# VRay.info material collection beta - need feedback **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [June 5, 2003, 12:46pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/vray-info-material-collection-beta-need-feedback/637 "2003-06-05T12:46:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Syclone1](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/syclone1/32/6794_2.png) [@Syclone1](https://forums.chaos.com/u/Syclone1)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2003, 3:32am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/vray-info-material-collection-beta-need-feedback/637/21 "2003-06-06T03:32:08Z")
killer glass mat egz šŸ˜„ tkx a million. Just one thing though you should be able to set it to affect shadow colour šŸ™‚ -dave ---
**Author:** ![thumpa](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/thumpa/32/235028_2.png) [@thumpa](https://forums.chaos.com/u/thumpa)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2003, 10:21am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/vray-info-material-collection-beta-need-feedback/637/22 "2003-06-06T10:21:48Z")
Fantastic work egz! My only request would be to keep the rollouts open when selecting different materials in the editor. Currently the Advanced Glass Parameters and Wax Intrpolation Parameters automatically close when I come back to them after having clicked on another material in the editor. Other than that, thanks for the effort - it is greatly appreciated! ---
**Author:** ![yog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ba8739/32.png) [@yog](https://forums.chaos.com/u/yog)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2003, 1:32pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/vray-info-material-collection-beta-need-feedback/637/23 "2003-06-06T13:32:51Z")
Great work your doing, much appreciated. How about a quick and dirty glass for architectural renders ? It wouldnā€™t cast or receive shadows, GI and caustics would ignore it (no GI calculation at all), but it could receive Vray reflections. Without having Vray in front of me at the moment I ā€œthinkā€ it can be done on a per object bases, but as a lot of my models are sub-materials, it would be great to do it on a per material basis. Just a thought. ---
**Author:** ![HY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3ec8ea/32.png) [@HY](https://forums.chaos.com/u/HY)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2003, 8:05am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/vray-info-material-collection-beta-need-feedback/637/24 "2003-06-22T08:05:08Z")
egz, Any updates to this egz? šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![egz](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/egz/32/32687_2.png) [@egz](https://forums.chaos.com/u/egz)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2003, 8:34am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/vray-info-material-collection-beta-need-feedback/637/25 "2003-06-22T08:34:58Z")
In a few days. Probably on wednesday. Iā€™ve had too much real work lately to get things done, but the next update is almost ready. ---
**Author:** ![Greg3D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a88e4f/32.png) [@Greg3D](https://forums.chaos.com/u/Greg3D)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2003, 6:33pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/vray-info-material-collection-beta-need-feedback/637/26 "2003-06-22T18:33:12Z")
The inability to use maps for the various slots is the only shortcoming I see at the momentā€¦but itā€™s a great way to get nice quick glass & sss! ---
**Author:** ![restoeboemi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@restoeboemi](https://forums.chaos.com/u/restoeboemi)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2003, 10:05pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/vray-info-material-collection-beta-need-feedback/637/27 "2003-06-22T22:05:41Z")
u should make it to let light pass through it. i mean affect shadow. šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![Long\_John](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cdc98d/32.png) [@Long\_John](https://forums.chaos.com/u/Long_John)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2003, 4:45pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/vray-info-material-collection-beta-need-feedback/637/28 "2003-07-07T16:45:07Z")
??? you have to setup you light correctly and light will pass through it. ---
**Author:** ![egz](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/egz/32/32687_2.png) [@egz](https://forums.chaos.com/u/egz)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2003, 4:47pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/vray-info-material-collection-beta-need-feedback/637/29 "2003-07-07T16:47:32Z")
No it wonā€™t Long John, it isnā€™t in the current version. I have support for it in the new version though, but Iā€™m in the middle of a production and donā€™t have the spare time to finish it at the moment. ---
**Author:** ![Long\_John](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cdc98d/32.png) [@Long\_John](https://forums.chaos.com/u/Long_John)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2003, 4:48pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/vray-info-material-collection-beta-need-feedback/637/30 "2003-07-07T16:48:56Z")
sorry, you are right i mixed things up with another vray glass material that i have tested recently. my mistake. šŸ˜… ---
**Author:** ![3duser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/5f8ce5/32.png) [@3duser](https://forums.chaos.com/u/3duser)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 6:27am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/vray-info-material-collection-beta-need-feedback/637/31 "2003-07-17T06:27:30Z")
metal I would love to see some metal shaders - particularly if there is a cheat for quick glossyā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Kmar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecccb3/32.png) [@Kmar](https://forums.chaos.com/u/Kmar)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2003, 7:40am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/vray-info-material-collection-beta-need-feedback/637/32 "2003-07-25T07:40:19Z")
