State Sets

[CharlyRT]

Hi
I have noticed that when using State Sets with CoronaSun, sometimes all values turn to 0 or the global value, even when I record a different value, it wont save it, I ll try to record a video from this, but hope you guys can take a look into it.

[Aram Avetisyan]

Hi,

Just to tell up front - state sets is something that 3ds Max controls (with its own limitations), there will most probably be little or nothing to improve on Corona side.

[CharlyRT]

mmm too bad, I was hoping there was a bug, since I have tried it with V-Ray, I didnt have any errors at all, thanks Aram

[Aram Avetisyan]

If you have a clear reproduction steps for a possible bug, feel free to submit them.
I will have a look at it.

[CharlyRT]

Hi Aram
Sorry for the delay, here I got some tests using state sets.

-The conflict start when you change values after saving (view StateSet Reset Intensity Test 02), the thing is, it wouldnt matter the value you change, state set will remember it, but in this case it makes a little mess.
-The other thing that happens is that when using the Batch Render from State Set, sometimes the images are saved pure Black in History, other times are saved perfectly, but its very random (Batch Test 01-02),
here is when I noticed the strange behaivior in Corona because this have never happened to me with Vray.

Im attaching the sample scene and some videos I could record, hope this helps.

[Aram Avetisyan]

Hi, thanks for the attachments.

For the state sets toggle All thing - this is expected, this is how state sets work, they record the change/difference, when you enable toggle all, which is not recorded ever, it will stay on and mess with the rest of the toggles. Maybe by turning toggle All on user expected to have them all on regardless of the states? It can be the case.

For the batch render being black in history - that is definitely a bug, thanks for reporting, I will try to have a look at it. Can you please confirm that it is not only for the thumbnail? Does the actual CXR come out all black, or it is fine?

[CharlyRT]

Hi Aram
The images loads in pure Black, they doesnt have any info. (Im attaching a video from this)
This didnt happen in Corona 12 before the hotfix, what I experienced is that all the images rendered but, all the sun lights turned down to 0, this is something else.

[Aram Avetisyan]

Hi Aram
The images loads in pure Black, they doesnt have any info. (Im attaching a video from this)
This didnt happen in Corona 12 before the hotfix, what I experienced is that all the images rendered but, all the sun lights turned down to 0, this is something else.

The history items (and actual output) being all black is already reported.
For the sun light turning off, I think it is still some state set usage thing - if each of the states renders fine, the batch should also be fine (besides the already reported issue).

[maru]

@CharlyRT - I created a support ticket #309650 for you. You should receive an email notification.

[CharlyRT]

Thanks Marcin I already responded to the email
I couldnt use the link provided in the email, there was an error, also searching the ticked didnt work.

What I must say is that I have tested this in the last Corona 13 Daily build and it seems that its been fixed