DR - local machine buckets desaturated

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Hi all,

this is my first post after studying VRay forums for couple of months - I learned loads of things from here, thank you all.

The question is whether there is a possibility of excluding local machine (i.e. DR manager) from rendering during distributed rendering? When doing a render bigger than 2000 pix you end up with local buckets desaturated.

I think the problem is memory-related but saving to vrimg, minimizing both VFB’s does not help. But why not free the manager machine from rendering tasks? Let it be occupied with management alone :slight_smile:

It would be very grateful for any hints on this,

Szymon

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The question is whether there is a possibility of excluding local machine (i.e. DR manager) from rendering during distributed rendering?

If you mean the client machine - no - it cannot be excluded from the DR process.

When doing a render bigger than 2000 pix you end up with local buckets desaturated.
Can you show an image, which demonstrates better what exactly is happening?

Best regards,
nikki Candelero

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>Can you show an image, which demonstrates better what exactly is >happening?

Sure:

You can see that desaturation takes place in reflection and 2d-displacement (grass) areas,

thanks
Szymon

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Looks like not found files (textures, IRmaps if pre-saved). Check all the network paths.

Best regards,
nikki Candelero

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But:

1. It happens on local machine only
2. All the maps are on the server
3. You can see the texture on the grass but no colour

Szymon

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What host is this ? MAX or VIZ ?

3. You can see the texture on the grass but no colour

Which texture are you talking about - the displacement one? If so, is there a diffuse one for the same grass or is it just a pure colour?

Best regards,
nikki Candelero

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VIZ2006

Which texture are you talking about - the displacement one? If so, is there a diffuse one for the same grass or is it just a pure colour?

Yes, there is also a diffuse for the grass,

thanks
Szymon

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Which V-Ray version are you running ? Looks like the 1.47.03
There is a known issue with VIZ 2006 and missing maps. More on this:
http://www.chaosgroup.com/forum/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=11640

The 1.46.15 build works ok on VIZ 2006.
If you do not have it, please send an email with a request at <vray@choasgroup.com> with your login and password for the support section.

Best regards,
nikki Candelero

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OK, but how would you explain the fact that the problem is not occurring when rendering on a single machine?

Regards,
Szymon

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Could be VIZ related. Can you send me a piece of the scene with which we can reproduce the error (including the maps needed). Thank you!
< nikki@choasgroup.com >

Best regards,
nikki Candelero