> [@egz](#): > > In a few days. Probably on wednesday. Iā€™ve had too much real work lately to get things done, but the next update is almost ready. sorry, 2egz And when will be? ---
**Author:** ![sc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/67e7ee/32.png) [@sc](https://forums.chaos.com/u/sc)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2003, 1:33am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/vray-info-material-collection-beta-need-feedback/637/33 "2003-07-29T01:33:05Z")
Youā€™re a legend egz. Specigically tuned materials, ala brazil shaders, is exactly what Iā€™ve been looking for. the deadlines we worked to are often same day turn arounds so I donā€™t have much time to stuff around with materials. question for you though, any chance of adding a specular highlight control back into the material? Iā€™m not very fond of using the shellac material because it complicates your materials. I presume the more complex your material the slower it gets too. Out of curiosity, what type of glass is the glass shader based upon? It obviously has some sort of default reflectivity and perhaps fog colour applied to it? I second the request for a Metal shader, preferrable a nice brushed metal with nice specular highlights for flat surfaces..ooohhhh yeah!!! Finally, when I load up the 2 test shaders, I get an error message from my scripted plugin handler - ā€œunknown system exceptionā€ It doesnā€™t seem to stop the material from loading od rendering though. Thanks again egz. Canā€™t thank you enough for your generosity. SunnyC ---
**Author:** ![ajohnson48](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@ajohnson48](https://forums.chaos.com/u/ajohnson48)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2003, 10:39pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/vray-info-material-collection-beta-need-feedback/637/34 "2003-09-06T22:39:23Z")
network rendering error iā€™VE LOADED THE PLUGINā€™S ON MY MACHINE, AND THEY WORK GOOD, HOWEVER, WHEN I TRY TO OPEN THE SAME FILE ON ANOTHER MACHINE i RECIEVE A MAXSRIPT HANDLER EXCEPTION ERROR, AND A MAX SCRIPT PLUGIN HANDLER EXCEPTION. . .CLICKING OKAY, Iā€™M OFF TO THE MODEL, HOWEVER, AS SOON AS i PULL UP THE MATERIALS BROWSER, MAX CRASHES. . .THIS IS MAKING NETWORK RENDERING VERY DIFFICULT. i REMOVED THE SCRIPTS, AND WAS ABLE TO OPEN THE FILE ON ANOTHER MACHINE, HOWEVER ITā€™S LOOKING FOR THE MISSING DLL? THOUGHTS? VIZ 4. . .XP. . XEON WITH HT, ---
**Author:** ![RErender](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/rerender/32/42964_2.png) [@RErender](https://forums.chaos.com/u/RErender)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2003, 10:57pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/vray-info-material-collection-beta-need-feedback/637/35 "2003-09-06T22:57:16Z")
TWO THINGS EITHER REMOVE THE MATERIAL FROM ALL OBJECTS IN THE SCENE AND FROM THE ME OR INSTALL THE PLUGIN ON ALL THE MACHINES ---
**Author:** ![ajohnson48](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@ajohnson48](https://forums.chaos.com/u/ajohnson48)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 2:27pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/vray-info-material-collection-beta-need-feedback/637/36 "2003-09-08T14:27:27Z")
bug Thatā€™s the problem, I did install the plug-in on the other machines. . .and thatā€™s when I recived the script errors. . .When I delete the plug-ins I only recieve the missing plug-in error. . .when I removed the material from the model and the ME I have no problems. But I liked the wax material. . I was able to use it with the blend funtion and add a vraymap reflection subtle reflections, it was nice. ---
**Author:** ![586](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/9de0a6/32.png) [@586](https://forums.chaos.com/u/586)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 2:52pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/vray-info-material-collection-beta-need-feedback/637/37 "2003-09-08T14:52:22Z")
ajohnson48, could you show us what you did, or post the material settings? Thanks! K ---
**Author:** ![egz](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/egz/32/32687_2.png) [@egz](https://forums.chaos.com/u/egz)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 4:12pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/vray-info-material-collection-beta-need-feedback/637/38 "2003-09-08T16:12:32Z")
The script error might be due to the maxscript material bug in pre 1.09.03j VRay builds. Make sure you have the latest version. Since Iā€™m back from vacation now Iā€™ll get around to uploading the updated versions also this week. Some improvements to the old ones, and a few new materialsā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Syclone1](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/syclone1/32/6794_2.png) [@Syclone1](https://forums.chaos.com/u/Syclone1)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 4:17pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/vray-info-material-collection-beta-need-feedback/637/39 "2003-09-08T16:17:50Z")
You da man egz šŸ™‚ BTW welcome back to the rat race -dave ---
**Author:** ![ajohnson48](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@ajohnson48](https://forums.chaos.com/u/ajohnson48)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 5:45pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/vray-info-material-collection-beta-need-feedback/637/40 "2003-09-08T17:45:10Z")
deadline iā€™m under the gun today, but Iā€™ll try to post the errors tomorrow, and Iā€™ll check my latest version. thanks aj [Previous page](https://forums.chaos.com/t/vray-info-material-collection-beta-need-feedback/637.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forums.chaos.com/t/vray-info-material-collection-beta-need-feedback/637.md?page=3)