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[Max] Bug Reporting / Probably not a bug, but still odd ...

« on: 2022-12-15, 21:48:09 »

Got some 5995wx Threadrippers running and i'm seeing strange behavior.
These monsters use a very intelligent Turbo mode, in single threaded tasks they OC from 2.7 to 4.7 Ghz on a single core, while in multi-threaded tasks they will push all the cores to 4.0Ghz (Prime95).
Now, i get it that rendering isn't a strict number crunching like torture tests and there are some "downtimes" like load/unload and refresh, but still ...

Then these bad boys pick up a rendering job they only OC themselves to 3.3Ghz on all cores. Plus the task manager shows a seesaw of CPU load instead of 100% load. Seems less than optimal considering what that CPU is capable of.

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[Max] I need help! / Re: Error 1114

« on: 2019-11-22, 17:40:46 »

on second thought, scratch that!
i like my junctions :)
keeps corona assets neatly organized

thanks for your help!

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[Max] I need help! / Re: Error 1114

« on: 2019-11-22, 17:16:29 »

Hi Maru,

I think i know what's causing the error.
Traditionally Max looked for necessary DLLs inside it's root folder and then through System paths.
You guys must have been tired of having to wipe the old DLLs out of Max folders during installations and decided hard code the path to DLLs to Program Files. Or even share the DLLs between different 3d software. This spares you the trouble of clean up and makes it easy to run multiple sessions of 3d software side by side.

But, by doing so, you've broken the age old ways of how all max plugins operate :)

Now, i can certainly write some junctions and still direct every client to a network folder for all the goodies that you pack into program files. But it feel like driving a tank to work, just because it snowed a little that morning :)

Is there a chance you can still defer to system paths if your DLLs are not found inside the Program files? 

thanks!
tony

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[Max] I need help! / Re: Error 1114

« on: 2019-11-21, 23:39:45 »

i'd love to, but i have ~100 machines to deal with, so, not something look forward to doing if there is any other way

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[Max] I need help! / Re: Error 1114

« on: 2019-11-21, 21:11:47 »

one other thing ...
i double checked my Unpack and it reminded me that i got an error during unpack itself
"install.res.????.dll" with a big red cross and an OK button
may be that has something to do with me not getting the correct DLLs in the end

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[Max] I need help! / Error 1114

« on: 2019-11-21, 19:46:43 »

Just tried installing 5 (manual install after unpack)
i get error 1114 DLL initialization routine failed for both plugins

i've noticed that a lot of the filenames in this release are different, so i did my best clearing out the old ones

any thoughts?

thanks!

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[Max] I need help! / Re: NVIDIA Denoiser

« on: 2018-12-14, 16:15:30 »

for sure!
plus i see a lot of JPG compression like artifacts produced

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[Max] I need help! / Re: NVIDIA Denoiser

« on: 2018-12-14, 00:22:36 »

once i posted, it started working on it's own
with no changes on my part
weird

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[Max] I need help! / NVIDIA Denoiser

« on: 2018-12-14, 00:05:16 »

Can't figure out how to get the new de-noiser to work.
I use unpack and place all the plugins in the shared network folders. The path to all DLLs is added via windows environment path.

Corona throws the "failed to initialize" error, Missing optix.51.dll

where does Corona expect to find optix dlls?

thanks!

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[Max] Resolved Bugs / corona sun + delete + undo=2 targets

« on: 2018-08-16, 00:07:33 »

max 2018 sp4, corona 2 (release)

create a corona sun
un-select it
click on the sun object
hit delete
then hit undo

mine brings back 2 targets instead of a sun and a target
on multiple machines

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[Max] I need help! / Re: Corona Image CMD not cooperating

« on: 2018-06-22, 19:13:51 »

figured it out
setting the pass to lightmix interactive did the trick!

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[Max] I need help! / Re: Corona Image CMD not cooperating

« on: 2018-06-22, 19:11:45 »

just to verify, i played with the post config and has no problem loading that one

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[Max] I need help! / [solved] Corona Image CMD not cooperating

« on: 2018-06-22, 19:05:21 »

I need to produce multiple lightmix combinations out of one CXR.
The plan was to run a cycle routine that produces a custom LightMix.conf and does the post.

But for some reason LightMix.conf file is being ignored during post.

Any ideas?

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[Max] Bug Reporting / corona camera selection

« on: 2018-01-23, 21:13:48 »

1.7
max 2018

Is it just me, or is it royal paint to select corona cameras by themselves without a target?
It seems that the sensitive area around the camera itself is completely off, it always picks both the camera and the target.
And even if i find a way (by clicking on the very back of the camera icon), it takes max a long to acknowledge that a selection was made.

Not a critical thing, but very annoying!

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[Max] I need help! / scripts and network installation

« on: 2017-11-08, 18:33:21 »

hello! need a little help here

i don't do individual installs on our network, i just unpack and put dlls and plugins into a share folder which all workstations point to via windows environment paths and plugin.ini

but now with the material library in the mix the Corona menu is a total dud

can i somehow easily re-path InitScripts so it points to a shared network folder for the material library, or is it hard coded?

thanks!