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Forest Pro (*) / Can you add a few forest packs as a single preset in the library?
« Last post by Rhodesy on July 01, 2025, 05:05:27 pm »I can't seem to find anything on this but it might be a forest set thing. I've created a wildflower meadow scene that uses three forestpacks to create the meadow. I would like to be able to save the three forestpacks as a single preset in the library. Currently I can just do one by one so I need to create a forest pack in the new scene then import the first preset then repeat for the next and then the next and then add the surfaces and areas. Is there a quicker way to combine all three so they can be imported once? I have three because they use different assets and scatter options for each one.
Thanks
Rob
Thanks
Rob
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RailClone Lite / Re: Bonnet tile roof issue
« Last post by FilipeRocha on July 01, 2025, 11:15:23 am »Thank you for the reply. The issue was a large fillet radius in the 1S generator, it just sends the corner tiles for a huge way around.
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Forest Pro (*) / Re: FP cannot render objects with VRayLightMtl materials on renderfarm
« Last post by Michal Karmazín on July 01, 2025, 10:59:13 am »Hi,
Thank you for reporting this. As you pointed out, when rendering via network rendering, V-Ray generates an error related to the Direct Illumination feature of the VRayLightMtl material. We'll investigate it. In the meantime, to prevent this error, please set Display > Render > Mode to Meshes.
Best regards,
Thank you for reporting this. As you pointed out, when rendering via network rendering, V-Ray generates an error related to the Direct Illumination feature of the VRayLightMtl material. We'll investigate it. In the meantime, to prevent this error, please set Display > Render > Mode to Meshes.
Best regards,
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Work in Progress / Re: RailClone. Help with tiling
« Last post by Michal Karmazín on July 01, 2025, 09:37:13 am »Hi Alex,
It seems the image of the desired layout wasn’t attached, but using Sequence Operator(s) instead of the Randomize Operator should be the best approach. I hope that helps.
Best regards,
It seems the image of the desired layout wasn’t attached, but using Sequence Operator(s) instead of the Randomize Operator should be the best approach. I hope that helps.
Best regards,
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Forest Pro (*) / Re: Items dissappear in video rendering
« Last post by Michal Karmazín on July 01, 2025, 08:18:24 am »Hi,
I'm sorry to hear you're experiencing these difficulties. First, I’d like to point out that the Camera – Distance Falloff feature should be avoided when rendering walk-through animations. As noted in our online reference guide, this feature can cause objects to suddenly appear or disappear due to changes in camera distance during motion.
I would recommend switching to Custom Edit mode, as the issue may be related to surface evaluation. Please use the Surface > Place Items button, and try disabling the Surface > Non-Image Modes > Link to Surface checkbox to see if that resolves the problem.
Thank you in advance for any additional feedback you can share - either with us or the user community - in case others encounter a similar issue.
Best regards,
I'm sorry to hear you're experiencing these difficulties. First, I’d like to point out that the Camera – Distance Falloff feature should be avoided when rendering walk-through animations. As noted in our online reference guide, this feature can cause objects to suddenly appear or disappear due to changes in camera distance during motion.
I would recommend switching to Custom Edit mode, as the issue may be related to surface evaluation. Please use the Surface > Place Items button, and try disabling the Surface > Non-Image Modes > Link to Surface checkbox to see if that resolves the problem.
Thank you in advance for any additional feedback you can share - either with us or the user community - in case others encounter a similar issue.
Best regards,
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Forest Pro (*) / FP cannot render objects with VRayLightMtl materials on renderfarm
« Last post by ZO6039 on June 30, 2025, 10:14:34 pm »I have a simple setup where ForestPack scatters spheres on terrain to simulate city lights in the distance. The spheres have VRayLightMtl materials applied to make them self-illuminated. When I render my scene locally then everything works fine, but when I try to render my scene on render farm then render crashes. By log file I assume the problem is VRayLightMtl material with Direct illumination. I made a work around by collapsing FP object to Mesh. I previously used Multiscatter plugin for such purpose and it worked fine. Could you look at this problem, please?
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Work in Progress / RailClone. Help with tiling
« Last post by sv3dalex on June 30, 2025, 06:36:20 pm »Hello everyone!
I kindly ask you to help me solve my problem.
My task is to create a slate roof. I am using a standard template from the RailClone library (Roofing /Tiles/Slate 2).
But I do not understand how I can lay out the tiles as shown in the sample (from largest to smallest).
Could you help me and tell me what tool I can use to do this?
Thank you very much for your help.
Alex.
I kindly ask you to help me solve my problem.
My task is to create a slate roof. I am using a standard template from the RailClone library (Roofing /Tiles/Slate 2).
But I do not understand how I can lay out the tiles as shown in the sample (from largest to smallest).
Could you help me and tell me what tool I can use to do this?
Thank you very much for your help.
Alex.
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Forest Pro (*) / Items dissappear in video rendering
« Last post by Carlos Gamundi on June 30, 2025, 04:57:26 pm »Hi. I have forest Pro updated to the last version.
Work in a video for a big golf scene i noted some items in the forest dissappear when I render the frames. I upload a short part of the video and you can see the change in the shadows of the trees.
In the scene doesn't exist any animated terrain or element.
I can't upload the scene right now because is too big file and my internet isn't good.
Thanks.
Work in a video for a big golf scene i noted some items in the forest dissappear when I render the frames. I upload a short part of the video and you can see the change in the shadows of the trees.
In the scene doesn't exist any animated terrain or element.
I can't upload the scene right now because is too big file and my internet isn't good.
Thanks.
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RailClone Pro (*) / Re: Retain orientation along path
« Last post by tzaar on June 30, 2025, 03:12:59 pm »Thank! That's exactly what I needed and it works. I suspected some math could cancel out the local rotation.
No plans on just baking this in and exposing it as a checkbox for the transform node?
No plans on just baking this in and exposing it as a checkbox for the transform node?
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RailClone Pro (*) / Re: VrayMultiSubTex - Instancing Engine
« Last post by Michal Karmazín on June 30, 2025, 09:14:05 am »Hi,
First, I’d like to point out that RailClone includes the RailClone Color map, which - especially when used in combination with the Material and UVW XForm operators - offers a wide range of options for randomizing textures and maps.
If you still prefer to use the VRayMultiSubTex map, note that for some modes, the RailClone object should be treated as a standard 3ds Max object. This can be done by disabling the Instancing Engine, which makes the necessary data accessible to that map. However, certain modes - such as Get ID from: Random > By instance ID - should work without needing to disable the Instancing Engine. That said, I wouldn’t consider this a bug - it’s more of a partially supported feature, due to the way RailClone handles geometry. For best results, we recommend using RailClone’s native tools. Thank you for your understanding.
Best regards,
First, I’d like to point out that RailClone includes the RailClone Color map, which - especially when used in combination with the Material and UVW XForm operators - offers a wide range of options for randomizing textures and maps.
If you still prefer to use the VRayMultiSubTex map, note that for some modes, the RailClone object should be treated as a standard 3ds Max object. This can be done by disabling the Instancing Engine, which makes the necessary data accessible to that map. However, certain modes - such as Get ID from: Random > By instance ID - should work without needing to disable the Instancing Engine. That said, I wouldn’t consider this a bug - it’s more of a partially supported feature, due to the way RailClone handles geometry. For best results, we recommend using RailClone’s native tools. Thank you for your understanding.
Best regards,
