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Forest Pro (*) / edge mode in vray 6 gpu
« Last post by grue on Today at 09:11:23 PM »i'm getting an error in vray 6, update 2.1 (6.20.06 build 00000) and forestPro 8.2.6.702
i'm loading a preset lawn, layered lawn, or autumn leaves and applying it to a circle spline with a hole in it and an edit poly modifier.
when i switch from point mode to size mode, it works just fine and i see it update in my viewport.
when i switch to edge mode, i get an error that say "Edge mode is not supported for the current render. See documentation for details. point mode will be used instead"
now, i opened a scene from about 6 months ago (created in an earlier version of vray and forestpro) and those rendered just fine, i confirmed the grass were set to edge mode.
i have been using Vray GPU in RTX mode for just over a year now. The video card drivers are appropriate for Vray GPU, sometimes they lag behind a version or two.
I switched my Vray GPU to CUDA mode, started an IPR render while in Point mode for the forest object, then i stopped the IPR and switched to edge mode and the error went away and it was working.
Finally, i stopped all IPR rendering, switched back to RTX mode, and switched between Point - Size - Edge mode and got no errors. The edge mode even worked as expected. Oh and I also switched to one of the Large gravel presets having deleted all the leaves in the Geometry rollout, clicking on library and imported a Large gravel preset.
so this is all very interesting. thanks.
i'm loading a preset lawn, layered lawn, or autumn leaves and applying it to a circle spline with a hole in it and an edit poly modifier.
when i switch from point mode to size mode, it works just fine and i see it update in my viewport.
when i switch to edge mode, i get an error that say "Edge mode is not supported for the current render. See documentation for details. point mode will be used instead"
now, i opened a scene from about 6 months ago (created in an earlier version of vray and forestpro) and those rendered just fine, i confirmed the grass were set to edge mode.
i have been using Vray GPU in RTX mode for just over a year now. The video card drivers are appropriate for Vray GPU, sometimes they lag behind a version or two.
I switched my Vray GPU to CUDA mode, started an IPR render while in Point mode for the forest object, then i stopped the IPR and switched to edge mode and the error went away and it was working.
Finally, i stopped all IPR rendering, switched back to RTX mode, and switched between Point - Size - Edge mode and got no errors. The edge mode even worked as expected. Oh and I also switched to one of the Large gravel presets having deleted all the leaves in the Geometry rollout, clicking on library and imported a Large gravel preset.
so this is all very interesting. thanks.
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Forest Pro (*) / Re: Colour Display OCIO
« Last post by Michal Karmazín on May 09, 2024, 01:56:50 PM »Hi Jason,
Well, according to the provided screenshots, all objects in the scene (not just Forest objects) look darker in the viewport. But what's more important, as posted in this "AcesCG workflow" thread:
"The recently introduced Color Management (Rendering > Color Management) is now supported, and you have the option to use the OCIO Color Management Mode. However, I should mention that currently, the texture maps included in our bundled assets do not have "_lin_srgb," "_srgb", or "_acescg" suffixes. These maps are loaded within the Bitmap maps, so if you opt for the ACEScg workflow, you will need to make these adjustments as needed. Thank you for your understanding."
Best regards,
Well, according to the provided screenshots, all objects in the scene (not just Forest objects) look darker in the viewport. But what's more important, as posted in this "AcesCG workflow" thread:
"The recently introduced Color Management (Rendering > Color Management) is now supported, and you have the option to use the OCIO Color Management Mode. However, I should mention that currently, the texture maps included in our bundled assets do not have "_lin_srgb," "_srgb", or "_acescg" suffixes. These maps are loaded within the Bitmap maps, so if you opt for the ACEScg workflow, you will need to make these adjustments as needed. Thank you for your understanding."
