(Closed) [HOU-1742] control properties depending if they belong to phantom, matte or visible

[LeoYfver]

This maybe be a bit of a weird request but I'm curious if its possible.

The use case is to for example turn off the displacement on when they are in phantom to save memory(we have a alot of heavy character in our shots)

I know its possible with takes but our scenes are really big with a lot of renderlayers and its going to be really messy.

An idea is to create a "renderstate" node which can check if its in a phantom for example and output a value which can be used to switch a shader for example or a value. Maybe there is some other solution for this problem?

Is this just dreaming or is it possible to do it before writing the vrscene?

Regards Alexis

adding a scene which maybe clarifies the scenario a bit

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qVO...ew?usp=sharing

[Gosho.Genchev]

Hey, Alexis,

this is already possible through a Post Translate script. I've attached an example scene here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1x4K...ew?usp=sharing

The script goes through the generated V-Ray Node plugins, checks for Object property overrides and unhooks the Displacement if the rendered object has its primary visibility disabled or matte surface enabled.

We're always willing to add new functionality when necessary so if you hit a problem you can't solve in a reasonable manner, please ping us.

All the best!

[LeoYfver]

i get this error:

[2020/Feb/13|10:50:33] VFH | Error| * Post-translate error: "No module named vray"
[2020/Feb/13|10:50:33] VFH | Error| * Post-translate error detail: "Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 2, in <module> ImportError: No module named vray "

"43001", "8f57f8a"

[bdancer]

LeoYfver check this thread, it covers everything you need to setup post-translate if you are not using installer:https://forums.chaosgroup.com/forum/...nslate-support

[LeoYfver]

thats probably it, thanks!

[LeoYfver]

Gosho.Genchev Thanks again for you script which helps us alot. Only problem is it crashes with too many object consistently and we have aaaalot of objects Would you mind checking it out?

Regards Alexis

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IwD...ew?usp=sharing

[Gosho.Genchev]

Hey, Alexis,

I've logged this in the bug tracker and pinged the dev team - hopefully we can resolve this quickly. I'll keep you posted with any updates.

Thank you!

[Gosho.Genchev]

Hey, Alexis,

we've fixed this in the latest nightly builds. Please ping me if there's any issues.

Best regards!

[LeoYfver]

will try next week, thanks!