, and is it possible to fake it using scripting, by using the "scripted state" to change the output path before each render?
Also, does anyone use RP Manager or similar? It doesn't seem to have been updated in a long time so I'm unsure about buying it. Does it have support for outputting and auto-naming files with the v-ray frame buffer?
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