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[Max] I need help! / [Solved] Help: Open tone mapping settings editor from script

« on: 2023-06-12, 17:55:47 »

Does anybody know if it is possible to open a camera's tone mapping settings editor from maxscript or a macro?

This button:


Thanks!

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[Max] I need help! / Converting Physical Materials > Corona

« on: 2021-01-13, 17:22:25 »

Importing from Sketchup > Max 2021 and Corona 6.1 all materials are the Physical materials.

The corona converter seems to have no effect on these, as a temporary fix I have had to purchase an external script to do it

 http://www.scriptspot.com/3ds-max/scripts/universal-material-converter

Has corona converter lost the ability to convert everything to corona & is the answer to purchase 3rd party scripts?

Any help / suggestions would be apricated. Perhaps I am doing something wrong!

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Off-Topic / Working Remotely

« on: 2020-03-17, 22:11:34 »

Hi All,
With the current situation I think many of us may find ourselves having to work remotely.

With our kind of work this can be technically challenging so any kind of information share on this topic may help another out.

If you would like to share your setup and how it's working for you/your company and any tips to working remotely I think this could be beneficial.

Personally tested are two types of systems
Windows Remote Desktop + VPN

VPN
Draytek router setup with PPTP VPN that use the draytek smart VPN client on the user side.
Avoiding using the built in windows 10 VPN as we have found there can be varied bugs, ie sometimes the connection only starts if you go into the setting>vpn>connect instead of just connecting through the bottom right network icon on your screen

Remote Desktop
The once connected login via remote desktop connections. I have personally found that the remote desktop app from the Microsoft store seems to hold a connection better but can't prove this yet.

Some things we are working around.

The subnet our users were on was the same as our work, this causes regular interruptions to the connection. To get around this we have added a subnet mask into our VPN draytek client. If anyone requests more info re this I can do a detailed post.

Remote desktop freezes, closing and opening the connection resolves this.
In group policy we have added wait 'keep alive connection interval to 1' & automatic re connection enable
Computer Configuration -> Policies -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Remote Desktop Services -> Remote Desktop Session Host -> Connections

Citrix Workspace

We also use citrix virtualization to log into virtual machines and have found this can provide a lot better performance/stability but I have to say the setup is still tricky,expensive and can have problems as well. Teradici comes highly recommended if you are going along this route.

Support
Zoho Assist
For support I have found this to be a godsend, it's not too expensive and allows remote access at all times to any computer you install it on. You can remotely reboot power on ect ect as well as provide support links co workers can click on to get support at home. Obvious alternatives, anydesk/team viewer.

Communication

Discord is actually proving to be an amazing tool to keep the office chatting and together. Easy to setup split into meeting rooms people can jump around I highly recommend this.

Slack, Zoom, Google hangouts being some other alternatives.

That's all for me now. I will post any further findings in case it can help anyone.

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[Max] I need help! / Corona Error Message - wxWidgets Assertion failure

« on: 2019-04-03, 11:48:04 »

I am distributing an animation via back burner to slaves running the server and this error message is popping up?

Windows 10
Corona 3 HF1
Max 2018.3


An internal error occurred: wxWidgets Assertion failure. Please report this problem to us.
File: ..\..\src\msw\sockmsw.cpp(208)
Function: wxSocket_Internal_WinProc
Condition: socket->m_fd == (SOCKET)wParam
Message: mismatch between message and socket

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Jobs / Freelance MaxScript & Python developer needed

« on: 2019-02-19, 13:32:20 »

We at Rockhunter are looking for a Maxsript/Python developer to help with some scripts to improve the automation of our in-house pipeline. Please get in touch if you would like further details regarding the commission - info@rockhunter.co.uk

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Hardware / 4k Monitors - Suggestions

« on: 2019-01-17, 12:10:23 »

Just wondering how many people are using 4k Monitors in a production environment?

-How has your experience been with them? (specifically with corona/mac/Photoshop)
-What model/Make are you using?
-Are any recommendations on upgrading a few offices?

One of the main considerations is to have Color Correct Calibration - We will be using this across two offices and want the artists to be seeing & working on the same visual color correct image.


Thanks for any help. All the best.

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Off-Topic / 3DS MAX - Launch times / File Saving Times

« on: 2018-11-23, 16:43:43 »

Hi All,

I would like to have some base information on how long it takes other people to do a few 3DS Max tasks whilst using NAS.

I know this will vary dependant on network speed/files size/assets in scene please provide this info like I have if you have the time!

I have been trying to find information online and have come up blank & there is lots of outdated data!

