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[Max] I need help! / Re: memory upgrade - corona crashing!

« on: 2018-04-12, 16:16:04 »

thanks - will give it a go!

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[Max] I need help! / Re: memory upgrade - corona crashing!

« on: 2018-04-12, 11:32:55 »

thanks everyone for your suggestions.

the issue seems resolved. :)

so i had installed the memory incorrectly - as both groups were adjacent 1/2 - 3/4 slots .. (and not 1/3 - 2/4 slots.)

i shut everything down - re-positioned them and retried the scene. ans it was successful! :)

i've never installed memory - a simple procedure but missed a marginal but important step in understanding which slots are to be used.

jón

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[Max] I need help! / Re: memory upgrade - corona crashing!

« on: 2018-04-11, 19:00:44 »

it's a Gigabyte Z270-HD3P-CF.

no - haven't tried your suggestions - but will give them a try. will also see online if there are compatibility issues between memory & motherboard.

thanks..

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[Max] I need help! / memory upgrade - corona crashing!

« on: 2018-04-11, 18:19:56 »

hi -

so i just recently upgraded my memory - from 16gb to a total of 48gb.

been working on an existing scene - and now max is crashing. i haven't tried other scenes - so i should at least give that a try.

however, my existing scene rendered fine before the upgrade.

below are my memory info:

my existing memory - corsair 16gb ddr4 3000mhz.

my new memory - adata xpg 32gb gammix d10 ddr4 3000mhz

it's interesting - because when the render now starts - it does as it should - renders much quicker than before! so a scene that normally took about 5 hrs - is now estimated at about 2,5 hrs.

however, after about an hour of rendering - max will crash! i even monitored while rendering - nothing out of the ordinary (heat-wise) image attached also.

i am also including a dump file generated from max (not sure how useful that is.)

any ideas? any help is greatly appreciated. it's been 3 crashes in 3 nights - going crazy!

j

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[Max] I need help! / Rendering Pass 2 has elapsed '48:36:34'!!

« on: 2018-03-28, 15:35:00 »

okay -

i've been experiencing some really major issues with my scene. :(



i have several cameras in my scene - rendered my first the other day @ 5000 px wide - @ 6% noise lever - took a few hours and looked great!



moved to camera 2 - first render spent close to 30 hours on initial render pass! :S i canceled... the only thing i can think of that i know changed - was that i imported a building from 3dsky : https://3dsky.org/3dmodels/show/paniel_noie_9_ti_etazhnoie_zhiloie_zdaniie



i didn't like the way it was working with my scene - so i deleted it!  i then save-selected my scene - reimported to a new scene - and tried again. this time (i was out of the office for a couple days) took about 48:36:34 -  on only render pass 2.....! crazy!

so i have no idea what's causing this! especially since the first camera rendered so smoothly!

i am attached several screen shots of my setup in render settings, lightmix, etc..

(i will note that the last render didn't have a noise threshold set - it was a new scene and i forgot to update that. could that be the problem?)

any help and/or ideas is greatly appreciated! i'm losing my hair! :D

jón

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[Max] I need help! / Re: Shaow Catcher (shadow too hard!)

« on: 2018-03-22, 11:45:27 »

oh crap! disregard - it was the sun ;)

sorry!

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[Max] I need help! / Shaow Catcher (shadow too hard!)

« on: 2018-03-22, 11:42:00 »

hi -

i've setup a shadow catcher material. i'm using an hdri - and set it up in light select (include environment).

however - i can't control the shadow! when i rotate the hdri - it does nothing .S

the (rest (unassigned) is where the shadow shows.

what am i missing?

thanks in advance!

jón

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[Max] I need help! / Re: Render Shadow Only

« on: 2018-01-17, 11:44:08 »

hey boomer123.

you mentioned you figured it out - care to share with the group? :)

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[Max] I need help! / Re: HDRI environment map not visible directly

« on: 2017-12-16, 16:47:15 »

just answering this since there was never a final resolve.

i just had this issue myself - i switched to the default scanline render - did a quick render - then switched back to corona - restarted interactive render and voila! hdri background was back :)

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[Max] General Discussion / Re: Regarding FairSaaS license usage

« on: 2017-10-26, 13:36:16 »

ah good to know! thank you :)

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[Max] General Discussion / Regarding FairSaaS license usage

« on: 2017-10-25, 17:33:24 »

so i have 3 nodes with this license - when i leave of my office and work from home - do i have to deactivate my license at the office?

i'm under the impression this only applies if you're using more than 1 computer simultaneously.

cheers -

jón

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[Max] I need help! / Re: wanting to exaggerate edges of exterior building

« on: 2017-09-25, 13:21:43 »

thanks for this suggestion! great ideas - i'll update now.

the sun adjustment will be easy of course - but combining several AO's will require some tutorials :)

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[Max] I need help! / wanting to exaggerate edges of exterior building

« on: 2017-09-25, 11:16:26 »

good day all -

i have a design i've been busy with. just finished some interior renders - now starting the exterior.

to begin with - i'm not very experienced in exterior rendering. so it's gong to be an interesting journey! :)

this design - as you can see - has crazy, angular exterior. i am wanting to make the edges 'pop' more with he sun.

i've already moved the sun about - in affecting the edges (though the sun no longer correlates with the hdri background.)

does anyone have a suggestion? is there a trick i can incorporate?

any suggestions is greatly appreciated!!

regards -

jón