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Forest Pro (*) / Re: Very slow 3dsmax when making any new object with lots of forests in the scene
« Last post by Michal Karmazín on October 16, 2025, 08:48:54 am »Hi,
I’m sorry to hear you’re experiencing these issues. Since Forest Pack 9.3.1, a problem where ForestSet triggered a Forest rebuild when modifying layers — even if ForestSet wasn’t using layers — has been fixed. Based on your description alone, it’s difficult to determine what might be causing the issue. Therefore, if possible, please send us your scene so we can review it here. Thanks in advance for any additional details you can share that might help us identify the source of the problem.
Best regards,
I’m sorry to hear you’re experiencing these issues. Since Forest Pack 9.3.1, a problem where ForestSet triggered a Forest rebuild when modifying layers — even if ForestSet wasn’t using layers — has been fixed. Based on your description alone, it’s difficult to determine what might be causing the issue. Therefore, if possible, please send us your scene so we can review it here. Thanks in advance for any additional details you can share that might help us identify the source of the problem.
Best regards,
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Forest Pro (*) / Re: Update to 9.3.2 will not recognize license server
« Last post by Michal Karmazín on October 16, 2025, 08:38:29 am »Replied here.
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General - Off Topic / Re: updated plugins wont recognize the floating license server
« Last post by Michal Karmazín on October 16, 2025, 08:37:04 am »Hi,
I'm sorry to hear that you're facing these troubles. Could you please provide us with the first error or warning message (a screenshot would be ideal) that the user encountered? Also, please send us the log file from the Itoo Software License Manager. You can find it under the License Server tab by clicking on 'View Log'. This will help us analyze the problem further. Thanks in advance.
Let me mention that these different License Manager / License Server might be a bit confusing, but your configuration should be correct. The License Manager (currently version 1.6.2) is necessary for all license types (Stand-alone and Network). On the other hand, the License Server (currently version 1.5.0) is specifically required to manage the licensing service for Network licenses.
We appreciate any additional insights you can provide.
Best regards,
I'm sorry to hear that you're facing these troubles. Could you please provide us with the first error or warning message (a screenshot would be ideal) that the user encountered? Also, please send us the log file from the Itoo Software License Manager. You can find it under the License Server tab by clicking on 'View Log'. This will help us analyze the problem further. Thanks in advance.
Let me mention that these different License Manager / License Server might be a bit confusing, but your configuration should be correct. The License Manager (currently version 1.6.2) is necessary for all license types (Stand-alone and Network). On the other hand, the License Server (currently version 1.5.0) is specifically required to manage the licensing service for Network licenses.
We appreciate any additional insights you can provide.
Best regards,
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RailClone Pro (*) / Re: License server under Linux with wine
« Last post by BLG on October 16, 2025, 05:20:52 am »If all you need is to run the license server, you should look into Tiny11 core https://github.com/ntdevlabs/tiny11builder it uses very little resources and it's got a small footprint.
There is also a Tiny10 version which is even smaller but you need a windows 10 ISO that I couldn't find at the Microsoft website. I don't trust any other website to download the ISO so I just used Tiny11.
There is also a Tiny10 version which is even smaller but you need a windows 10 ISO that I couldn't find at the Microsoft website. I don't trust any other website to download the ISO so I just used Tiny11.
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Forest Pro (*) / Very slow 3dsmax when making any new object with lots of forests in the scene
« Last post by K Gazzard on October 15, 2025, 10:50:42 pm »Hi there.
I have a scene with many forest objects (56), and at least 30 Forest Sets.
Things are painfully slow when the forests are active, particularly when creating new items, moving things around in the layer stack, duplicating items... every time I make a new object, it takes a long time before I can do anything. When drawing a new spline for example, I make the first click and then have to wait about 20 seconds before I can draw the spline. It's not related to camera visibility options, or number of items within objects, or viewport display.
I have no surfaces set to auto. The issues are resolved if I disable all of the FP objects, which is what I am finding I need to do to edit the file at all - even with everything set to frozen, the issue isn't resolved.
This is not unique to one file - all my projects have many FP objects and I have these slowdowns with all of them, frustrating and time consuming. I have just never got around to submitting it as a bug.
Another issue is that sometimes (Often when I first open the file) if I expand a layer with FP objects on it, it takes a long time to expand.
I downloaded the latest update today (v9.3.2) hoping from the changelog that the issue might be resolved (I read about the FP Sets causing issues with layers) but this hasn't resolved my issue.
I did try and delete all the fp sets out of my file, and this did fix it but I'm not sure if that was just because the FP's were now all broken and missing their geometry.
Any ideas?
I have a scene with many forest objects (56), and at least 30 Forest Sets.
Things are painfully slow when the forests are active, particularly when creating new items, moving things around in the layer stack, duplicating items... every time I make a new object, it takes a long time before I can do anything. When drawing a new spline for example, I make the first click and then have to wait about 20 seconds before I can draw the spline. It's not related to camera visibility options, or number of items within objects, or viewport display.
I have no surfaces set to auto. The issues are resolved if I disable all of the FP objects, which is what I am finding I need to do to edit the file at all - even with everything set to frozen, the issue isn't resolved.
This is not unique to one file - all my projects have many FP objects and I have these slowdowns with all of them, frustrating and time consuming. I have just never got around to submitting it as a bug.
Another issue is that sometimes (Often when I first open the file) if I expand a layer with FP objects on it, it takes a long time to expand.
I downloaded the latest update today (v9.3.2) hoping from the changelog that the issue might be resolved (I read about the FP Sets causing issues with layers) but this hasn't resolved my issue.
