Problem with textures paths (maya file node) that contain enviroiment variables

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Dear Vlado

We have running vray2.00.04_ADV for maya2011 on windows Vista64. We plan use new version of Vray next week :slight_smile:
Ok. We have problems with file textures paths (maya file node) that contain enviroiment variables e.g.

$SHOW/work/oprzybyszewski/maya/sourceimages/3de_telefony_seq0010_shot0020_c5.render/EkranNokia.tga

When it comes to rendering we got following warning.

// Warning: Bitmap file “$SHOW/work/oprzybyszewski/maya/sourceimages/3de_telefony_seq0010_shot0020_c5.render/EkranNokia.tga” failed to load: Failed to open file: no such file //

SHOW environment variable is set after loading Maya, so it’s visible only in Maya environment. We set SHOW variable using following python code:

os.environ[‘SHOW’]=our_path

Script that contain this code is running during loading Maya using following code:

maya -script startupScript

In Maya script editor os.getenv(‘SHOW’) command gives me correct result.
Other renderes like MentalRay or Software renderer in Maya don’t have problems with reading this file ( they can render properly this file and We can see this file in viewport).

Do You have any idea what is happened?

Regards Olaf

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I don’t think we support this feature in the 2.00.04 version; it is implemented for the latest builds, but the format would be ${SHOW}/work… we could probably make it work using $SHOW, but for the moment you’ll have to use the brackets.

Best regards,
Vlado

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wooowww…
Thanks for so fast reply. I will try this, or just we will reinstall Vray to the 2.20.01

Thanks Vlado

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Hi

We reinstall Vray in Our company to the new version and it works. It must be ${SHOW} and it works fine in latest version of Vray. ( in version 2.00.04 it’s not work). All this We check on windowsXP64, Vista64 and linux ubuntu64 10.04LTS.

Thanks again for Your support.

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nevermind, for some reason this features not want to work until restart PC, now it works