DR not loading textures with vray 3.00.05

[jstrob]

since I installed vray 3.00.05, my DR slaves can't load texture. First I always need to check "transfer texture" since vray 3 exist cause it seems even with unc path DR can't load any texture without transferring them locally. But now the transfer textures is not even working for me...

I did a render with backburner to setup dr. All my vrayspawner service log in with my credentials. I use UNC path all the time. My permsissions are ok in my shared folders. VrayDRspawner2014 is also allowed in the firewall of each machine...

[vlado]

We did not change anything in that code and it seems to work fine here. Can you do a test with VRayHDRI, and show me the log file from a render slave that failed to load the texture? At least VRayHDRI prints out an error code when there are issues (in contrast to the 3ds Max Bitmap texture).

Best regards,
Vlado

[jstrob]

When can I find the slave log file for DR?

[jstrob]

ok directly in c:
i remember now

[vlado]

In whatever place is specified in the V-Ray system rollout. By default it is in the temporary folder for the user that the V-Ray spawner runs as, as specified by the TEMP environment variable.

Best regards,
Vlado

[jstrob]

When I use a hdri map in the diffuse slot in a test scene dr works correctly. But in thre problematic scene, I have an animated displacement map (.ifl in the slot) nad some dr slaves load it some other dont...

[jstrob]

I found out that on most of my slaves, the spawner service was not set to log with my credentials. It is because when I install phoenixFD, the spawner service is lost and I have to recreate it and I guess I forgot to put the right credentials on every slaves.

But now even with this set up correctly, they see the displacement map, but they don't see the reflection of a sss color coming from another map.

[vlado]

But in thre problematic scene, I have an animated displacement map (.ifl in the slot) nad some dr slaves load it some other dont...

Is that animated map still a VRayHDRI, or just a regular Bitmap?

Best regards,
Vlado

[hoppergrass]

I get this kind of issue quite often, some days the slaves pick up textures no problem other days some do some dont.

[jstrob]

Is that animated map still a VRayHDRI, or just a regular Bitmap?

Best regards,
Vlado

It was a regular bitmap, but as I said it is working for this one now since I put my credentials in the spawner services on each slave. Now the proble is only with the yellow reflection. That yellow comes form a regular bitmap too (tga) in a SSS2 slot of an object that is invisible to the camera.

[vlado]

That yellow comes form a regular bitmap too (tga) in a SSS2 slot of an object that is invisible to the camera.

Can you replace that with VRayHDRI and see if you still have the issue?

Best regards,
Vlado

[jstrob]

I will try it in a few days. For now I have to render and my frames are between 10 and 17 hours each so I can't interrupt.

[oluv]

one frame 10 hours???
how many frames do you have to render?