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[Max] Bug Reporting / Re: Noise on bump NaN error window on viewport IR

« on: 2024-03-06, 13:24:05 »

I manage to reproduce the error. In an empty scene I apply a CoronaPhysicalMtl to a Teapot. I run the material in "Chrome" with the internal preset. I light the scene with a simple white color. If I move my point of view with the current interactive view, no problem.
But if I put an HDRI connected to a CoronaColorCorrect as a light source, there I can get the NaN message. And in this case, it appears at every change in the VFB, even if I remove the HDRI or if I change the material.

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[Max] Bug Reporting / Re: Always the same color with CoronaMultimap

« on: 2024-03-03, 20:01:58 »

Thanks a lot for your answer.
I finally understand why !
I had tried everything except the name thing. I thought the software would use "internal" names and not the names we give.

thanks again

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[Max] Bug Reporting / Re: Noise on bump NaN error window on viewport IR

« on: 2024-03-03, 14:52:25 »

I have a similar problem sometimes. I noticed that this is after creating a chrome material. On the other hand, I can continue to work, I just have the error message that comes back when I restart an interactive rendering.

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[Max] Bug Reporting / [solved] Always the same color with CoronaMultimap

« on: 2024-03-03, 14:47:48 »

Hi everybody

I have a strange problem and I can't figure out where I made a mistake or if there is a bug.
I created basic objects by extruding Splines, except one which is a Box. All of these objects have been converted to Editable Poly. I even applied an Xform Reset to each of them. They are not linked to each other by anything.
And yet when I apply a basic material to them with a CoronaMultimap color set to “instance”, they all have the same color, regardless of the Seed value. (picture 1) And if I copy these objects, the new ones receive random colors. (picture 2) Where does this strange behavior come from?

I attached the Max file.
I am running 3ds max 2024.2 and Corona 11 (hotfix 1)

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[Max] Bug Reporting / Re: Maxscript error with CoronaColorCorrect in Corona 10

« on: 2023-07-03, 10:22:29 »

You just need to close render settings and re-open to see the updates.

Not even, at home it updates live !
Thanks for your help.

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[Max] Bug Reporting / Re: Maxscript error with CoronaColorCorrect in Corona 10

« on: 2023-07-03, 10:06:47 »

I'm not sure what causes this but try writing it like this:

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renderers.current.bg_texmap = CoronaColorCorrect()
renderers.current.bg_texmap.name = "EnvMapCorrect"

Hi,

it works ! thank you for your help

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[Max] Bug Reporting / Maxscript error with CoronaColorCorrect in Corona 10

« on: 2023-06-29, 16:42:23 »

Hi,
Maybe it's not a bug, but since the switch to version 10, I have an error message in a script I had made that worked perfectly with previous versions of Corona.
Here is the line that is causing the problem

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renderers.current.bg_texmap = CoronaColorCorrect name:"EnvMapCorrect"
The part

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CoronaColorCorrect name:"EnvMapCorrect"gives this error message:

