Dear bdancer,
finally we updated our 3dsmax license to the 3.0 and now I can use Vray4Blender... I hope i'll be able to use it in production substituing 3dsmax, at the moment I'm studying how to convert my models library and how vray4blender works.
One of these tests was done to check if DR works but I've got just black renders.
Just to clear, the slaves work fine as 3dsmax render slaves.
Here my installation process.
Render slaves
I've installed the 3dsmax 3.00.05 setup file and choosen the "render slave" option.
Workstation
Installed the 3dsmax psetup file as "workstation"
Downloaded from your nightly build page the latest build.
Started Vray4Blender, if I press "render" with default settings it works regular.
Ok, after I've tested the DR.
First of all, in every render slaves, I created a desktop shortcut to the vray.exe command ( the path is "C:\Program Files\Chaos Group\V-Ray\RT for 3ds Max 2014 for x64\bin") with this command options C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /kvray.exe -server -portNumber=20204
Then I've run the shortcut
Then start Vray4Blender in the worksation, enabled DR.
In the DR section, I've added the ip of slaves, set a shared network directory (it's a network mapped drive).
I've saved the scene in the same shared directory.
I've started the render but the rendered image is completly black.
The communication from workstation to the slaves seems fine because when the render starts, the slaves react loading the scene.
I've noted that if I use the "Auto transfer" option, the workstation buckets work but the render slaves not (black buckets).
Where am I wrong?
Just another question: support posts like this, should go the "bugs" section or where? In 3dsmax section there is a "problem" section, it's the same purpose of the "bugs" one?
Thanks in advance.
finally we updated our 3dsmax license to the 3.0 and now I can use Vray4Blender... I hope i'll be able to use it in production substituing 3dsmax, at the moment I'm studying how to convert my models library and how vray4blender works.
One of these tests was done to check if DR works but I've got just black renders.
Just to clear, the slaves work fine as 3dsmax render slaves.
Here my installation process.
Render slaves
I've installed the 3dsmax 3.00.05 setup file and choosen the "render slave" option.
Workstation
Installed the 3dsmax psetup file as "workstation"
Downloaded from your nightly build page the latest build.
Started Vray4Blender, if I press "render" with default settings it works regular.
Ok, after I've tested the DR.
First of all, in every render slaves, I created a desktop shortcut to the vray.exe command ( the path is "C:\Program Files\Chaos Group\V-Ray\RT for 3ds Max 2014 for x64\bin") with this command options C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /kvray.exe -server -portNumber=20204
Then I've run the shortcut
Code:
[2014/May/12|11:25:07] Reading configuration from "C:\Program Files\Chaos Group\ V-Ray\RT for 3ds Max 2014 for x64\bin\/vrayconfig.xml" [2014/May/12|11:25:07] =============================================== [2014/May/12|11:25:07] V-Ray Standalone, version 3.00.05 for x64 [2014/May/12|11:25:07] Copyright (C) 2000-2012 Chaos Group Ltd. All rights reser ved. [2014/May/12|11:25:07] Use -credits option for additional third-party copyright notices. [2014/May/12|11:25:07] [2014/May/12|11:25:07] Build from Apr 8 2014, 02:59:25 [2014/May/12|11:25:07] Compiled with Intel C++ compiler, version 12.1 [2014/May/12|11:25:07] Operating system is Microsoft(tm) Windows(tm), version 6. 1, Service Pack 1 [2014/May/12|11:25:07] [2014/May/12|11:25:07] V-Ray core version is 3.00.02 [2014/May/12|11:25:07] =============================================== [2014/May/12|11:25:07] [2014/May/12|11:25:07] Loading plugins from "C:\Program Files\Chaos Group\V-Ray\ RT for 3ds Max 2014 for x64\bin/plugins/vray_*.dll" [2014/May/12|11:25:07] 159 plugin(s) loaded successfully [2014/May/12|11:25:07] Loading plugins from "C:\Program Files\Chaos Group\V-Ray\ RT for 3ds Max 2014 for x64\bin/plugins/std_*.dll" [2014/May/12|11:25:07] Finished loading plugins. [2014/May/12|11:25:07] Entering server mode - waiting for render requests on por t 20204. Press Ctrl+C to exit.
In the DR section, I've added the ip of slaves, set a shared network directory (it's a network mapped drive).
I've saved the scene in the same shared directory.
I've started the render but the rendered image is completly black.
The communication from workstation to the slaves seems fine because when the render starts, the slaves react loading the scene.
Code:
[2014/May/12|11:45:59] Starting DR session from 172.16.103.6 [2014/May/12|11:45:59] Receiving DR scene from 172.16.103.6 [2014/May/12|11:45:59] Reading scene file "C:\Users\ADM~1.BAR\AppData\Local\Temp \2\vrscene_20204.txt" [2014/May/12|11:45:59] Scene file parsed successfully in 0.0 s. [2014/May/12|11:45:59] Scene created successfully. [2014/May/12|11:45:59] Objects in scene: 16 [2014/May/12|11:46:00] Starting render sequence. [2014/May/12|11:46:00] Preparing renderer... [2014/May/12|11:46:00] Preparing scene for rendering...: done [ 0h 0m 0.0s] [2014/May/12|11:46:00] ======================== [2014/May/12|11:46:00] Starting frame 1. [2014/May/12|11:46:00] warning: Camera FOV is too small, possible round-off erro rs. [2014/May/12|11:46:00] Preparing scene for frame...: done [ 0h 0m 0.0s] [2014/May/12|11:46:00] Compiling geometry...: done [ 0h 0m 0.0s] [2014/May/12|11:46:05] Rendering image...: done [ 0h 0m 5.0s] [2014/May/12|11:46:05] Number of raycasts: 270656 [2014/May/12|11:46:05] Camera rays: 270656 [2014/May/12|11:46:05] Shadow rays: 0 [2014/May/12|11:46:05] GI rays: 0 [2014/May/12|11:46:05] Reflection rays: 0 [2014/May/12|11:46:05] Refraction rays: 0 [2014/May/12|11:46:05] Unshaded rays: 0 [2014/May/12|11:46:05] Number of intersectable primitives: 0 [2014/May/12|11:46:05] SD triangles: 0 [2014/May/12|11:46:05] MB triangles: 0 [2014/May/12|11:46:05] Static primitives: 0 [2014/May/12|11:46:05] Moving primitives: 0 [2014/May/12|11:46:05] Infinite primitives: 0 [2014/May/12|11:46:05] Static hair segments: 0 [2014/May/12|11:46:05] Moving hair segments: 0 [2014/May/12|11:46:05] Closing DR session from 172.16.103.6
Where am I wrong?
Just another question: support posts like this, should go the "bugs" section or where? In 3dsmax section there is a "problem" section, it's the same purpose of the "bugs" one?
Thanks in advance.
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