Vray glitch.... need fixing sometime.

[Dariusz Makowski (Dadal)]

Heya

Simple issue. Every time I assign Vray as my render I get

maya/2013-x64/scripts/createMayaSoftwareCommonGlobalsTab.mel line 48: setParent: Object 'commonTabColumn' not found

And this stops my script from executing... is there any chance on getting it fix please?

Thanks, bye.

[vlado]

Did you install V-Ray locally on the machine or you are loading from a network location? The V-Ray installation modifies some of the original Maya scripts (createMayaSoftwareCommonGlobalsTab.mel and unifiedRenderGlobalsWindow.mel) in order to fix this specific issue. However if you are using the original scripts, or custom versions that don't have the V-Ray fixes (there are several ones floating in the net out there related to mental ray, I believe), then you will get this issue, in which case you will have to manually add the modifications to those scripts.

There is nothing more that we can do about this on our part.

Best regards,
Vlado

[t.petrov]

This problem happens also if you reinstall Maya and try to use it with an old installation of V-Ray for Maya.
A reinstallation of V-Ray for Maya will fix it.

/Teodor

[Dariusz Makowski (Dadal)]

Heya

Yea I have a bit of custom stuff here + a lot WIP progress so I guess this is broken over here. I'm pretty sure its Mental Ray UI 9.2.2 or so that causes it... How can I manually fix it ?

What needs adding editing?

Thanks, bye.

[nbreslow]

Hiya,

Ran into this before. The reinstall works just fine (done it many times) but if you want to do it by hand try this:

NOTE - Backup first!

1) Open C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Maya2013\vray\scripts
2) Find the three text files prefixed with 'mod_' - they should be:

mod_createMayaSoftwareCommonGlobalsTabMel.txt
mod_shouldAppearInNodeCreateUIMel.txt
mod_unifiedRenderGlobalsWindowMel.txt

3) In a new Explorer window search for each files in your Maya install sans the 'mod_' part. Hint - They are mel files so adjust the file extension too.
4) The way the modification works is that for each 'mod_' text file there is the following:

First number.
Existing Maya Code.
Second number.
Vray Code to Add.

5) Search each file for the 'Exising Maya Code'. Hint - the first number is the number of lines of code to look for.
6) Paste in the 'Vray Code to Add' after these lines. Hint - the second number is the number of lines to paste.
7) Save and be happy (if you did it right).

-Nick