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[Max] I need help! / Re: Corona to Vantage animation exposure issue

« on: Today at 13:21:17 »

Hi Benjamin,

We already have this behavior reported to the dev team as (Report ID=CMAX-1758). I am currently not aware of any workaround, sorry. I will look into it some more and let you know if I find anything useful.

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

« on: Today at 12:56:05 »

Just to make sure, I rendered a simple scene via Team Render between a Mac (workstation) and a Threadripper and everything worked fine. No excessive RAM usage.
It seems that the problems in this thread must be caused by licensing, but no idea why that would trigger a memory error.

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[Max] I need help! / Re: LED Strip and noise levels

« on: Today at 09:28:12 »

Corona Lights and Corona Light Mtl should be sampled efficiently, I would not expect noise after 100 passes. Could you share an image or the scene itself? Here or over at https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/requests/new

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[Max] I need help! / Re: LED Strip and noise levels

« on: Yesterday at 16:59:52 »

Depends where the noise is coming from. Is it from direct lighting? Or some bounced light? Maybe there is a reflective surface somewhere close to the lights?

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[Max] Daily Builds / Re: Chaos Corona 13 for 3ds Max - Daily Builds Discussion

« on: Yesterday at 16:07:49 »

@Juraj @Alex & others:
The max resolution limit for the AI Enhancer has been increased. The change is already in effect, you don't have to update or re-install anything.
See: https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/36069683921041-How-to-use-AI-Enhancer-in-Corona-for-3ds-Max

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[Max] I need help! / Re: LED Strip and noise levels

« on: Yesterday at 15:54:45 »

However the light material warns users against using it as a main scene light source.

That's not true. Self-illumination in a Corona Physical / Legacy material has this warning.
Actually:
- if the LEDs are just going to "glow" as in "appear as something bright" then you can use self-illumination
- if the LEDs are going to illuminate scene objects with strong light, then LightMtl or Corona Lights are the way to go

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

« on: Yesterday at 11:16:15 »

One license consists of two things: a GUI license, which is used for displaying and using the software UI, and a render node license, which is used for rendering.
If you have 2 computers and you are rendering on both of them, then you need 2 render node licenses.

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

« on: Yesterday at 09:22:30 »

Hi, the Maxon App only affects your Cinema 4D license, not Corona or other Chaos products.
The error message says that Corona is not activated. Corona licenses can be checked by going to the Chaos License Server - http://localhost:30304/
Do you have enough Corona licenses to render on your 2 machines?

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[Max] I need help! / Re: Black painted metal material

« on: 2025-07-15, 18:31:15 »

I guess real world examples / photo reference would help here.

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[C4D] General Discussion / Re: Chaos Scans in Cosmos / C4D Mac / where are bump and displacement maps ?

« on: 2025-07-15, 18:27:30 »

I'm afraid that's not possible with Scans.

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[Max] I need help! / Re: License Issues ...

« on: 2025-07-15, 13:41:35 »

Hi,

Is it not allowed anymore to have multiple instances of Max opened and accessing the GUI-license with one machine, is it now restricted to the instance of max?

No, this should be working fine.

For any licensing or payment-related issues, please contact our support team at https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/requests/new

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

« on: 2025-07-15, 12:29:41 »

Can you check if the same happens when you install Corona 13 on both machines?
We will try setting a Mac and a Windows machine and see if we can reproduce the problem.

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[C4D] I need help! / Re: Problems with Chaos Cosmos Browser Wood Textures

« on: 2025-07-14, 17:33:50 »

Awesome, thank you. We'll continue through the ticket.

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[Max] I need help! / Re: Direct Visibility Override Color Issue

« on: 2025-07-14, 17:31:32 »

The only idea I have is that perhaps you have automatic exposure enabled in the VFB? Please let me know if that's the case.
It shouldn't be behaving like this anyway, so if we confirm that, I will report it as a bug.

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[C4D] I need help! / Re: Problems with Chaos Cosmos Browser Wood Textures

« on: 2025-07-14, 17:27:30 »

I will be waiting for answers to questions 2 and 3. :)