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[C4D] I need help! / Re: Tri-planar mapping scale has changed v13 using older files created in v12?

« Last post by TomG on Yesterday at 14:24:30 »

You're welcome! I did accidentally do the same thing myself a couple of times (using the auto install, and so erasing my other installs), so I learned fast haha! Glad you have it all up and running now :)

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General CG Discussion / Re: Texture Archive

« Last post by hurrycat on Yesterday at 13:26:02 »

For one workstation the best way is to have everithing in an internal NVME SSD (project files + library).

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[Max] General Discussion / Re: Path Tracing always as Secondary GI Solver

« Last post by Abdullah_Alallah on Yesterday at 12:24:58 »

TBH i would love yo hear more of the process of that since i use 4K and path tracer, like how much of a difference in accuracy would you gain in using 2 Path tracers. i understand that it's scene-dependent, but are you gaining accuracy at the expense of more time in the render only?

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[Max] General Discussion / Path Tracing always as Secondary GI Solver

« Last post by Mr.White on Yesterday at 11:07:31 »

I've been wondering over the last few days if it makes any sense to always use Path Tracer as the secondary GI solver. I am aware that in some scenes it is better suited (few bounces / outdoor scenarios) and in others not (more bounces / interiors)

The idea was that I always want to have as unbiased a solution as possible. I accept longer render times for this.

Now my question: Is it “worth it” or are the differences so marginal that it makes no sense? Are there any experiences or opinions here? I would very much appreciate feedback here. Thank you!

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General CG Discussion / Texture Archive

« Last post by matteosperi on Yesterday at 10:51:51 »

I have a technical question about archive textures:
where do you store the textures ? (I have only one workstation).
I have heard about NAS and I don't know if I should buy one; I have all the textures saved on an external hard disk;
but I have not understood if this causes slow down my rendering times or just the loading of the scene.

Thanks
Matteo

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[C4D] I need help! / TEAM RENDERING ISSUE - PLEASE HELP!

« Last post by wardy_mk on Yesterday at 09:17:24 »

Hello. I have a Mac Studio M1 Ultra as my workstation and I also have a Threadripper 2990WX as a render node. I'm trying to send jobs over to it and set it rendering but I'm getting out-of-memory errors. Even simple files. I have 128GB RAM in there and there's plenty of room on the internal drives so I'm not sure what's going on. I can render a non-corona scene that's very complicated in comparison - no problem. Therefore, I'm assuming it's a Corona issue.

Does anyone have any ideas on this?
Thanks in advance...

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[Max] General Discussion / Re: Converting VRayUVWRandomizer

« Last post by GSystem on Yesterday at 09:04:47 »

Hi,
I already requested this, please upvote here:
https://chaoscorona.ideas.aha.io/ideas/CMAX-I-163

It's good that you posted these requests, but unfortunately half a year has passed and there is still no progress in implementing your suggestions :(

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[Max] General Discussion / Re: Converting VRayUVWRandomizer

« Last post by brr on Yesterday at 08:48:36 »

Hi,
I already requested this, please upvote here:
https://chaoscorona.ideas.aha.io/ideas/CMAX-I-163

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[Max] General Discussion / Converting VRayUVWRandomizer

« Last post by GSystem on Yesterday at 05:51:01 »

Will CoronaConverter ever implement the conversion of VRayUVWRandomizer map to CoronaMappingRandomizer?
As far as I understand, it is not very difficult to do, since it has been implemented in other third-party converters for a long time.
For example, how it is implemented in the V-RayMax Converter Pro tool from MAXTools:

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[C4D] I need help! / Re: Tri-planar mapping scale has changed v13 using older files created in v12?

« Last post by edub on 2025-07-07, 22:45:53 »

Thanks Tom - that seems to work.