Just a snall "bug" in VRayMtlSelect...

[48design]

Hi!

If I change the elementName of a VRayMtlSelect and hit render, the elementName is automaticalle (re)set to the name of the material.

Greetings!



edit: snall = small ^^

[Svetlozar Draganov]

Which V-Ray/3DSMax version is that?
I've just run a quick test with 3.00.07/2015 but I couldn't reproduce it.

[48design]

Sorry, didn't look at this thread again.
VRay 3.00.08 latest nightly, Max 2013. I should have mentioned that I changed the elementName by MaxScript. Sorry! I checked it again and it seems that the elementName does also change if I apply a new material to it.

[Svetlozar Draganov]

One of our programmers informed me that this is done intentionally in order to avoid overriding files.
I was wrong about the previous test I did - the name of the element was indeed changed but UI was not updated.

[48design]

I don't know if I understood that. If I create a VRayMtlSelect render element by MaxScript, change the name of the render element and put a material in the material slot of this render element it is correct for you that the name of this render element changes to the material's name?

I did a workaround for that by making a temporary copy of the name before applying a material and changing back afterwards. The real bad thing was when I figured out that while starting the rendering the name of the render element was again overwritten by the material's name.

Could you confirm that?

[Svetlozar Draganov]

Yes - the MtlSelect Render Element automatically inherits the name of the material assigned to it.

[48design]

Ok. And it's not gonna be fixed?

[vlado]

This specific behavior was requested by users. You can always change the name of the element *after* you assign the material to it.

Best regards,
Vlado

[48design]

Hey Vlado,

but that's the point: when I hit render, the name is AGAIN changed to the material name. At least that's what I recognized by coding a MaxScript.

Thanks
Fabian

[vlado]

but that's the point: when I hit render, the name is AGAIN changed to the material name.

Ok, that's odd Will look into it.

Best regards,
Vlado