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  1. Hi People, This is going to be a long post but I want to get the problem we are having explained clearly. We have recently moved offices and now have our own dedicated server which we do not share with the rest of the company which is great but since then our files take an incredibly long time to load. We are using 3ds Max 2014 and Vray 2.4 We are an Arch Viz company which we work on a number of types of projects from static images to animations. File sizes can vary from 50mb to 300mb (at least.) We can have a varied amount of textures in our scenes which also include Vray Proxies and xrefed files. I have a strong belief it is to do with our new server and the IP / Network address it uses. I will now explain the two ways we have had the servers set up: Old Network: We had two mapped drives one with our job folders with our max files in and another with all our resources in. The address we used to connect to the server for our jobs as a mapped drives was \\xservex\cgiwork\job folder The address we used to connect to the server for our resources as a mapped drive was\\xservex\cgiresources Now obviously the larger the scenes the longer they took to load and there was a very large amount of files to go through. We also shared this with the artwork department who were all on iMacs and used Quark. New Server (what we are having issues with): Again we have a server with two mapped drives with our max files and another with our resources in. The address we used to connect to the server for our jobs as a mapped drives is \\10.xxx.xx.xxx\cgiwork\job folder The address we used to connect to the server for our resources as a mapped drive is \\10.xxx.xx.xx\cgiresources As you can see the difference between the two is that they are now using IP address to map the drive rather than xservex. When we open up files (obviously speed changes on file size) they take at long time to open, sometimes 20mins. The scenes still contain the same resources and xrefs. The way around this is we disconnect while the file is loading. We have to be careful how quickly we do this as proxies have to be completley loaded. When we disconnect the scene and it opens you can see that it has loaded some of the textures but now all of them as they are just the colour of the object. If we open the material editor it will also take a very long time unless we disconnect. The previews will sometimes be black as they have not loaded but just going into the map and reloading it the texture appears. Now none of thesse problems were here before and I think it is to do with the changes to the address changing from text xservex to an IP number. Can anyone help? If I need to go into more deails just ask. Andrew
  2. Hello Peeps, I have got a very strange issue. I have put up with it for a while but have had enough. When I am pasting in from another file other bits from a file i did the same on months ago also get pasted in. I will go through my stages. I have a file open I select what I want to copy I start a fresh file I paste the copied geomerytr THIS IS WHERE IT GOES WEIRD When I look at what I have pasted as well as what I copied it also pastes something i did the exact same procedure for a few months ago, layers and all. I delete it and just get in with it. If I delete it all and paste again the rogue bits do not appear. Help me people! Cheers Andrew
  3. Could not really think the best title for this but it is easy to explain. Basically I have a file, I copy the bits i want (using the shortcut) make a new file and paste into it. Now when I paste it everything comes in fine but it also includes something I copied and pasted from a previous file. I have just deleted the extra bits up till now but I am getting a bit fed up with it now. Can anyone help? Cheers
  4. Hello, This will be a long post as I want to be accurate with what I have to say. the problem we have is files are taking an EXTREMELY long time to open. This is what happened. We have just moved office so are on a new server. It has a new address. Our server has exactly the same network drive letter and structure. When we load a max file which was created before we moved the issue is it takes ages to open (sometimes over 40mins.) When it does we can see all the materials. The way we can open the file very quickly is when it is taking ages to load is disable the network card, the file will load very quickly. it obviously means that it cannot see the materials. If we then connect the network again and in the material editor we pick the material it will load the texture and if we go to the map we are using we can see it on the network. This is all great but has to be done on everytime we open the file. We can access the drive in explorer and find the textures. It is something to do with the drive. We are not sure what to do? We need to get this sorted as we are unable to work like this. Please Help Andrew
  5. Hello People Our renders are coming out over exposed, Gamma 2.2 has been added twice. We send it to our render farm and split it between the machines. When we see the strips (.tga) saved the gamma is correct. But when backburner syiches it together it applys the gamma again! We have tried changing the vray setting to save it our with the gamma 2.2 or adding the linear workflow in the color settings. What ever we do it adds it on the stitching. When we do not split the image (animation frames) there is no problem because it is not being split. We are using 3ds Max 2014 and Vray 2.4.0.04 Help I am going to scream!
  6. We are having trouble opening a file created in 2013. We are using colorcorrection in a vray material and it will not render as it says ColorCorrection.dlm is missing. Now I previously asked this on the forum but it is now closed. http://forums.cgarchitect.com/63781-colorcorrect-dlm-what-missing.html But we did not have this trouble with 2013. Why is this happening. We are using the latest version of Vray. Andrew
  7. I have seen this one nut it is not it. If you have a file e.g. Apartment.max it will make a folder called Apartment.bak and save files in there. This is also in allotted folder.
  8. Hi peopl, Scripts again! I have seen a script which creates auto backs but in its own personalised folder and intervals. It does not use the normal save, it uses the file name so another file does not overwrite another. Please help. A
  9. Hi people, I am having a few problems with scripts and basically I want to know where I can find them when they are installed. For example I am trying to see where the Center Gizmo script is installed to. There must be a folder somewhere. I am using 2013. I have tried searching in script folders and can see where some go (relinkbitmaps) Any Help? Cheers
  10. We are sending images down to our render farm using Backburner 2013. We see it rendering ok and the strips are fine, but when it sews it together and saves the complete images it saves blank images, this is with elements as well. Anyone else have this problem?
  11. Found this, someone had switched it on!
  12. Someone has changed a setting on my photoshop but I don't know where?!! Before: In my photoshop file if I added a curve into the layers it would just be on top of the selected layer and adjust all layers below (Standard). Then if I wanted it to effect only the layer below I would hold alt inbetween the layers and click so the arrow would indicate it would only adjust the one layer. Now: Every time I add any adjustment layer it automatically makes it attached to the layer below, 80% I need it to effect all layers below. Someone has changed a setting but I cannot find where. Does anyone have any ideas? Cheers
  13. We use Vray Ambient lights to create animated objects in animated camera animation, still using Light Cache and Irradiance Map, but we exlude the moving object from all GI.
  14. Hi People, For some reason my 3ds max us playing up. I Use the slate material editor and for some reason it will not previe my materials, it just shows the teapot. If I right click and update it appears, but I have to do this on every change. In the old material editor I have no problems, it comes up in the slot and updates when I change anything fine. Can anyone help me? I have attached what I see. Cheers
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