vrScene Manager

[FSGFX]

are there any plans to expand the feature set of the vrScene Manager to handle also material assignment.?
or support for volume grids / VDB.?
think this could be a huge help...

[bdancer]

to handle also material assignment?

There are currently no plans for the GUI, but you could use "Override Snippet" for that, like:

BRDFDiffuse new_brdf {
    color=Color(1,0,0);
}

MtlSingleBRDF new_mtl {
    brdf=new_brdf;
}

Node NodeNameInTheVrseneFile {
    material=new_mtl;
}

support for volume grids / VDB

It's already in nightlies for a week or so. If you have any issues just send me a scene.

[FSGFX]

how does a vray scene store the material?
specially the path to the textures.?
how do i make sure that the scene manager will find all i need to render on the network.?

there is no documentation to find...

[vlado]

how does a vray scene store the material?

You can open it and see for yourself - it's a text file.

how do i make sure that the scene manager will find all i need to render on the network.?

There are a few ways to do that; if the paths to the assets in the .vrscene file are relative to the .vrscene file itself, the VRayScene node will find them without issues. Otherwise you can use the VRAY_ASSETS_PATH environment variable to specify a list of directories where V-Ray will look for assets. You can also use environment variables in the asset names and set those as needed on the render nodes.

Best regards,
Vlado