plz improve DR UNC operation

[nirsul]

If there is one thing in VRay that consumes time and is counter productive is the need to make sure that each texutre / proxy is set to UNC.

In MR I just check the DBR option and it handles it all by itself.


thx

NIR

[vlado]

V-Ray currently uses the Windows networking functions; V-Ray does not deal with the network directly.

The mental ray DBR map manager does not rely on Windows network settings; instead it transfers the maps directly to the render slaves, so it does not really use UNC functions.

We may look into this at some point.

Best regards,
Vlado

[nirsul]

Vlado

But MR's way of doing it is so much easier.

Can you add an option to do it that way ?


Regards


NIR

[Joost Ink]

since vrayproxies show up in the asset tracking list, it's easy enough to resolve to unc for those.
but i agree; would be nice if it was taken care of automatically, yesterday i too found out that my proxies weren't rendering trough backburner, the hard way.

[vlado]

But MR's way of doing it is so much easier.

Easier for who

Can you add an option to do it that way ?

I can of course, but it takes time. Like I said, we may look into this.

Best regards,
Vlado

[nirsul]

Thanks !

I knew you would.

Tomorrow is OK with you ?


NIR

[jonahhawk]

Bound to be flamed here but... am I the only one who thinks using UNC paths is easy? I've almost forgotten that this was ever an issue. I NEVER save or use any assets locally, all my shortcuts are created from UNC paths. So when I open an explorer window for a project it is using UNC. If I drag and drop an asset into the ME or where ever, the path is UNC.

Also you can set the asset tracker and/or preferences to convert paths to UNC.

This is just a fact of life of working on a network. InDesign, Dreamweaver, AutoCAD... all external references have to be UNC. or at least you have to pay a little attention to the path.

here is a great script for remapping assets if you've moved them to a network drive. (just be sure to use UNC paths with it )
http://www.scriptspot.com/3ds-max/relink-bitmaps

[3LP]

what is UNC ?

[ene.xis]

what is UNC ?

google is your friend:

"Uniform Naming Convention
The UNC, short for Universal Naming Convention or Uniform Naming Convention, specifies a common syntax to describe the location of a network resource, such as a shared file, directory, or printer. The UNC syntax for Windows systems is as follows:

\\ComputerName\SharedFolder\Resource"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Path_(computing)