enjoyMentalRayStringOptions, a UI to easely use MR string options

#61

Has anybody got this UI to work with OS X? Maybe I am doing the install incorrectly, but it doesn’t seem to work for me.

Very interested to check this out!

#62

Hi!

Have you any error message un the script editor? Don’t hesitate to paste it (with the “line in error” in the script editor). :slight_smile:

#63

Found a thread at mentalimage forums that people has the same issue. It seems that Maya 2012 with progressive rendering and using IPR does not work. :frowning:

#64

Autodesk doesn’t implement the correct API for Progressive so changes in 2012 lead to crashes with IPR and Progressive.

#65

Thanks for the information! :slight_smile:

#66

I’ve had that happen too. It’s finicky. But once it starts working, it usually stays working. Here’s a thread with more info on it:
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=87&t=1006075

It can matter if you rendered once before changing the settings. Sometimes it helps, other times it hurts. Sometimes merely restarting Maya and trying again fixes it. It’s odd.
I have a stock iRay scene posted in that thread that should work as a basis for you, just import your scene into it and things should hopefully render, with interactive IPR.

#67

You should be able to leave the state shader on. It might spit crap out but it will work.

#68

That junk data it spits out seems to break interactive IPR rendering with iRay. The IPR will start, but if you try moving/changing anything or closing the window while it’s still rendering it will crash. If it’s unchecked, everything works fine & dandy.

#69

Hey guys,

i just can’t get the script to work properly in maya 2012.

When i execute the two lines

import enjoyMentalRayStringOptions
enjoyMentalRayStringOptions.Ui().create()

i laways get this error message

Error: ImportError: No module named enjoyMentalRayStringOptions

Am is missing something?
I put the py file in the right folder

C:\Users\myname\Documents\maya\scripts

But i just can’t start the script.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

BTW It’s unbeliveable that the IPR + Progressiver Rendering Mode always crashs
Maya 2012. I used this feature almost anytime…

#70

Wrong folder.
Put your script here : C:\Users\myname\Documents\maya\maya2012-x64\scripts

:wink:

#71

Hi Damien,

thanks for dropping in.

I put the script EVERYWHERE.

In every script folder just to be sure that the folder is right.
It’s still not working and i get this error message.

Do i have to load and execute the script first?
I did all i can imagine, but nothing worked.

To be honest, this is the first script which is not “working” for me.

cheers

naik

#72

Thanks Dorian!

#73

Got it.

Copied it into C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Maya2012\2012-x64\prefs\scripts

Really strange, never copied a script into that folder.

cheers

naik

#74

Guys, is there any way to “correct” the corrupt progressive rendering mode in maya 2012?
I just can’t believe it that i can not use it anymore until they send out a new fix.

#75

Maybe this can help?
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showpost.php?p=7107990&postcount=55
:sad:

#76

thanks for the link Narann

but it doesn’t work.
When i execute all the new string options, nothing gets rendered anymore.
Everything is black - but it won’t crash anymore.

Totally weird

#77

Do you have an actual light placed in the scene? Because those strings also uncheck “Enable Default Light”. So it will render black afterwards if all you had was the default scene lighting being used.

#78

yes, i just use one direct light. But the alpha is completely black therefore it can’t be the
light. Is there any test scene to use for that purpose?

I just can’t believe that i’m the only one who can not use the IPR + progressive Rendering.

cheers

naik

p.s thanks for the support guys!!

#79

http://www.mediafire.com/file/t42fgtp23rq8t2i/iprtest2_mitchZ.ma

Also, what ver of 2012 are you using? Hotfix 3? SP1? SAP? Or no updates at all yet?

And you’ve tried just creating a new scene, running those MEL commands, enabling iRay and IPR, creating a sphere+plane and a directional light? Just to try and rule out if it’s that specific scene.

#80

I’m on SP1 and yes, i do exactly what you have described.
And also, your scene is not working for me, although maya starts to
render but it takes ages and it seem to be in a normal render mode and not in
Iray / IPR mode ( where the whole image gets rendered in a progressive way.

I don’t understand this.

Is it possible that i get this errors because of the fact that i have maya 2011 and maya 2012 installed
on my machine. I have also recognized some path problems.

cheers

naik