Rendering doesn't start! Solved!

[odo]

probably my ignorance with VRay. I am playing now a little but I am not getting any render. I'm on G5 with R10.111 and probably don't know what to do.
I took a material and converted it with Vray. It then turns black in the MM. Is that correct? Jsut a simple standard C4D material. Then I enable Vray bridge in posteffects and try to make render. But nothing happens...

odo

[noseman]

have you installed the .key file properly?

in order to check that out, do this:
when selecting the VrayBridge post effect, do you get Vray's rendering attributes?

if yes then your key is ok.

first try with the scene from the post:

http://forum.vrayforc4d.com/viewtopic.php?t=65

if that renders, then try upping your lights...

[kromekat]

Try changing your cinema units to cm from m, and also be sure that your object (if a sphere) is poly rather than parametric...

Adam (trying to make sense of a whole new world himself!)

[odo]

Thanks Noseman. Yes I have the key correct installed. I have all the options available. I did indeed tried the testscene a minute ago but nothing hapens. The pictureviewer opens when I hit render but it stays black...

odo

And thanks Kromekat. I think the testscene should behave right. Obviously something not right here. My quad G5 is still my main workstation so I'm a bit hesitating to install everything now on my Macbook Pro.

[odo]

Ok there is a file produced the second I start the render. But it's only black! So it's not rendering but only saving a file.

Ok my bad!

I had the complete folder with the bridgefiles in my Macos folder. I took them out and now everything works OK!

[noseman]

just try what kromekat said.
Besides what the file is, if your units are in meters (preferences) Vray treats them as meters...
I think that is your problem, not your installation.

try and reply!!
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[odo]

Hi Noseman, like I wrote in my last edit, everything works great now! I didn't know I had to insert the bridgefiles seperatedly and not in the folder. So my bad :oops:

thanks again!
odo

[noseman]

welcome to Vray odo!!
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[sketchbook]

i am having this same problem. i expanded the key correctly, the plugin works within c4d, but it renders a black scene instantaniously.

as for the correct placement of the bray bridge files, i placed the whole folder in the plugins folder. is that incorrect? i don't recall any installation instructions.

thanks

[nycL45]

Sketchbook, the "install Manual" was linked at the bottom of the email with your license key.

I posted this Mac OS X installation checklist on another thread:

A. VrayLibsOSX
1. Control click the Cinema4D app
2. Select Show Package Contents.
3. Double click the Contents folder.
4. Drag three files from VrayLibsOSX_1.0 and drop onto MacOS folder.

B.VrayBridgeOSX_1.0 folder
1. Open Maxon plugins folder.
2. Drag VrayBridge folder and drop onto the plugins folder.

C. VrayBridge.key
1. Drag zipped VrayBridge.key into the Maxon Cinema 4D folder.
2. Unzip VrayBridge.key.

[dan22]

I was getting every reported issue including this one - first off I only had R10.0 even though I upgraded this week, so had to d/l the updater to R10.111.

A bit of advice: that updater also erases the VrayLibs in the ShowPackage>Contents>MacOS folder.

That's why I continued to get no material previews and no renders, even though I'd updated.

So if you need to update to R10.111, you must also re-drag the Libs into the Package Contents again, once you've done it.

OK, now for some fun...

Cheers.

D.