Urgent problem - Render mask / Selected not working over BB

[PIXELBOX_SRO]

Hi Vlado,

we have a big animation we need start rendering and i came across a bug.
I am trying to send a BB job with vrays RENDER MASK se to SELECTED.

When servers pick the jobs up, they all halt with a pop up that THERE ARE NO VALID OBJECTS SELECTED.
It seems like MAX doesnt send the information about objects being selected at all.
When i click OK on the pop up box, the render stops.

Is there a known workaround please?
Were in a big time crunch and rendering selected would be a life saver here.

I am running the latest stable nightly, MAX version is 2015 SP3 and i also installed the latest BB.

Thanks for your help

Best Regards

Martin

[vlado]

The "selected" mode does not work with backburner(3ds Max does not keep the selection when the scene is saved); you will have to use one of the other methods to specify the list of objects.

Best regards,
Vlado

[PIXELBOX_SRO]

Sorry for my lack of knowledge Vlado but what woudl those other methods be?
Can i find them somewhere in the online manual?
Cheers!

[vlado]

You can specify objects for the mask using an include/exclude list, a layer name, or an object ID. I'm guessing that an include/exclude list would work for you.

I can swear that this was added to the help index, but it looks like it might have been dropped between revisions - will make a note to add it.

Best regards,
Vlado

[PIXELBOX_SRO]

Thank you Vlado for your advice!

[Streetwise]

I just ran into the same issue with 3.30. Thanks for the advice Vlado!

[NicoC]

You can also perfectly use Layer mode, no problem this way

[crazy homeless guy]

You can also perfectly use Layer mode, no problem this way

+1

Selected does not work... think about this way... if you save a model while you have something selected it does not open back up with the objects selected. The same thing is happening on your renderfarm.