Lets start with 3DS MAX opening times;
Overall it takes 43-47 seconds roughly to launch a Fresh copy of 3DS Max to a usable state (I notice the first start of 3DS Max after a reboot takes 20-30 seconds longer??, anyone else?)

Saving times;
An average interior scene, noting special a 15-20 Seconds -55 maps or so on a reasonable size. 0.7gb max file.
(Some scenes can take 2-3 minutes or longer, seems random and not directly linked to size-odd)

File Opening times;
The file that I mentioned before takes 1:30-2 minutes to open

My specs
AMD Threadripper 2970x 64gb RAM Samsung m.2 970
My Network
SATA Supermicro NAS - 10gigabit network
3DS MAX 2018.4

--I know that scene saves ect will vary massively as we aren't using the same test scene but I would appreciate information like I have laid out to get an general idea of others performance.

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[Max] I need help! / MAX VFB is Overriding Corona VFB on Render Nodes

« on: 2018-11-15, 11:55:12 »

I am not sure how to change this but when we submit renders to our render nodes the Max VFB pops up not the Corona VFB.

I have tried copying the .ini file from a workstation that works fine onto our render node but that does not work.

I can't open max as our render servers do not have the graphical capability.

How can I get the corona VFB to appear?

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[Max] Resolved Feature Requests / UI Improvement - Clear Render Mask Selections

« on: 2018-03-23, 11:30:16 »

So not the most vital feature I can think of but still something I think would save a couple of clicks and we all know they add up!

What I would like to see is a "clear" selections button on custom masks relocated/added to the main render window screen. As Seen in the first screenshot.





Simple, people may not agree but it would make my life a little better

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[Max] Resolved Feature Requests / Sharing DR Power in an Office Automatically.

« on: 2017-08-09, 14:14:24 »

Issue - DR servers can get 'hogged' by artists rendering.

So the ideal solution would be when people start/stop rendering with DR there is an option for these DR servers to share the workload. Example;

Situation:
3 artist and 12 render nodes with DR spawner.

1 artist starts to renders grabs all 12 nodes.
2 more artists start rendering, the nodes finish off the pass it is on and then splits 3 ways, 4 nodes each.
1 artist stops the nodes change to a share of 6 per artist
.....You get the idea.

If this is possible it should be a tickbox that can enable this shared feature as I realize this may not always be wanted.



If this is not possible then simply have an option 'limit to x' amount of servers. I know you can select your servers pre render but it is no adaptable enough when people are all starting/stopping renders and nodes come online/offline changing this list gets annoying.

Thoughts and comments welcome.

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[Max] I need help! / Animation - Saving Problem.

« on: 2017-04-28, 17:43:08 »

Info;
Rendering out a 450 frame animation
3DS MAX 2016
Corona 1.5.2.
Elements set to save onto network - PNG / EXR Default compression options.

The render saves out perfectly, it's just the elements that seem to be messing up.

See attached file for the error.

What could be causing this? At the moment I have to use tiff's to get any passes out.



---- It should also be noted these elements are around 77-115KB each the render that is working perfectly is 10853 kb

-- Also second note this is file / project specific I have an interior rendering fine.

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[Max] General Discussion / Does corona 1.5(HF2) Support Max 2018?

« on: 2017-04-13, 11:39:14 »

Just wondering if Corona supports 2018 yet? If not will 1.6?

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[Max] Feature Requests / Exclude A Visible Object from Corna Alpha Element

« on: 2017-04-05, 18:31:07 »

Hi, it would be great to have the option to exclude an object from affecting the Alpha channel whilst the object remains visible to camera.

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General CG Discussion / IDTool for Corona?

« on: 2017-04-05, 17:48:20 »

Use a script for MAX to set up all my object ID's and someone developed it to also add the Vray elements. Would anyone be able to make a corona version? Would be amazing.

http://tepavicharov.com/?p=49

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[Max] I need help! / Out of Ram -64gb Machine?

« on: 2017-01-27, 09:44:54 »

So, we are running into this problem where we get the following message,

System is running low on RAM. You may experience excessive parsing times and/or crashes.
You will probably have to simplify the scene.

Our workstations have 64gb of ram.

I am using 3 Xrefs that total 1.65gb - Yes it's large but it needs to be!

This only seems to happen when rendering for a long amount of time. The Ram slowly gets eaten up.

We have denoising turned on.

Scene Stats;

Polys - 34.7M
Lights- 28 - Grouped
No Proxy as of yet - Don't think they would help the ram situation?

Interactive Light Mix Turned On

Multiple elements rendering - total around 13

Render size 6000*6000*

Rendering for a VR - Using the Corona Camera Mod.

**also like to note the base ram usage is 4gb and 8.8 with max +scene open.