Proxy ignores mat values

[Andrew1]

ehh what's up all,

 

I am having problem with proxies,

I got an image that is textured and consists of 4 separate objects,

I got it grouped together as one object, now I export to vrmesh, got the mesh saved,

now I open proxy window load the image, render the image, it appears as one solid color...

My material preset is gone ??

 

Any ideas ??

 

thanks.

 

AnDrew

[Parker1]

You have to use Multi-Sub object materials with Proxies (with material I.D's). Once you place the proxies you have to drag the Multi-Sub material from a MatLib into a sample slot and re-assign it to the proxy. It will now render perfectly.

[Andrew1]

Thanks Parker,

 

Does the proxy have to be 1 solid mesh ?? or can it consist of several mesh objects ?

I got 4 objects just grouped so I dont need subobject material as each

of those objects have assigns just 1 diffuse.

It says in vray forum that once proxy is created and saved it will remain with

the same material, size and all the settings,

why would I wanna load a proxy and then texture it when it should hold the material type at creation process ??

 

thanks,

[Jeff Mottle]

Hi Andrew, please update your profile with your real name. As a fellow Canadian I can appreciate the humour of your name, but your real name is a requirement on our forums.

 

Thanks!

 

Cheers,

Jeff

[Parker1]

why would I wanna load a proxy and then texture it when it should hold the material type at creation process??

 

The proxy will not hold the material assignments, just the material ID #'s. So you must re-assign the multi-sub material to it in the scene for it to work correctly. I do not know why it does this...it just does.

[Nic H]

yep its annoying but the proxy cant save the tex path names so you need to re-apply mats.

 

Iv made a max file with all my textured plant proxies in it that i just merge into different scenes. Takes a hour to set up but once its done you wont need to do it again.