DR problem with maps?

[jodestroy]

To Rerender,

1- does it render with maps if you turn the check off?

Answer.... It render fast, but again, no map. Only grey bucket.

2- Does it render locally with the check on?

Answer.... Yes , only locally. But, my goodness it's so long... hahaha




By the way, about the Deadlines. Here we have around 4-8 deadlines rush each week. so i can't imagine transfer on local computer the maps and textures each time we need an image. That's why the solution for writing on each slaves the path isn't an option. I'm sure we did something wrong in the installation. Usually, ( at our opinion ) Chaos Group did always a good job to helps us or to find a clue.


But for this one, ( maps missed in the Distributed rendering ) we are still in the dark....

Thanks to all of u who try to help us. We really appreciate this community.

[vlado]

We do not have an answer for you yet as far as this question is concerned; V-Ray does not deal with textures directly as they are handled by 3ds Max, not by V-Ray. We are trying to narrow down the issue (if there is any at all on the V-Ray side), but at least for the time being, copying the maps locally is the only method that we are 100% sure that works.

Best regards,
Vlado

[jodestroy]

we do what you mention Vlado and it works....

But the main problem ... ( Weird to manage that )

Anyone have a clue ... Is it Windows. We look at permissions, firewall etc... ) no answer.

[Da_elf]

vray sp1? i didnt know it was released yet.

[percydaman]

yup its been released for several days now...

[Da_elf]

i dont see it in my download area. it still says
1.50.00 x86 Aug 07, 2007 max80

[ene.xis]

same here...no sp1 no fun!

[percydaman]

hmmm...i just checked the version im using at work and it says sp1....

[beestee]

hmmm...i just checked the version im using at work and it says sp1....

You've been in the "free grass" thread...havn't you!

[ene.xis]

it might...but ain gotten public release just yet...afaik

[percydaman]

well in my defense, I'm not the one who downloads and manages vray licenses anymore.

[jodestroy]

do not worry everyone, i'm sure the Sp1 will come in some days. We just have to ask to the Chaos Team and they send it to our computer tech.

But if you have any clue of this do not hesitate to write suggestion, we are open of all opinions.

Problem: the slaves do not see the network directories. We have to manage the Distributed Rendering computer by computer. You can't imagine all the problems it appear when you do that. If you change a map with PS you have to remember that all pc's need the new map.

Did we do something wrong in the installation process?

We use Xp 64 for some pc's and XP 32 bits for others pc's. max 9 sp2 vray 1.5 sp1

[jodestroy]

i have a request.

if i follow Vlado instruction when he says,,,, It<s not vray problem, but Max. So my questions are.

Could it be because in the other max 9 version we did not install the sp2.
Or could it be because in the other MAx that serve as slaves, Maybe the Unc path is check there?

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[jodestroy]

hi again, still have the same problem here with the maps and the .ies files. ( everything that are in different directories....than the local computer )


my question is quite simple. Where is the problem. Why can't the slaves see the directories. Sometimes it works fine and a render later Booom no more work. It happen to me last friday. I was rendering on a scene. while starting another scene. And then. no more maps seen by the slaves... I do some tests tonight and the maps are not loading anymore. Nore the .ies files. IS there any other way to work instead of putting the maps ain the local computer. We are 6 in the office and you can't imagine the waste of time. ( i pay all those guys to wait in front of there pc's. )

Is there some guys from Montreal or Quebec that could helps us here. Will pay him or her to find a clue with this DR huge problem.

[jonahhawk]

Forgive me, maybe your problem is more complicated than this. But could this missing map problem have something to do with the "Use relative paths" feature of Max9?

Use the Asset Tracker to check.

A Relative Path looks like this and will not work for DR or BB renders.



All the paths to your images should look similar to this in the asset tracker:
PDX8482 is the name of the computer with the shared folder "maps" that contains all the images.