Material Swatches

[glorybound]

If I forget to launch the VRay Lincense Server, prior to launching MAX, I can never get my material shader balls to work. The material balls are black and never show the material, on the ball, until I reboot MAX.

[Morne]

So why don't you just register the VRay license service and let it start automatically?

[glorybound]

I get an error when I try that, so I stopped trying.

[Morne]

Did you try to do it as administrator?

[glorybound]

Did you try to do it as administrator?

not sure. I'll give it a go in the morning.

[particlerealities]

You could also try writing a batch file that launches the license server and 3ds Max with the same shortcut. Though not sure what would happen if you close Max and re-launch with the same icon if the license server is already running. Might be like crossing the streams...

[glorybound]

I haven't tried too much registering it as a service, so I'll give some things a try. I just thought that it was strange not being able to revive the swatches.

[Morne]

If you installed VRay with admin it gives you the option to register during install.

[glorybound]

I just except the default' I'll pay better attention next time

[super gnu]

you can also just put a shortcut to the license server in your startup folder. itll load every time you switch on your machine.

[glorybound]

you can also just put a shortcut to the license server in your startup folder. itll load every time you switch on your machine.

that's easy enough. I'll try that way first.