Vantage live link - starting issue

[pavol_pastork]

I have my Rhino and Vantage installation at drive D: and V-ray at drive C:.
By starting Vantage Live link, the Vray can´t find path to Vantage.
Rhino Command Prompt:

_vrayVantage
( IP=127.0.0.1 Port=20701 ): _Enter
Starting Chaos Vantage...
Chaos Vantage executable was not found

Live link works well only by starting Vatnage manually.

[slavcho.brusev]

Hi,

In this case, you can use the new vrayLiveLink command(in Rhino’s command line) this will create a custom live link.
The default port for this custom link is 20701 which will establish a link with Vantage.
So what you need to do is: start Vantage and then run this command and Rhino will be connected to Vantage.

[konstantin_chaos]

Hi pavol_pastork ,

The issue that you're experiencing is caused by the fact we only search for Vantage in C:\Program Files\Chaos Group.
There is no other way for us to know if it has been installed in an alternative location.

One of the options you have for resolving this is creating a Symbolic Link (symlink) of the Vantage installation folder in C:\Program Files\Chaos Group.
Here's how you do it:

1. Open Windows Command Prompt as Administrator.
2. Modify the following line to match your folders and execute it in the Command Prompt:
   

   	mklink /D "C:\Program Files\Chaos Group\Vantage" "D:\Vantage"

   The first folder is the place where the link will be created and the second is the folder where Vanatage is actually installed.
3. You should see a Vantage folder with a small arrow appear in C:\Program Files\Chaos Group - you're now good to go.

Note that if C:\Program Files\Chaos Group doesn't exist you have to manually create it before running the code.

In the future we might allow for the Vantage path to be set via an environment variable also.
This way you'll be able to manually set it without the need for a symlink to be created.

Hope that helps,
Konstantin

[pavol_pastork]

Hi konstantin_chaos
it is simple brilliant solution and works very well.
Thank you very much

[konstantin_chaos]

I'm happy to hear that!