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Forest Pack => Forest Pro (*) => Topic started by: Fabrice on March 31, 2021, 08:40:01 PM

Title: FP library meshes "Rock S3" wont network render
Post by: Fabrice on March 31, 2021, 08:40:01 PM
Hi all,
My Max contains several FP systems :
- most systems use instanced megascan meshes and render well
- one system uses objects from the FP "Rock S3" library. It renders well locally but renders black over the network.
Its textures are located on "C:\Users\xxxxxx\AppData\Local\Itoo Software\Forest Pack Pro\lib\3D\Stones\maps"
so I guess that's why the render node wont find it.
As they dont have the texture on their C: drive and the "external files user path" are missing on those render node Max instance.

Is it a rendernode install issue?
How can I fix it please?
Fabrice
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Max 2017 + FP 6.2.2 + Redshift 2.6.54
Title: Re: FP library meshes "Rock S3" wont network render
Post by: Rokas on April 01, 2021, 07:52:40 AM
Hi. Seems like libraries are not yet installed on Your render node.

You need to install them on it. Hopefully this documentation page (https://docs.itoosoft.com/forestpack/update-manager#UpdateManager-Touseunattendedinstallation) will help.
Title: Re: FP library meshes "Rock S3" wont network render
Post by: Fabrice on April 01, 2021, 11:18:18 AM
Thanks Rokas,
I copied the folders on the "C:\Users\xxxxxx\AppData\Local\Itoo Software\Forest Pack Pro\lib\3D\Stones\maps" rendernode's folder,
the textures are present but it still renders black and diplays an error message.
Title: Re: FP library meshes "Rock S3" wont network render
Post by: Rokas on April 01, 2021, 12:05:36 PM
can You check if render node "3dsMax.ini" file has the directory with where the maps are located.

(https://i.imgur.com/yNi0Mss.png)
Title: Re: FP library meshes "Rock S3" wont network render
Post by: Fabrice on April 01, 2021, 03:03:37 PM
Yes that's exactly what I did in the meantime, and now it works!
Thanks Rokas.

But it's really tedious, why cant FP do all those things for me?
I guess everybody is network rendering...
Title: Re: FP library meshes "Rock S3" wont network render
Post by: Rokas on April 01, 2021, 03:21:20 PM
It does this most of the times automatically. I am not sure why it did not do it this time.