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RailClone Pro (*) / VrayProxies displaying as full mesh with Railclone 7?
« Last post by DT on Today at 05:48:43 pm »I recently upgraded from RailClone 6.3.3 to the latest build 7.1.2 and I noticed that something changed. I though I was going insane as I have a new workstation and the viewport performance of my scenes dropped to 1/10th of my old workstation.
Case: I have a couple of RCs that creates trucks randomly in certain spots (also 1 for cars in parkings). These trucks (or cars) are very heavy for the viewport especially. So I made them into VrayProxies (bend and slice disabled). So I can see the rough shape in the viewport when I view them with quickmesh or even mesh. Now with the latest build the VrayProxy is not showing as the proxy but as the full mesh, which is VERY heavy for my viewport even with quickmesh. I can't and don't want to use pointcloud mode or box mode.
Why did this change, was this on purpose? If not on purpose I want to report a bug, because being able to see the vrayproxies as proxies is very necessary.
I know that on paper it doesn't matter for RailClone that these are proxies, but for viewport performance it is.
Can this be fixed or put back to what it originally was? Or can we have an option to have it display the proxy instead of the full mesh.
I searched on the forum and in the changelogs but couldn't find anything about it. Only found this from the 7 beta: - V-Ray proxies no longer require full mesh mode to be rendered in V-Ray GPU and Vantage. Which leads me to believe that these changes might have messed up the viewport display.
Case: I have a couple of RCs that creates trucks randomly in certain spots (also 1 for cars in parkings). These trucks (or cars) are very heavy for the viewport especially. So I made them into VrayProxies (bend and slice disabled). So I can see the rough shape in the viewport when I view them with quickmesh or even mesh. Now with the latest build the VrayProxy is not showing as the proxy but as the full mesh, which is VERY heavy for my viewport even with quickmesh. I can't and don't want to use pointcloud mode or box mode.
Why did this change, was this on purpose? If not on purpose I want to report a bug, because being able to see the vrayproxies as proxies is very necessary.
I know that on paper it doesn't matter for RailClone that these are proxies, but for viewport performance it is.
Can this be fixed or put back to what it originally was? Or can we have an option to have it display the proxy instead of the full mesh.
I searched on the forum and in the changelogs but couldn't find anything about it. Only found this from the 7 beta: - V-Ray proxies no longer require full mesh mode to be rendered in V-Ray GPU and Vantage. Which leads me to believe that these changes might have messed up the viewport display.
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Forest Pro (*) / Re: Vray Proxy Display into Forest Pack Object
« Last post by zules on Today at 09:46:05 am »3dsmax 2024
Corona 13
FP 9.2.4
Rendering in IPR
Thx !
Corona 13
FP 9.2.4
Rendering in IPR
Thx !
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Forest Pro (*) / Re: Vray Proxy Display into Forest Pack Object
« Last post by Michal Karmazín on Today at 09:30:34 am »I'm sorry to hear that you're facing these troubles. Could you please specify your current software configuration (3ds Max, ForestPack, and V-Ray versions)? Also, could you let us know whether you're experiencing this issue during production rendering or only in interactive rendering (IPR)? Thanks in advance.
Best regards,
Best regards,
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ForestIvy / Re: Saving a ForestIVY Preset
« Last post by KD4391 on Today at 01:33:19 am »Thanks - that would be amazing if this could be done - it will really help with older libraries too
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Forest Pro (*) / Vray Proxy Display into Forest Pack Object
« Last post by zules on November 12, 2025, 05:53:07 pm »Hello there,
while scattering vray proxies People from Chaos Cosmos, I prefer to have them in Box mode display to save some RAM.
But, FP scatter them in box mode too...
It may be interesting to get an option into FP to change it at render time ?
Also, It would be great to have an auto mode to get all sub-material active and applied while rendering, like you did with a recent script, to get all the available variations.
Cheers
while scattering vray proxies People from Chaos Cosmos, I prefer to have them in Box mode display to save some RAM.
But, FP scatter them in box mode too...
It may be interesting to get an option into FP to change it at render time ?
