VRayProxy file path issue

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

I have run into a problem regarding the hash ‘#’ symbol in file paths when exporting and referencing vrmesh files.

I cannot export to a vrmesh file if the path contains hash symbol. If i manually edit the filepath after the creation of the vrayproxy object it WILL pick up the vrmesh file. However, if i save that file and xref it in to a another session of 3ds max the filepaths are incorrect. The hash symbol is replaced with a number, from what i can tell its a ‘0’.

Is there a work around for this? The folder structure we have setup is quite strict so i do need this to work with a #.

Thanks.

José

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Hash marks in your folder and file names? that’s crazy… Many programs will replace the “###” with padding, ie “001”, this is a standard long before you guys came up with your “strict” file naming, change your file naming!

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Good god! I even avoid space in my file names! directory_name all the way baby.

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V-Ray will replace the ‘#’ symbol with the current frame number, so that you can create simple sequences of animated proxies. There is no way to turn this off, unfortunately.

Best regards,
Vlado

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It is perfectly legimate to use the symbol in a file name. All other programs and systems we use, including 3ds max itself, has no issue with it.

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Thanks Vlado.

I think i will have to develop a different file structure for the vrmesh files.

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Just about every compositing app on the planet would give you an issue… it’s a bad idea to use them but feel free. :slight_smile:

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I have seen occurances in the actual file name, i.e. #name.filetype but not in the folder name. And this is certainly not an issue with After Effects, or even Chaosgroups own PDPlayer.