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RailClone => RailClone Pro (*) => Topic started by: QD6730 on October 12, 2017, 01:17:03 PM

Title: Error: RailClone and Shader versions don't match (RC = ??, FSHADER = 2.7.0)
Post by: QD6730 on October 12, 2017, 01:17:03 PM
Hi,
since I updated Railclone to 3.0.9 I am getting the following error message while rendering a 3ds Max Design 2014 scene using Railclone objects: RailClone and Shader versions don't match (RC = ??, FSHADER = 2.7.0).  At the end of the rednering process the railclone objetcs are not visible. Hope anyone can help me quickly!

Kind regards,
Mischa
 
Title: Re: Error: RailClone and Shader versions don't match (RC = ??, FSHADER = 2.7.0)
Post by: iToo on October 12, 2017, 01:28:01 PM
Hi, it seems the installation of RailClone was not completed correctly. It's using yet the Mental Ray shader of RC 2.7.

Please, try this:

1) Be sure Max is closed
2) Delete the following files:

C:\<your max dir>\NVIDIA\shaders_autoload\mentalray\shaders\RCShader.dll
C:\<your max dir>\NVIDIA\shaders_autoload\mentalray\include\RCShader.mi
C:\<your max dir>\plugins\railclonepro.dlo

3) Reinstall RailClone.

Hopefully that should fix the problem.

Title: Re: Error: RailClone and Shader versions don't match (RC = ??, FSHADER = 2.7.0)
Post by: QD6730 on October 12, 2017, 01:42:01 PM
Thx for that quick reply! I deleted the files and reinstalled the plugin (no need to unistall it before?). Sadly I got the same erorr message!
Title: Re: Error: RailClone and Shader versions don't match (RC = ??, FSHADER = 2.7.0)
Post by: QD6730 on October 12, 2017, 02:46:56 PM
Any other tip/ possible solution?
Title: Re: Error: RailClone and Shader versions don't match (RC = ??, FSHADER = 2.7.0)
Post by: iToo on October 12, 2017, 06:27:09 PM
It's very strange. Please, take a screenshot of the RCShader.dll details and post it here (select the file, right click->Properties->Details). It should be as the attached image.
Title: Re: Error: RailClone and Shader versions don't match (RC = ??, FSHADER = 2.7.0)
Post by: QD6730 on October 12, 2017, 06:47:38 PM
here is the screenshot
Title: Re: Error: RailClone and Shader versions don't match (RC = ??, FSHADER = 2.7.0)
Post by: iToo on October 13, 2017, 10:35:31 AM
Thanks, the file seems correct.
We tried to reproduce the problem here using a clean installation of Max design 2014 SP6, but it works fine.

Please, do this:

1) Delete the file RCShader.dll, but NOT reinstall RailClone.
2) Try to render a sample RC scene using Mental Ray. What error do you get ?
Title: Re: Error: RailClone and Shader versions don't match (RC = ??, FSHADER = 2.7.0)
Post by: QD6730 on October 13, 2017, 10:47:43 AM
I deleted the requested dll and renderd a scene containing only a railclone object. Got this error message:

PHEN 0.4     11 MB error  051011: shader "rc_geom" not found
Title: Re: Error: RailClone and Shader versions don't match (RC = ??, FSHADER = 2.7.0)
Post by: QD6730 on October 13, 2017, 10:49:59 AM
The Nvidia message window says that mental ray 3.11.1.10 is installed (upper right corner). Is that the right version?
Title: Re: Error: RailClone and Shader versions don't match (RC = ??, FSHADER = 2.7.0)
Post by: iToo on October 13, 2017, 11:32:29 AM
Yes, the Mental Ray version is correct, although the problem is not related with that.

That message error should happen only when RCShader.dll is not from the same version that the RailClone plugin (railclonepro.dlo).
In this case, it says that RCShader.dll is version 2.7.0, which has no sense. Futhermore because the version number (2.7.0) is embedeed in RCShader.dll... there is no way that value may be changed.

With the latest test (deleting RCShader.dll) i want to be sure that Max is not loading the file from any other place. The "rc_geom" is the expected result, because the file cannot be found.

What version was you using before upgrading to RC 3.0.9 ? Was it working well before the upgrade ?
Title: Re: Error: RailClone and Shader versions don't match (RC = ??, FSHADER = 2.7.0)
Post by: QD6730 on October 13, 2017, 11:45:32 AM
I own railclone for several years (several versions) already and yes it was working before/ never had that problem before. I dont know which version I was working with before. It already had the download manager.
Title: Re: Error: RailClone and Shader versions don't match (RC = ??, FSHADER = 2.7.0)
Post by: iToo on October 13, 2017, 12:12:03 PM
Ok. It's not possible to know what version was you using before, but if it had Update Manager, then must be RC 3.0.7 or RC 3.0.8.

Please try installing RC 3.0.8 which is available in the User Panel (http://userpanel.itoosoft.com)->Previous versions, to see if there is any difference.