:lol:
haha, respect. How did you actually get the model?
Now you know I cant tell you that 8)
I’ll have a crack at this if Lele doesn’t want to 
-- DJ
Ok…
this messy script will loop over each material in the material library, apply it to the item named “MyItem”, perform a render using the current render settings (with max quick render) and then spits out the time in a text file called “c:\maxtime.txt” - WARNING: c:\maxtime.txt will be OVERWRITEN WITHOUT PROMPT
fn setMaterial matnum item = (
item.material = matLib[matnum]
)
matLib = currentMaterialLibrary
numMats = matLib.count
results = ""
for i = 1 to numMats do
(
setMaterial i $MyItem
startime = timestamp()
max quick render
endtime = timestamp()
rendertime = ((endtime - startime) / 1000.0)
print rendertime
matname = $MyItem.material as string;
results = results + "\n" + "The material " + matname + " took " + rendertime as string + " seconds to render."
)
textfile = createFile "c:\\maxtime.txt"
print results to: textfile
ShellLaunch "c:\\maxtime.txt" ""
hahahh…the paranoia rises once again like a phoenix in the maxwell camp, they are the strangest bunch there. One guy who’s been banned for consitently bitching over there but is now back was making some comment about vray playing catch up. I look at vray playing catch up as well…but its to lap maxwell.
I actually prefer the model the german blokes have been using.
They really don’t have a leg to stand on to stop us from using it, the file was freely distributed with no stipulation as to it’s use.
That being said, a different object will be fine. Maybe we’ll just use their maps 
Agreed but I could see why they’d get pissy and can’t blame them entirely.
Someone just needs to model a better object I suppose. Any ideas?
Maybe a VRay logo with some objects near it…
:?:
You guys suppose that the material repository should be only available to registered users? Perhaps in order to download, one also has to contribute and their contribution needs to be approved. Just some ideas to toss around…
I reckon free to all registered users on the forum.
As not everyone here is an uber material maker… but by downloading these materials they will be able to pick them apart and learn.
Plus its alot easier to manage
It would be a shame if it’s only open for use by the ‘elite’, but I do agree that everything that’s available should be checked to see if it’s of sufficent quality. Don’t want to wade through hundreds of bad materilas looking for a quality one.
As DaForce says, not only will it be a matls ‘bank’, but a great learning tool for us not-so-skilled guys!
yes, certainly the materials that want to be added will have to be check first to make sure they are good enough 8)
In the chaossquid planning we came to the conclusion that it should be open to all legit users (checkable via a signup thread on the board), and that there shouldnt be any restrictions like one download for one upload…leads only to a lot of work and a lot of junk beeing submitted that approvers have to wade thru
Thorsten
i say, make it open to all. anonymous.
the website wont get very popular otherwise.
i even hesitate when i have to register freely somewhere.
annoying websites are doomed from the beginning, because the user has no patience interacting with the internet’s excess supply of information, and right so.
i agree about quality control of the upload, of course, but warez user check through the vray forum is a big annoyance, and there is no benefit, except that some crack kids will be angry for a few seconds and then go away.
who cares about them, they are not relevant, even if they have the whole internet downloaded and stored on dvd-roms. there is no way to stop them, but they wont take over our jobs, with some shaders.
we would need to ask the forum mods to setup the repository that only registered users can see the section if your going to be able to stop the “free” users from seeing it.
btw. this topic should be renamed “discussion about setting up a material repository” seeing as how currently its only been discussions and no materials hehehe
Well it would be a simple matter of people who want access to teh materials to post in the thread then they get PM’ed the link. No need to pester the chaosgroup guys.
As long as teh link is not posted in the thread itself there is no way the warez monkeys can get their hands on it.
Also the thread is labeled “gathering of ideas” which is exactly what we are doing
There will be a new thread when the materials start
The link will get out though, do you honestly trust every single registered poster?
How did the 1.48/49 versions leak?
Something where you need to sign up to get access to it would work best, can even give people a number once they register but before they can use it needing to have themselves cleared by an admin, by getting that number back to them through a thread.
yeah your right, but seems like ALOT of work. Especially involving the chaosgroup guys.
I dunno…
the plan for chaossquid was actually to have ppl post in a kind of “sign up thread” then they’d be pmed the link to the repository wich needs you to register, but registration is disabled. So you post in the thread and a repository mod adds the user and pm’s him the details. So in order to leak it ppl would have to leak their personal accounts, and then abuse would be rather easy to spot in the logs (multiple downloads of the same assests all the time, IPs from different countries etc etc)
Thorsten
Yep thats basically what i was talkig about… but slightly more advance.
IMO thats the best way to go.. or something similar anyway.