Vray material editor doesnt show preview

[PIXELBOX_SRO]

Hi all,

just recently jumped on the Vray 3.0 bandwagon and biting through it.
I have problems with the Vray material editor.
It shows nothing, well, shows, just really light grey ball and red cross over it.
Where is the problem?
Have i missed something?

I ve tried to follow the help in the support files but as usual, its rather descriptive rather than "teaching" so where is the catch please?
I d really love to start using it but i cant seem to move forward.

Also are there any tutorials on how to use and stack and blend materials properly in VRMAT editor?

Any help or tip much appreciated!!!
Best Regards

Martin

[PIXELBOX_SRO]

i ve even tried opening the vrmat file from the chaosgroup.com/ vrmats section and no joy
pressing preview button does nothing

[vlado]

Which 3ds Max version is this?

Best regards,
Vlado

[PIXELBOX_SRO]

2015, sp2, extension1

[PIXELBOX_SRO]

sending you an email Vlado

[Svetlozar Draganov]

What is the exact V-Ray version?
I've just run a quick test with 3.00.08 with a few samples from VRmats section but everything worked fine.
I'll update my 3DSMax to the version that you are using and I'll do another test.

[Svetlozar Draganov]

I've just updated to the latest SP2 Ext1 but again I couldn't reproduce the issue.
Are you using 3DSMax or 3DSMax Design?
What version is the Operating System?

[Syclone1]

This may be a dumb question and occasionally this gets me but have you checked to make sure V-ray is set as your render engine and not MR or scanline?

[vlado]

We found the problem actually; it is what I supposed initially. Will be fixed for the next SP and also for the stable builds.

Best regards,
Vlado

[npg]

The problem was that the material editor was still using 3.0 beta licenses.
It should work with official Max licenses with the next nightly and stable builds.

p.s. Whoops, didn't refresh to see Vlado getting the best of me

[PIXELBOX_SRO]

Thank you guys for making this clear to me