VRay Next Update 2 - DR Crashing on Windows 10 Master

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

I’m experiencing an issue with DR when one of the newer machines on Windows 10 picks up the job as a master. It will get to the denoising stage and then it’ll crash. If an older machine on Windows 7 picks up the job as master, it will denoise and output the image without issue. For a bit of context, the DR job is sent to the network so one of the render nodes can pick up the job and act as master.

What I found when comparing the vraylog on both the machines was that the newer machine couldn’t load in the plugins.

NEW MACHINE - WINDOWS 10
Calling beginSequence().
[2019/Jul/22|09:21:25] Loading plugins from “./vray_*.dll”
[2019/Jul/22|09:21:25] loadLibrary(./vray_*.dll)
[2019/Jul/22|09:21:25] Loading plugin “C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2018\vray_dr1.dll”
[2019/Jul/22|09:21:25] error: Error getting library description “C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2018\vray_dr1.dll”
[2019/Jul/22|09:21:25] Loading plugin “C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2018\vray_gpu_common.dll”
[2019/Jul/22|09:21:25] error: Error getting library description “C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2018\vray_gpu_common.dll”
[2019/Jul/22|09:21:25] Loading plugin “C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2018\vray_http_client.dll”
[2019/Jul/22|09:21:25] error: Error getting library description “C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2018\vray_http_client.dll”
[2019/Jul/22|09:21:25] Loading plugin “C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2018\vray_optix_denoiser.dll”
[2019/Jul/22|09:21:25] error: Error getting library description “C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2018\vray_optix_denoiser.dll”
[2019/Jul/22|09:21:25] Loading plugin “C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2018\vray_telemetry.dll”
[2019/Jul/22|09:21:25] error: Error getting library description “C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2018\vray_telemetry.dll”
[2019/Jul/22|09:21:25] 0 plugin(s) loaded successfully
[2019/Jul/22|09:21:25] Finished loading plugins.

On the older Windows 7 machine, it’s able to load in the plugins successfully

OLD MACHINE - WINDOWS 7
Calling beginSequence().
[2019/Jul/19|17:43:21] Loading plugins from “C:\Program Files\Chaos Group\V-Ray\3dsmax 2018 for x64/bin/plugins/vray_*.dll”
[2019/Jul/19|17:43:21] loadLibrary(C:\Program Files\Chaos Group\V-Ray\3dsmax 2018 for x64/bin/plugins/vray_*.dll)
[2019/Jul/19|17:43:21] Loading plugin “C:\Program Files\Chaos Group\V-Ray\3dsmax 2018 for x64\bin\plugins\vray_AAFilters.dll”
[2019/Jul/19|17:43:21] Found plugin “FilterPoint”
[2019/Jul/19|17:43:21] Found plugin “FilterMitNet”
[2019/Jul/19|17:43:21] Found plugin “FilterCookVariable”
[2019/Jul/19|17:43:21] Found plugin “FilterGaussian”
[2019/Jul/19|17:43:21] Found plugin “FilterSinc”
[2019/Jul/19|17:43:21] Found plugin “FilterCatmullRom”
[2019/Jul/19|17:43:21] Found plugin “FilterLanczos”
[2019/Jul/19|17:43:21] Found plugin “FilterTriangle”
[2019/Jul/19|17:43:21] Found plugin “FilterBox”
[2019/Jul/19|17:43:21] Found plugin “FilterArea”
[2019/Jul/19|17:43:21] Plugin library “C:\Program Files\Chaos Group\V-Ray\3dsmax 2018 for x64\bin\plugins\vray_AAFilters.dll” loaded
[2019/Jul/19|17:43:21] Loading plugin “C:\Program Files\Chaos Group\V-Ray\3dsmax 2018 for x64\bin\plugins\vray_ASGVISNode_ASGVIS.dll”
[2019/Jul/19|17:43:21] Found plugin “ASGVISNode”
[2019/Jul/19|17:43:21] Plugin library “C:\Program Files\Chaos Group\V-Ray\3dsmax 2018 for x64\bin\plugins\vray_ASGVISNode_ASGVIS.dll” loaded
[2019/Jul/19|17:43:21] Loading plugin “C:\Program Files\Chaos Group\V-Ray\3dsmax 2018 for x64\bin\plugins\vray_BakeView.dll”
[2019/Jul/19|17:43:21] Found plugin “BakeView”
[2019/Jul/19|17:43:21] Plugin library “C:\Program Files\Chaos Group\V-Ray\3dsmax 2018 for x64\bin\plugins\vray_BakeView.dll” loaded
[2019/Jul/19|17:43:21] Loading plugin “C:\Program Files\Chaos Group\V-Ray\3dsmax 2018 for x64\bin\plugins\vray_BitmapBuffer.dll”
[2019/Jul/19|17:43:21] Found plugin “RawBitmapBuffer”
[2019/Jul/19|17:43:21] Found plugin “BitmapBuffer”
[2019/Jul/19|17:43:21] Plugin library “C:\Program Files\Chaos Group\V-Ray\3dsmax 2018 for x64\bin\plugins\vray_BitmapBuffer.dll” loaded
[2019/Jul/19|17:43:21] Loading plugin “C:\Program Files\Chaos Group\V-Ray\3dsmax 2018 for x64\bin\plugins\vray_BRDFAL.dll”
…

