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3dsmax 2015 - vray 3.5 - nvidia vmaterials

aloofer101 — Thu, 29 Jun 2017 07:47:10 GMT

hi guys,

just installed vray 3.5 few days ago and was trying the new feature of nvidia mdl library, but unfortunately it all shows black.

i visited the vray website and followed the instructions of adding the environment in windows system and was able to successfully do that, but still all the mdl materials appear black in 3dsmax.

i downloaded the nvidia mdl library from the nvidia website

i am able to load and use the mdl libraries that gets installed along with vray without any problem, the only issue is with the downloaded nvidia mdl libraries.

i have configured the texture paths of the installed mdl libraries from nvidia in 3dsmax configure -> configure user paths and configure -> configure system paths but still no luck

also am attaching the max file for ref if someone can check it.

if someone can help, please guys.

thanks in advance.

Re: 3dsmax 2015 - vray 3.5 - nvidia vmaterials

Alfred.DeFlaminis — Thu, 13 Jul 2017 00:35:24 GMT

Hello @aloofer101 and welcome to the community,

I'm not sure that Vray supports the Mental Ray vmaterials. Do you have any information about Vray support for those? I did a search and found nothing about it. You may need to contact Chaosgroup for this issue as they make Vray. Do you find they work when you use Mental Ray?

Best Regards,

Re: 3dsmax 2015 - vray 3.5 - nvidia vmaterials

MarcoG67 — Thu, 13 Jul 2017 04:47:46 GMT

Hello,

It's a feature available on Vray 3.6 , but you have to use the VrayMDLmtl...

https://docs.chaosgroup.com/display/VRAY3MAX/MDL+Material+%7C+VRayMDLMtl#MDLMaterial|VRayMDLMtl-Overview

Best regards,

Marco

Re: 3dsmax 2015 - vray 3.5 - nvidia vmaterials

aloofer101 — Thu, 13 Jul 2017 13:16:36 GMT

hi,

the vmaterials or the mdl materials is supported from vray 3.5 onwards and i have vray 3.5

the mdl libraries that gets installed with vray works fine and also some of the vmaterials works fine but there is some issues with some materials that have color presets that do not change accordingly so i thought if anyone had some solution for it

i am still doing R&D on it but in the meanwhile if someone gets the solution then please pass it on or share so that the community gets benefited with it

Re: 3dsmax 2015 - vray 3.5 - nvidia vmaterials

Alfred.DeFlaminis — Thu, 13 Jul 2017 18:47:00 GMT

Hello @MarcoG67 and @aloofer101,

Ah I see, thanks for the update and info. I'll try to install the 3.6 demo and get these mdl's from NVIDIA installed so I can help look into it. Which materials specifically aren't working?

Best Regards,

Re: 3dsmax 2015 - vray 3.5 - nvidia vmaterials

MarcoG67 — Fri, 14 Jul 2017 03:51:41 GMT

@aloofer101, hi

I know that you can use VrayMDLmaterial on 3.5, but maybe 3.6 (never used mdl materials) solve some of your problems.

Re: 3dsmax 2015 - vray 3.5 - nvidia vmaterials

Alfred.DeFlaminis — Fri, 21 Jul 2017 00:25:26 GMT

Hello @aloofer101,

I've tried to get this to go but I am experiencing the same problem you are. I think it best to ask about this on the Chaosgroup forums. I'm marking this as the answer because these are both 3rd party items and I'm not in a good position to support them. I apologize for the inconvenience.

Best Regards,