Car paint Shader Crashes Maya!

[Delicious3D]

Hi

yeah it happens when im running both RT and adjusting sliders in the attribute editor then trying to render....
basically i thought it might be a scene issue. i thought i would lookdev to set up basics....
. so i opened a new scene
. added a sphere
. assigned the shader
. then started tweaking

thats all im doing... im trying to keep it as simple as possible..

[yolov]

Does this (by any chance) happen right after you add (or unhide) some geometry using the shader AND/OR right after (re)starting the RT?

And another important question that would help us narrow down the cause - do you remember the crash being somehow connected to the parameter called "flake map size"?

[Delicious3D]

Hi

Yes it happens sfter im hiding/unhiding objects...... it does happen when using any of the flake parameters... but i cant get usually get past tweaking the base reflection.. it seems to crash then the most..

really appreciate the help.

james

[yolov]

I believe it is the swatch rendering that's causing the crash (and the fact that you have hidden geometry with the same shader). We had a related issue that was fixed, but it was probably after the 2.30 release). In any case, you can do one of two things to avoid the crash: either disable the swatch rendering (from the auto-update option of the shader's swatch or by going into Window > Rendering editors > V-Ray > render swatches) or by contacting our support@chaosgroup.com to arrange your access to the nightly builds, where this problem no longer occurs.

I hope that helps.

[Delicious3D]

Thank you very much

i will give that a try... it makes sense because i was getting a slight freeze when previewing the swatch...i will try your suggestion and post results

James.