unsupposed / wrongly instanced gradients Vraysoftboxes

[roboxx]

Hi,

have a strange problem when using several Lights with VraySoftboxes.
The lights and maps are not instanced, but the gradient settings seem to be instanced.
When editing the first light / texture, the settings from the second one get edited to.
When choosing the second map, the gradient settings are somehow taken from the first map once i start to edit it, but the preview doens`t fit to this gradient.
See attached screenshots ....will also send a support request with attached example scene to support@chaosgroup.com

Any ideas on this ?

[hermit.crab]

Thank you for the report. I've logged the issue (internal bug-tracker id: VMAX-10399) for developer analysis.

[roboxx]

Hi,

any news on this issue. Have also sent a support request with an example scene 4 days ago but no response so far. As i am in the middle of a production and really need this feature working correctly , i`d really appreciate a quick response.

Thanks

[hermit.crab]

Not quite yet. I've already notified our developers about the matter. We'll see what we can do.

[roboxx]

Well, after more then a week still no answer from support on my request. Couldn`t someone from your staff at least take a look at the provided example scene or try to reproduce this bug and let me know.?
I re-installed Vray and still have the same problems in a fresh max-scene ( 3dsmax 2020 and 2021,Vray Next 4.30.02 ) so atm it seems that the VraySoftbox are not useable in VrayNext for the mentioned reason above.....too bad.

[hermit.crab]

Well, after more then a week still no answer from support on my request. Couldn`t someone from your staff at least take a look at the provided example scene or try to reproduce this bug and let me know.?
I re-installed Vray and still have the same problems in a fresh max-scene ( 3dsmax 2020 and 2021,Vray Next 4.30.02 ) so atm it seems that the VraySoftbox are not useable in VrayNext for the mentioned reason above.....too bad.

As a matter of fact, we did. The issue was reproducible, it was logged for developer investigation (see my first post) and the devs were informed about the matter (see my second post). The CG forums can be seen as an extension of the support system, in other words, an answer from the Support team representatives means your issue is being investigated.

[roboxx]

Hi Aleksandar,

i have a new production starting in a couple of days ( Product Renderings ) where i`m really in the need of using the VraySoftbox. Do you have any news about a upcoming fix / nightfly for the mentioned bug i posted about a month ago or is the VraySoftbox just not useable for an indefinite period in VrayNext ?

[Joelaff]

I haven’t tested your issue, but I suppose you could save out bitmaps of your soft box textures and work with them that way. You get a little more control like that too, like easily adding variance or blurring certain areas, etc.

Not as convenient, but might help.

Maybe try in Slate editor and make sure the VRaySoftBox nodes are unique. Good luck.

[roboxx]

Hi Joe,

thanks for your thoughts about this. When using the Slate Mat. Editor for changing settings of the Vraysoftboxes, the problems seems to be gone, So it might be a bug only when using the Compact Material Editor....will do some further testing on this.

Best

Robin

[Joelaff]

Perhaps the nodes were actually instances of one another somehow?

I don’t use the compact material editor. So I have no clue how to make an instance vs a copy of a map with it.

I’m glad you find a way to get it working, though.

[hermit.crab]

roboxx Not quite yet, it is on our developer's to-do lists, however. We'll see if we can implement the fix in NEXT as well. For now, use the Slate material editor as mentioned

[hermit.crab]

roboxx FYI - the issue is fixed in the latest nightly build.

[roboxx]

Hi Aleksandar, i have a new annoying problem with the VraySoftboxes after upgrading to Vray5.2 on Max2021. When using a Softbox some markers in the gradients are lit pink / selected by default and i cant deselect them or sometimes only deselct some of them, but not all ( tried STRG or by just clicking somewhere in the gradient ) .
This also varies depending of the choosen gradient ( V Vig, U Vig, Rad Vid and Frame), which makes is more strange to me. Sometimes some of the pink markers can be deselected, sometime not...so random behaviour.
Is this a known bug and how to fix it ?

[hermit.crab]

roboxx Yes, this was already addressed and it seems to be fixed in the stable nightly builds. Try them out.