IPR oh IPR

V-Ray V-Ray for 3ds Max Issues
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Hi all,

Has anyone ever satisfactorily used IPR in 3dsmax? For me it’s riddled with inconsistencies, one day it works (mostly), the next day it freezes or becomes unresponsiveness and doesn’t update when changing something (obviously using the same file).

Also when you have lights in your scene, why do they show up as wires when in IPR?

Vray is fabulous aside from these little quirks.

Thanks,

Jason

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Yes, for many many years now. The problems you describe are unknown to me.

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Could you clarify this? Videos, screecaps or a scene would do.

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Todays problem, using IPR to create a VrayDistanceTexParameters map for a road surface, trying to show some fade lines.

So the problem below is IPR working fine until moving the box done through the road and then a freeze for 5 minutes and then a 3dsmax crash.

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No issues on my end. Mind if you send the scene? Also, could you reproduce the crash and send us the dump file located here: “C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\Temp\3dsmax_minidump.dmp”?

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Which version of V-Ray do you use? I’ve had this problem with Vray 5 (or older, I don’t remember) where Max would crash, if I adjust things related to VrayDistanceTex, be it the map or when moving/editing objects related to this map while IPR is working. This has not been an issue since V-Ray 6.

Overall, I’ve not encountered any serious issues with IPR for the past 1-2 years. Yes, some things require you to restrart IPR such as changes to the Max’es Exposure Control etc., but it’s not that big of a deal and hopefully this will be addressed soon.