I’ve tried copying the plugins folder from the Windows 7 machine to the Windows 10 machine to no avail. The dlls listed under the Windows 10 machines are not present on both machines.

Any help would be much appreciated

Cheers

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Hello,

It seems like the V-Ray installation on the Windows 10 machines somehow got messed up.
The Win10 one has this line
2019/Jul/22|09:21:25] Loading plugins from "./vray_*.dll"
and the Win7 one has the correct path:
[2019/Jul/19|17:43:21] Loading plugins from "C:\Program Files\Chaos Group\V-Ray\3dsmax 2018 for x64/bin/plugins/vray_*.dll"
Can you try reinstalling V-Ray on the Win 10 machine and see if it fixes the problem ?

Best regards,
Yavor

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Thanks Yavor.

We’ll have a look at reinstalling and will advise on the result.

Cheers

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Hi Yavor,

It doesn’t look like it fixed the problem. We have downloaded the latest version of VRay (vray_adv_42001_max2018_x64) and have reinstalled it.

The error still occurs below
Calling beginSequence().
[2019/Jul/23|11:46:10] Loading plugins from “./vray_*.dll”
[2019/Jul/23|11:46:10] loadLibrary(./vray_*.dll)
[2019/Jul/23|11:46:10] Loading plugin “C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2018\vray_dr1.dll”
[2019/Jul/23|11:46:10] error: Error getting library description “C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2018\vray_dr1.dll”
[2019/Jul/23|11:46:10] Loading plugin “C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2018\vray_gpu_common.dll”
[2019/Jul/23|11:46:10] error: Error getting library description “C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2018\vray_gpu_common.dll”
[2019/Jul/23|11:46:10] Loading plugin “C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2018\vray_http_client.dll”
[2019/Jul/23|11:46:10] error: Error getting library description “C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2018\vray_http_client.dll”
[2019/Jul/23|11:46:10] Loading plugin “C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2018\vray_optix_denoiser.dll”
[2019/Jul/23|11:46:10] error: Error getting library description “C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2018\vray_optix_denoiser.dll”
[2019/Jul/23|11:46:10] Loading plugin “C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2018\vray_telemetry.dll”
[2019/Jul/23|11:46:10] error: Error getting library description “C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2018\vray_telemetry.dll”
[2019/Jul/23|11:46:10] 0 plugin(s) loaded successfully

I’ve tried uninstalling VRay manually and reinstalling it but the error still remains.

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Hm - in that case:

  1. It would probably be easiest if you can you drop an email to our support (support at chaosgroup.com) - they can arrange a remote session and see why the installer fails to set the proper paths.
  2. Alternatively you can try the following:
    1. Uninstall V-Ray again
    2. After the uninstall - check for any remaining environment variables related to V-Ray for 3ds Max 2018 like this:
      envvars1.png
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      then
      envvars2.png
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      and then delete those :
      envvars3.png
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      also if you see any other variable related to V-Ray for 3ds Max 2018 in both fields - delete it. The installer should set them properly the next time.
    3. Install again (using the installer you already downloaded). During the installation check this screen:
      install.png
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      The path for “V-Ray for 3ds Max additional files” should be like the one in the screenshot. If it is not - you can change it by clicking the Customize button.

Hope that helps and sorry for the inconvenience.

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Thanks for the reply, Yavor. We’ll give your suggestion a go and if the problem persists, I’ll contact support as suggested.

Appreciate your help.

Cheers