VrayRT first impressions

[Jiri.Matys]

Normal Active shade works with standard materials.
But VRay RT with VRayMtl is black ((( please help

[percydaman]

make sure your activeshade render resolution is 320x240. I assume your using the demo.

[Jiri.Matys]

make sure your activeshade render resolution is 320x240. I assume your using the demo.

Yeah, you have right, but i have another error ((

VRay RTEngine.DLL not found (

Installation was absolutely without any problems.

[vlado]

Which operating system are you using? Which 3ds Max version?

Best regards,
Vlado

[Jiri.Matys]

Which operating system are you using? Which 3ds Max version?

Best regards,
Vlado

Vista x64 SP1

3ds max 2010 x64

[vlado]

Did you run the installer by double-clicking it, or by right-clicking and then Run as administrator...?

Best regards,
Vlado

[VISUAL_BYTES]

I have had the same problem (VRay RTEngine.DLL not found ) but not on max 2010, it was on 2009. Apparently, 2010 worked fine!. Same OS, Vista 64bit SP1

[Jiri.Matys]

Did you run the installer by double-clicking it, or by right-clicking and then Run as administrator...?

Best regards,
Vlado

double-click

But I am an administrator.

[VISUAL_BYTES]

I did the install using both methods, nothing worked

[vlado]

double-click

But I am an administrator.

Vista will not grant the installer access to the program files folder unless you specifically choose the "Run as administrator..." option (or turn UAC off), even if your user has administrative privileges.

Best regards,
Vlado

[vlado]

I did the install using both methods, nothing worked

Ok then, there are several things to check:

1) make sure the RT engine really is where it should be - "C:\Program Files\Chaos Group\V-Ray\RT for 3ds Max 2010 for x64\bin\plugins", the file is called "vray_RTEngine.dll"

2) make sure that the environment variable VRAY_RT_FOR_3DSMAX2010_PLUGINS_x64 is defined properly. To do that, right-click "My Computer", choose "Properties", select "Advanced system settings", click on the "Environment variables" button, scroll down the "System variables" list and see if there is an environment variable named "VRAY_RT_FOR_3DSMAX2010_PLUGINS_x64" and that its value is the path from point 1)

Are these two things ok on your system?

Best regards,
Vlado

[Jiri.Matys]

Ok then, there are several things to check:

1) make sure the RT engine really is where it should be - "C:\Program Files\Chaos Group\V-Ray\RT for 3ds Max 2010 for x64\bin\plugins", the file is called "vray_RTEngine.dll"

2) make sure that the environment variable VRAY_RT_FOR_3DSMAX2010_PLUGINS_x64 is defined properly. To do that, right-click "My Computer", choose "Properties", select "Advanced system settings", click on the "Environment variables" button, scroll down the "System variables" list and see if there is an environment variable named "VRAY_RT_FOR_3DSMAX2010_PLUGINS_x64" and that its value is the path from point 1)

Are these two things ok on your system?

Best regards,
Vlado

Yes, it is there, main_x64 to bin and plugins_x64 to bin/plugins

[vlado]

Ok, then; not quite sure why it would happen, but try the following:

1) Open a command prompt (Start menu > enter "cmd" without the quotes in the "Start search" box and press Enter;
2) In the command prompt, type "set" without the quotes and press Enter; make sure that you see the "VRAY_RT_FOR_3DSMAX2010_PLUGINS_x64" variable.
3) Start 3ds Max directly from the command prompt: type "c:\program files\autodesk\3ds Max 2010\3dsmax.exe" with the quotes and press Enter;
4) See if that works.

Best regards,
Vlado

[VISUAL_BYTES]

ok, then; not quite sure why it would happen, but try the following:

1) open a command prompt (start menu > enter "cmd" without the quotes in the "start search" box and press enter;
2) in the command prompt, type "set" without the quotes and press enter; make sure that you see the "vray_rt_for_3dsmax2010_plugins_x64" variable.
3) start 3ds max directly from the command prompt: Type "c:\program files\autodesk\3ds max 2010\3dsmax.exe" with the quotes and press enter;
4) see if that works.

Best regards,
vlado

it works!!!

[vlado]

Hm ok then. If you reboot Windows, does it work with the normal 3ds Max shortcut?

Best regards,
Vlado