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[Max] I need help! / Re: Does Corona Renderer work for 3ds Max Design 2014

« on: 2016-01-19, 17:53:26 »

maybe double check when you installed it that you chose max 2014? not sure if it auto detects or not but i only ever leave 2016 checked as that is what i use.

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[Max] I need help! / Re: DR node not picking up work

« on: 2016-01-19, 13:51:53 »

Maybe after updating something?
So, was it blocking DrServer and you had to allow it?

yeah it was not in the list of approved apps, well it was in the list but the tick box was not ticked. soon as i ticked it and said ok, it picked up some work and started rendering. thanks for the help.

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[Max] I need help! / Re: DR node not picking up work

« on: 2016-01-19, 13:15:09 »

it was windows firewall :D so simple. Not sure how that changed.

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[Max] I need help! / Re: DR node not picking up work

« on: 2016-01-19, 13:10:16 »

I did not fully understand this part:

The node can submit renders and get help from DR but it wont help with other renders

Can you explain? So the node works fine if you render on it, or if you use it as master?

It could be a networking problem. Or an antivirus/firewall blocking it.

Sorry, yeah that is correct. I can use the node as the master workstation and render fine with other computers helping via DR but it refuses to contribute as a node when DR is run on it.

I cant see anything blocking the DR, i will go n double check though. Not sure what kind of networking problem would cause this if it can be the master but not the node.

as a small studio the setup is not very complicated. just about 10 machines under one workgroup running windows 10 and all connected to a network drive that we work with for files etc.

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[Max] I need help! / [solved]DR node not picking up work

« on: 2016-01-19, 12:03:23 »

Hi

Got a problem with one of the nodes not picking up any work when submitted with DR. The node can submit renders and get help from DR but it wont help with other renders, the log window just stays empty after booting up. Doesn't receive any pings from other computers.

What can cause the node to not pick any work up?

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[Max] General Discussion / Re: new user - will there be render history + region render?

« on: 2016-01-13, 17:10:47 »

Then check out the VFB+ plugin. Besides render history it's giving several other tools for an extraordinary fair price.

Was gonna suggest this.

It's not 100perc. well integrated (I can't get Interactive to work in it,etc..) but it's pretty damn nice plugin, and it's miles above Corona's buffer.

I see you mention VFB+ a fair bit and some others. When using it, can you disable corona's frame buffer? and does it still work well with doing batch renderings etc in terms of intergration with max and corona.

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[Max] I need help! / Re: Foliage animation render settings

« on: 2016-01-13, 13:55:11 »

PT+PT should be the preferred solution.

You could enable UHD Cache and bake it if there are no moving objects or lights in the animation, but it shouldn't give you noticeable speed boost.

is PT+PT the better option for all types of exterior animation then, even if objects and lights are moving? not done any animation yet with corona but may be doing some soon, interior and exterior.

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[Max] I need help! / Re: DR problem

« on: 2016-01-05, 11:32:48 »

Hi Maru,

thanks for quick reply. Some textures are missing, but nothing crucial. I will check the gamma again and get back to you.

Thanks,
Hrvoje

If some are missing on one machine and not another, this happens alot. Make sure the textures use a UNC path location. When i forget to do UNC this is the problem I get.

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[Max] I need help! / Re: forestpack and geometry object with zero scale will be ignored

« on: 2015-12-17, 20:23:31 »

Hey, thanks. I think I found these but when I deleted them they came back some how. I'll just keep an eye out for them.

This never used to happen with presets or my own created presets, not sure what I have changed to get these now.

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[Max] I need help! / Re: Liquid in Glass problem

« on: 2015-12-07, 12:55:25 »

Confirmed, Ecximer was right, the distance to origin was somehow the problem.. now I know.
Just made the switch from Vray to corona for this project to test it out. So far so good, trying to pick up the different ways of doing along the way!

how far away was the glass for it to cause this problem? I've had funny results with glass before but remaking the mesh always fixed it some how.

Re-making the mesh?

In my case, the glass was almost 9km from the origin lol...oups.

oh wow XD ok very far away.

yeah, sometimes i just delete the glazing and remodel it quickly. ive always assumed it might be a problem with the models that come from sketchup, though it happens to meshes made in max sometimes. i might keep an eye on our far away some of the models are.

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[Max] I need help! / Re: Liquid in Glass problem

« on: 2015-12-07, 12:37:22 »

Confirmed, Ecximer was right, the distance to origin was somehow the problem.. now I know.
Just made the switch from Vray to corona for this project to test it out. So far so good, trying to pick up the different ways of doing along the way!

how far away was the glass for it to cause this problem? I've had funny results with glass before but remaking the mesh always fixed it some how.

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[Max] I need help! / Re: Distriputed Rendering including your own machine

« on: 2015-12-04, 19:13:57 »

Probably using a manager, which would handle the nodes and queue of renders without using the workstation.

Renderfarms work like that.

Well, no. They just asked the question to include their workstation while using their distributed rendering because they didn't know Corona did that by default.

I was just saying the typical setup they probably saw was using a manager, which probably wouldnt disrupt the workstation. <-- the reason they asked the question.

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[Max] I need help! / Re: motion blur problem. I want to achieve blur like in vray but I can't.

« on: 2015-12-04, 19:08:29 »

This comparison does not say much. You should compare exactly same scene from exactly same camera with very similar materials and lighting, and only then come to some conclusions.

This.

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[Max] I need help! / Re: Distriputed Rendering including your own machine

« on: 2015-12-04, 18:23:31 »

In some configurations I have seen in some companies this seems to have been the case.

Anyways thanks for dropping some knowledge on my ass :P

Probably using a manager, which would handle the nodes and queue of renders without using the workstation.

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[Max] I need help! / Re: Distriputed Rendering including your own machine

« on: 2015-12-04, 09:18:50 »

Hey, first post here quick question.

Is it possible to render an image using render nodes and also your own main machine?
If so, how?

Render settings, system, go down to distributed rendering and turn it on. Then run DR.exe (that you have to install when installing Corona) on any nodes. click render on your main machine and it will pick up the nodes and render with them as well.