VRay X RPC: does it work?

Rick Eloy · October 11th, 2002

Hi, guys!
I'm having a serious problem using VRay and RPC content. Whenever I try to render a scene that contains RPC's, the program simply disappears from the screen. No messages, no over-active disk, nothing. What's going on? Is there a way to fix this? It happens either on 3ds max 3 and Viz 4.
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Rick

matt_vinoir · October 12th, 2002

not sure ricky but all i know is that vray isn't good with opacity maps, it just grinds to a halt or dissapears off screen as you said. I don't know about rpc' but i guess they work in a simpilar way with opac maps?

Rick Eloy · October 13th, 2002

Here lies the strangeness of this, Matt: because of this problem with RPC's, I started to work with opacity maps only, and it really works great!
My first thought was just like yours: Vray should have a problem dealing with opactity, but it turned out to be another thing (which I still don't know what). If you check the image bellow

you'll see that the trees in the middle and on the left are opacity maps, and they worked really well (either the rendering time and shadow casting are nice). I guess I'm running out of options here, and probably will have to sitck with the opacity maps for a while...
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Rick

Arkitec · February 20th, 2003

Rick,

Download the RPC Photoshop plugin from rpc.net. Quick and easy.

Arkitec

Rick Eloy · February 20th, 2003

Solved this problem months ago. Thanks, anyway.
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Rick

aberces · April 18th, 2007

may i know how you solved it?
thanks

October 11th, 2002	#1 (permalink)
Rick Eloy Moderator Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: São Paulo, Brasil Age: 31 Posts: 2,383 Name: Ricardo Eloy	Hi, guys! I'm having a serious problem using VRay and RPC content. Whenever I try to render a scene that contains RPC's, the program simply disappears from the screen. No messages, no over-active disk, nothing. What's going on? Is there a way to fix this? It happens either on 3ds max 3 and Viz 4. [] Rick __________________ Rick Eloy reb digital - Really, I'm doing it for the kids...

October 13th, 2002	#3 (permalink)
Rick Eloy Moderator Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: São Paulo, Brasil Age: 31 Posts: 2,383 Name: Ricardo Eloy	Here lies the strangeness of this, Matt: because of this problem with RPC's, I started to work with opacity maps only, and it really works great! My first thought was just like yours: Vray should have a problem dealing with opactity, but it turned out to be another thing (which I still don't know what). If you check the image bellow you'll see that the trees in the middle and on the left are opacity maps, and they worked really well (either the rendering time and shadow casting are nice). I guess I'm running out of options here, and probably will have to sitck with the opacity maps for a while... [] Rick __________________ Rick Eloy reb digital - Really, I'm doing it for the kids...

February 20th, 2003	#5 (permalink)
Rick Eloy Moderator Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: São Paulo, Brasil Age: 31 Posts: 2,383 Name: Ricardo Eloy	Solved this problem months ago. Thanks, anyway. [] Rick __________________ Rick Eloy reb digital - Really, I'm doing it for the kids...

April 18th, 2007	#6 (permalink)
aberces Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: manila Posts: 1 Name: lloyd berces	Re: VRay X RPC: does it work? may i know how you solved it? thanks

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October 12th, 2002	#2 (permalink)
matt_vinoir Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: england Posts: 316 Name: matt vinoir	not sure ricky but all i know is that vray isn't good with opacity maps, it just grinds to a halt or dissapears off screen as you said. I don't know about rpc' but i guess they work in a simpilar way with opac maps?

February 20th, 2003	#4 (permalink)
Arkitec Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 31 Name: Vance Lazar	Rick, Download the RPC Photoshop plugin from rpc.net. Quick and easy. Arkitec

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