Also, It would be great to have an auto mode to get all sub-material active and applied while rendering, like you did with a recent script, to get all the available variations.
Cheers
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Forest Pro (*) / Re: mask for multiple surfaces object
« Last post by Michal Karmazín on November 12, 2025, 02:03:38 pm »Hi Pierre,
Using these IDs probably won’t work for your scenario, as I believe they refer to the whole scene object (Object ID / Name ID). To be honest, I’m not sure if or how this could be set up - for render engines without an SDK, such as Redshift and several others, we cannot add support ourselves. Instead, we provide an internal API written in C++ for the 3ds Max SDK, which renderer developers can use to generate instances directly in their engines. Therefore, the implementation of our plugin features depends primarily on the developers of each specific render engine. I would suggest reaching out to them directly or via their forums.
I’m afraid there isn’t much more we can do on our side, although we are happy to collaborate with them if improvements can be made. Thank you for your understanding.
Best regards,
Using these IDs probably won’t work for your scenario, as I believe they refer to the whole scene object (Object ID / Name ID). To be honest, I’m not sure if or how this could be set up - for render engines without an SDK, such as Redshift and several others, we cannot add support ourselves. Instead, we provide an internal API written in C++ for the 3ds Max SDK, which renderer developers can use to generate instances directly in their engines. Therefore, the implementation of our plugin features depends primarily on the developers of each specific render engine. I would suggest reaching out to them directly or via their forums.
I’m afraid there isn’t much more we can do on our side, although we are happy to collaborate with them if improvements can be made. Thank you for your understanding.
Best regards,
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ForestIvy / Re: Saving a ForestIVY Preset
« Last post by Michal Karmazín on November 12, 2025, 10:27:52 am »The Library Browser already supports drag-and-drop for managing folders / libraries. When you drag and drop a folder, it will be moved, and if you hold the Shift key, you can “clone” it instead. However, drag-and-drop isn’t currently available for individual items, since all of them are managed by a single index.xml file that stores the necessary information for every item in the folder. Moving individual items would require updating this file and relocating the corresponding data. We’ll see what can be done to improve this in future versions.
Best regards,
Best regards,
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ForestIvy / Re: Saving a ForestIVY Preset
« Last post by KD4391 on November 11, 2025, 11:29:07 pm »great thanks so much - is there a way to move presets within the library browser? a drag and drop feature would be super helpful
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Forest Pro (*) / Re: mask for multiple surfaces object
« Last post by Pierre on November 11, 2025, 03:30:38 pm »Hi Michal
Thank you for your reply
I am currently working with Redshift 2026.1.1 ( and Forest Pack 9.3.2.)
I am trying to randomly vary the color of individual grass clumps within a Forest Pack scatter. Since using the built-in Forest Color tool often results in rendering errors with Redshift, I would prefer to use a Redshift map, such as `RS Random Color` or `RS Jitter`. These maps typically accept inputs like Object ID, Name ID, or UserData ID for randomization.
Could you please advise on what type of ID (Object ID, Name ID, or UserData ID) Redshift can extract directly from the Forest Pack instances in 3ds Max to effectively randomize the color?
Thank you for your assistance.
Pierre
Thank you for your reply
I am currently working with Redshift 2026.1.1 ( and Forest Pack 9.3.2.)
I am trying to randomly vary the color of individual grass clumps within a Forest Pack scatter. Since using the built-in Forest Color tool often results in rendering errors with Redshift, I would prefer to use a Redshift map, such as `RS Random Color` or `RS Jitter`. These maps typically accept inputs like Object ID, Name ID, or UserData ID for randomization.
Could you please advise on what type of ID (Object ID, Name ID, or UserData ID) Redshift can extract directly from the Forest Pack instances in 3ds Max to effectively randomize the color?
Thank you for your assistance.
Pierre
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RailClone Pro (*) / Re: Catenary Operator
« Last post by Michal Karmazín on November 11, 2025, 10:42:56 am »You can adjust the Absolute values for the Padding operations. Just keep in mind that for the Start & End and Start/End modes, the values should match just like in the case of Relative values set to 80% and 20%.
Best regards,
Best regards,