I did try and delete all the fp sets out of my file, and this did fix it but I'm not sure if that was just because the FP's were now all broken and missing their geometry.
Any ideas?
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General - Off Topic / updated plugins wont recognize the floating license server
« Last post by yeeha68 on October 15, 2025, 06:42:09 pm »(Previously posted this question in the Forest Pro group, but It seems to be more appropriate here in the off topic group. Sorry for the double post)
I just updated from 9.2.4 to 9.3.2 and forest will not recognize my license server. The server is on a network and it can be pinged. When I switch back to 9.2.4 everything works fine. I should also point out that Railclone does the same thing. 7.1.1 to 7.1.3.
The license server is 1.5.0. The most recent downloadable version is also 1.5.0 and dated 2020. But here is where it gets confusing; why do I have a 1.6.2 dated 2024 on my local machine? I do not use this server, but I don't understand why its a newer version. Where do I get 1.6.2 for the remote server? Has anyone had the same issue?
Max2024
Vray 7.20
win11Pro
I just updated from 9.2.4 to 9.3.2 and forest will not recognize my license server. The server is on a network and it can be pinged. When I switch back to 9.2.4 everything works fine. I should also point out that Railclone does the same thing. 7.1.1 to 7.1.3.
The license server is 1.5.0. The most recent downloadable version is also 1.5.0 and dated 2020. But here is where it gets confusing; why do I have a 1.6.2 dated 2024 on my local machine? I do not use this server, but I don't understand why its a newer version. Where do I get 1.6.2 for the remote server? Has anyone had the same issue?
Max2024
Vray 7.20
win11Pro
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Forest Pro (*) / Update to 9.3.2 will not recognize license server
« Last post by yeeha68 on October 15, 2025, 06:34:14 pm »I just updated from 9.2.4 to 9.3.2 and forest will not recognize my license server. The server is on a network and it can be pinged. When I switch back to 9.2.4 everything works fine. I should also point out that Railclone does the same thing. 7.1.1 to 7.1.3 will not find the server so I will post this same question in the Railclone group.
The license server is 1.5.0. The most recent downloadable version is also 1.5.0 and dated 2020. But here is where it gets confusing; why do I have a 1.6.2 dated 2024 on my local machine? I do not use this server, but I don't understand why its a newer version. Where do I get 1.6.2 for the remote server? Has anyone had the same issue?
The license server is 1.5.0. The most recent downloadable version is also 1.5.0 and dated 2020. But here is where it gets confusing; why do I have a 1.6.2 dated 2024 on my local machine? I do not use this server, but I don't understand why its a newer version. Where do I get 1.6.2 for the remote server? Has anyone had the same issue?
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RailClone Pro (*) / Re: License server under Linux with wine
« Last post by Michal Karmazín on October 15, 2025, 08:20:44 am »Hi,
It should be possible — the licensing server software can be installed on a virtual server. The only limitation is that our licensing system uses the CPU ID to identify the hardware.In virtualized environments, this ID may change if a different physical CPU is assigned to the virtual machine each time it’s rebooted. This issue can be resolved by setting the Processor Affinity, which ensures the same CPU is always assigned to a specific VM. For example, in VMware ESX, this is defined through the Scheduling Affinity setting.
I hope this helps.
Best regards,
It should be possible — the licensing server software can be installed on a virtual server. The only limitation is that our licensing system uses the CPU ID to identify the hardware.In virtualized environments, this ID may change if a different physical CPU is assigned to the virtual machine each time it’s rebooted. This issue can be resolved by setting the Processor Affinity, which ensures the same CPU is always assigned to a specific VM. For example, in VMware ESX, this is defined through the Scheduling Affinity setting.
I hope this helps.
Best regards,
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RailClone Pro (*) / License server under Linux with wine
« Last post by JG_archviz on October 15, 2025, 08:01:59 am »Hello is it possible to run the License Server on a linux distribution with wine?
Since the recent windows 10 EOL i was considering running my current license server vm (windows 10 on QNAP VM) for autodesk network-license (old ones), Corona license server and itoosoft license server..
The autodesk and corona/chaos license server are probably able to run under linux natively but the itoosoft is windows only. So i was wondering if it could run under wine in linux, or if there are some dependencies, that are not available under wine/linux
My goal would be a very lite linux VM installation running on my qnap server with just the basic functionality to run the license-server apps ...
I know the restrictions with CPU paththrough and the current itoosoft-license-server runs very good under windows10, but the win10 vm feels more and more sluggish and causing trouble with chaos-licensing.
There might be a chance someone already tried it to get it working ... or at least failed. I can understand, when there might be not a "supported" itoosoft answer on that, as they clearly say the license server is windows only.
Since the recent windows 10 EOL i was considering running my current license server vm (windows 10 on QNAP VM) for autodesk network-license (old ones), Corona license server and itoosoft license server..
The autodesk and corona/chaos license server are probably able to run under linux natively but the itoosoft is windows only. So i was wondering if it could run under wine in linux, or if there are some dependencies, that are not available under wine/linux
My goal would be a very lite linux VM installation running on my qnap server with just the basic functionality to run the license-server apps ...
I know the restrictions with CPU paththrough and the current itoosoft-license-server runs very good under windows10, but the win10 vm feels more and more sluggish and causing trouble with chaos-licensing.
There might be a chance someone already tried it to get it working ... or at least failed. I can understand, when there might be not a "supported" itoosoft answer on that, as they clearly say the license server is windows only.
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RailClone Pro (*) / Re: Apartment segments on corners that aren't at right angles
« Last post by SJB on October 14, 2025, 06:38:05 am »Thanks. That seems to fix that issue.
