OSL materials don't transfer across DR in V-Ray 5

[ted.vitale.jdk]

We are currently running into an issue with distributed rendering not rendering OLS shaders correctly on some of our render nodes. In our animation (screengrab attached), we get boxes that render with odd results and the original machine that hosts the OSL map is fine, but the rest of the nodes don't render correctly. Not sure how to fix it. We've tried different pathing, tried putting everything on the server, etc. but we haven't found a solution.

Any direction would be helpful.

[nikoleta.garkova]

Hey ted.vitale.jdk,

There is a know issue with 'Transfer missing assets' which is not working with DR when using OSL shaders (internal bug-tracker ID: VMAX-2249). If you place the OSL files on a shared network location accessible from the local and node machines, then it should render fine.

If that's not the case, do share a simplified scene which we could test and see if we are able to reproduce it. You can forward it via our contact form, just make sure to mention this thread (or my name) in the subject.