New to 3ds Max

[SEA-DAWG]

I am very new to 3ds Max and I will have to say that the tutorials ont his site as well as others have been very helpful in learning the basics of the program. I have run into a slight problem though, I am wanting to learn how to use V-RAY and I down loaded the demo, V-Ray for 3ds max r9 for x86, installed it as I was supposed to (I think!), but when I start Max it is not at the location where I am supposed to assign a renderer.

When installing I chose the root folder where max is located and put the same thing for the V-Ray plugins. V-Ray additional files already has a link in it, do I need to make all three liks the same or does it matter.

Any feed back will greatly be appreciated.

[minimus]

well i gues the Vray-plugins should be inn the 3ds max pluggin folder.

Here is were i have the vray plugins_ adress:

C:\Util\Autodesk\3ds Max 2008\plugins

I gues you use programfiles instead of util.

[SEA-DAWG]

I uninstalled it and reinstalled it still nothing. Yes I use program files but that is not where my 3ds max folder is, it is in my documents and settings folder. So this time I used that as my root file and then documents and settings/3ds max for the vray plugins. I dont have a plugins folder for 3ds max in my documents and settings.

[SEA-DAWG]

Never mind I think I found it, I am going to try something and I well let you know.. Thanks for the help!

[SEA-DAWG]

Well that didnt work. now I got an error that said

DLL<C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2009\plugins\vrender90.dlr> is not made for this version of the program-not loading.

I guss I will try something else!

[SEA-DAWG]

Nothing I am doing seems to work. I even down loaded from the site again. I dunno what else to do!

[minimus]

Well i dont know much about max 2009.
but every thing you instal for max need to be be instald withing C:\Util\Autodesk\3ds Max 2008 or for you C:\programfiles\Autodesk\3ds Max 2009 probably. the 3ds max folders in under your documents folder is just there to give you a clean workspace and have a good view over your work. all running stuff like plugins should be laid under rootfolder. but i know you know that ^^

are you sure it is the vray that suports 2009 you are using?
I gott my vrender90.dlr under C:\Util\Autodesk\3ds Max 2008\plugins and i'm running 2008. shouldnt you be using vrender91 or somthing :P lol just a tought.

welll i'm clue less. good luck mate :)

[SEA-DAWG]

I guess that I down loaded the right one, This is the one that I down loaded "3ds Max 9 - 32-Bit" and it is what version of 3ds that I am using. I put it in C:\program files\Autodesk\3ds max 2009\plugins and that is when I got the error. Max wouldn't even start, I got a fatal error in max when it started up.

[minimus]

hehe k...first of all 3ds max 9 and 3ds max 2009 is two different versions :P

So if your using 3ds max 2009 as i can read at your "C:\program files\Autodesk\3ds max 2009\plugins"

and are trying to use the 3ds max 9 version from vray....well its kinda self explainable :P

a short list

Version 6, 7, 8, 9, 2008 and the latest one 2009.

[SEA-DAWG]

Well I guss that explains it all! LOL I guess that I am a complete moran!! Well is there a demo version for 2009 that you know of?

[minimus]

I dont know if they have a demo of it but the plugin itself is officially released.

the version of vray you need is the " V-Ray 1.50.SP2 " It suports 3ds max 2009 :)


http://www.chaosgroup.com/en/2/news.html?i=92#newsid92

scrool down to you see the yellow text. there you can read about it and the new stuff :)

[iamtravis316]

hahaha its ok we all make mistakes like that, ( i think i might of made the same mistake a while back lol i cant remember)

[SEA-DAWG]

I also notice in a few of the tutorials that I have gone through they mention something about rendering with a HRDI is that another plugin that I need or is that something that Max already does. I am really interested in making realistic renders like the kitchen that you made iamtravis and the water spigot with the bucket that you made minimus. I find these renderings awsome and want to learn to do that!

[iamtravis316]

i dont know that much about HDRI (yet) but heres somthing to get you started learning about it

http://www.doschdesign.com/d_infobas...ax-English.pdf

3d studio max tutorial

hope this helps