Best regards,
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Forest Pro (*) / Re: Slow material assigment
« Last post by Michal Karmazín on May 09, 2024, 01:47:59 PM »I'm sorry to hear that you're facing these troubles. If you can reproduce these troubles in a minimal scene that you can send to us, it would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you in advance for any additional comments you may have regarding this issue that you can share with us and our user community (in case some users will encounter similar difficulties).
Best regards,
Thank you in advance for any additional comments you may have regarding this issue that you can share with us and our user community (in case some users will encounter similar difficulties).
Best regards,
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Forest Pro (*) / Re: Slow material assigment
« Last post by frodo on May 09, 2024, 01:39:57 PM »Maybe its because forest multisub automat material its rebuilding somehow wrong?
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Forest Pro (*) / Re: Slow material assigment
« Last post by frodo on May 09, 2024, 01:38:38 PM »Hi again, I'm back after a while.
This issue really slowing me down can someone check it?
Example.
1) Forest object with 30 obejects.
2) Each object have its own material, no material overrides inside forest object.
3) Each material is quite complex, blend, multisub, etc. 20+ SME nodes each.
4) I have to change all the materials on object from this forest object. Word change is important because I reaasigning each material and not modifying current one.
5) This reassigment takes ages. 20+ minutes
This issue really slowing me down can someone check it?
Example.
1) Forest object with 30 obejects.
2) Each object have its own material, no material overrides inside forest object.
3) Each material is quite complex, blend, multisub, etc. 20+ SME nodes each.
4) I have to change all the materials on object from this forest object. Word change is important because I reaasigning each material and not modifying current one.
5) This reassigment takes ages. 20+ minutes
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Forest Pro (*) / Colour Display OCIO
« Last post by EH2026 on May 09, 2024, 12:50:36 PM »Hi guys,
Anyone notice weird behaviour with the newish OICO colour setup?
Please see two attached screen grabs showing Gamma & OCIO workflow, notice the colours of the FP objects being very dark and substantially different than the Gamma method.
Any help appreciated.
Jason
Anyone notice weird behaviour with the newish OICO colour setup?
Please see two attached screen grabs showing Gamma & OCIO workflow, notice the colours of the FP objects being very dark and substantially different than the Gamma method.
Any help appreciated.
Jason
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RailClone Lite / Re: No Size or Spline on X
« Last post by Michal Karmazín on May 09, 2024, 10:26:03 AM »As mentioned previously: "Once you link the Spline node, the X Size parameter isn't available ...". If you want to define it numerically, you should remove the Spline node from the Spline Input of the Generator. I hope that helps.
Best regards,
Best regards,
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Forest Pro (*) / Re: Activated but out of support
« Last post by m.lamme on May 08, 2024, 11:48:58 AM »Thank you Paul for you help! True, my plan expired nov 28 and the latest build I have is from feb 2. Odd that it stopped working just yesterday though?
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Forest Pro (*) / Re: Activated but out of support
« Last post by Paul Roberts on May 08, 2024, 11:35:51 AM »Hi,
Thanks for your email.
The maintenance plan give you continued access to the most recent builds of our plugins. If your support has lapsed you can continue to use our plugins that were released prior to that expiration date.
It looks as though you may have installed a plugin released after your maintenance expired. Please try with an earlier version. These are available from the Previous Versions tab in your User Panel
I hope that helps,
Paul
Thanks for your email.
The maintenance plan give you continued access to the most recent builds of our plugins. If your support has lapsed you can continue to use our plugins that were released prior to that expiration date.
It looks as though you may have installed a plugin released after your maintenance expired. Please try with an earlier version. These are available from the Previous Versions tab in your User Panel
I hope that helps,
Paul
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Forest Pro (*) / Activated but out of support
« Last post by m.lamme on May 08, 2024, 10:54:50 AM »Hi, my maintenance plan just expired and I read that the support is not mandatory so I would like to just continue to use my license. The license manager says that the license is activated but out of support.
3ds max however says that I need to update the license and if I don't I do not have a license?
What to do?
3ds max however says that I need to update the license and if I don't I do not have a license?
What to do?