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-- Known system exception
-- ########################################################################
-- Address: 0x88c434b1; nCode: 0x00000000C0000005
-- Desc: EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION The thread tried to read from or write to a virtual address for which it does not have the appropriate access.
--       Read of Address: 0x0000000000000028
-- ########################################################################
-- MAXScript callstack:
-- thread data: threadID:8136
-- ------------------------------------------------------
-- [stack level: 0]
-- In top-level
-- ########################################################################
-- C++ callstack:
-- (ntdll): (filename not available): KiUserExceptionDispatcher
-- (MAXScrpt): (filename not available): MAXClass::apply_keyword_parms
-- (MAXScrpt): (filename not available): MAXTexture::intern
-- (MAXScrpt): (filename not available): MAXTexture::intern
-- (MAXScrpt): (filename not available): MAXClass::apply
-- (MAXScrpt): (filename not available): CodeTree::eval
-- (MAXScrpt): (filename not available): SourceFileWrapper::eval
-- (MAXScrpt): (filename not available): IsMAXScriptListenerInViewport
-- (USER32): (filename not available): GetMenuItemCount
-- (USER32): (filename not available): GetMenuItemCount
-- (USER32): (filename not available): GetMenuItemCount
-- (USER32): (filename not available): DispatchMessageW
-- (USER32): (filename not available): CallWindowProcW
-- (UIControls): (filename not available): (function-name not available)
-- (UIControls): (filename not available): (function-name not available)
-- (USER32): (filename not available): DispatchMessageW
-- (USER32): (filename not available): DispatchMessageW
-- (USER32): (filename not available): IsDialogMessageW
-- (3dsmax): (filename not available): XMLAnimTreeEntry::GetUnique
-- (3dsmax): (filename not available): MaxSDK::SharedMesh::GetMeshPtr
-- (Qt5Core): (filename not available): QObject::qt_static_metacall
-- (Qt5Core): (filename not available): QEventDispatcherWin32::preProcessNativeEvent
-- (Qt5Core): (filename not available): QEventDispatcherWin32::processEvents
-- (qwindows): (filename not available): qt_plugin_query_metadata
-- (Qt5Core): (filename not available): QEventLoop::exec
-- (Qt5Core): (filename not available): QCoreApplication::exec
-- (3dsmax): (filename not available): MaxSDK::SharedMesh::GetMeshPtr
-- (3dsmax): (filename not available): NodeAndAnims::SetNode
-- (3dsmax): (filename not available): UtilGfx::InitRectIPoint3
-- ########################################################################

It worked perfectly with previous versions. What needs to be fixed for this to work?

Thanks

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[Max] I need help! / Re: Strange doubling of pass numbers

« on: 2023-03-06, 10:40:46 »

thank you for your answer !

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[Max] I need help! / Re: Strange doubling of pass numbers

« on: 2023-03-06, 10:10:19 »

By default it is set to 5, but you can change it to any value you want, even to 1,

just out of curiosity where is the setting for this? I don't think I'll be playing with this, but it may come in handy later.

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[Max] I need help! / Re: Strange doubling of pass numbers

« on: 2023-03-06, 09:42:41 »

Thank you, Romullus, for your very interesting answer. I didn't know this story of noise calculation every 5 passes.
Usually I do still images and I don't worry too much about the calculation time. I just set the desired noise level.
But here, I have to do an animation. I have several thousand images that require 2 hours of computation. And just by changing slightly the background color, I found myself with a 4 hours calculation! it seems crazy to me, for such a small change.
If I understand correctly, you must avoid using noise as a limit for the calculation of the animation?

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[Max] I need help! / Strange doubling of pass numbers

« on: 2023-03-05, 20:07:56 »

hello,

while wanting to optimize my calculations I noticed a phenomenon which seems strange to me:
Here is a very simple scene (teapots, of course !) with default settings.
I checked "direct visibility override" and I put a solid gray. I put a noise limit at 4%. And if the gray is lower than 157, my image will take 10 passes and if the gray is higher than 157, it will only take 5 passes. That's twice the time!
it is more obvious with a white or black background.
It's normal ?

3ds 2023 et Corona 9 (hotfix 1)

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[Max] Daily Builds / Re: CoronaPattern playground!

« on: 2023-02-21, 11:13:04 »

hi,
what would be handy is that, as with ForestPack objects or RailClone, when you merge an object that uses CoronaPatternMod, you see the Pattern node used

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[Max] Resolved Bugs / Re: "ChaosUnifiedLogin" and "Start Chaos License Server" open on every start

« on: 2022-11-24, 15:02:08 »

that works ! Thanks

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[Max] Resolved Bugs / Re: "ChaosUnifiedLogin" and "Start Chaos License Server" open on every start

« on: 2022-11-10, 13:34:35 »

Thank you for your quick reply !

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[Max] Resolved Bugs / "ChaosUnifiedLogin" and "Start Chaos License Server" open on every start

« on: 2022-11-10, 13:04:52 »

hi,

It's strange, since the last update of Windows 11, at each start there are two windows that open: "ChaosUnifiedLogin" and "Start Chaos License Server"

3ds max and Corona, seem to work normally.

There is a reason for this ?