Crashes with instances

[brownie]

Hi all,

I currently can't make any render with Krayinstances : I try to use the grassV3 setup provided by Janusz, and whatever I do it constantly crashes on 2 different Macs.

Here is the technical part : MAc OS 10.6.8, LW 11.6.2 (stable version), Kray 2.55

I crashes on 64bit and 32 bit after "Done0%"

Thank you for any help.

[Janusz Biela]

Hi all,

I currently can't make any render with Krayinstances : I try to use the grassV3 setup provided by Janusz, and whatever I do it constantly crashes on 2 different Macs.

Here is the technical part : MAc OS 10.6.8, LW 11.6.2 (stable version), Kray 2.55

I crashes on 64bit and 32 bit after "Done0%"

Thank you for any help.

Can you send this scene to Grzegorz? - he will check problem. Sorry but I do not have MAC.

[brownie]

Thank you. What's the address of Grzegorz ?

[Janusz Biela]

Thank you. What's the address of Grzegorz ?

gtanski@kraytracing.com

[3dviz]

Any update on this? We also can't render any scene using KRAY instances in 11.6.2.
Even a simple scene created from scratch...

We're running WIN7, KRAY 2.55, Fresh install of LW11.6.2.
KRAY crashes everytime while initialising the scene.

We were getting crashes in LW11.6.1 and KRAY 2.54 also, but only when closing a scene after a render with instances.
No crashes in 9.6.1 with same set-ups.

Cheers,
- Matt.

[nico]

CONTROL YOUR SURFACE NAME!! See that nothing have particular caracter so rename if you have in word this type (% èàèùèé or other simbol).
please test this.

[jonathlee]

As per Nico mentioned above, sometime Vertex Normal Maps also crashed my scene before especially if u converted from other software... try it out see if that solve the problem.

[Janusz Biela]

Also my tip:
Do not update Lightwave immediately. From my experience better is stick all the time with older version. In new updates is nothing what can improve renders directly (Except time when they released Instances or spline control system)

[3dviz]

We're only just transitioning from 9.6.1 to 11.6.2. So we definately don't rush the upgrades!

The instancing problem is not due to surfaces/maps/etc...
LW 11.6.2 crashes instantly trying to render KRAY instances, even with a new empty scene containing only a Ground plane primitive and a Cube Primitive, both added directly in Layout using Modeller Tools.

11.6.1 would render OK, but crash when closing. No probs in 9.6.1.

Never mind. Native LW Instancer works great and is more flexible. And I can't imaging KRAY2.5x getting much love with 3 just around the corner (Hopefully).

NB: We're running Win7 x64 for all the above.

Cheers, - Matt.

[brownie]

The problem is about to be addressed and has been fixed by Grzegorz. More info soon.

[Janusz Biela]

btw
...now I recognized
Why you use Kray Instance System instead Lightwave?

[3dviz]

Yeah, we probably won't use Kray instance plugin moving forward on new work
but we have hundreds of old LW9.6 scenes that we'd like to be able to open in LW11.6
With Kray instances.

So glad to hear it's been addressed.
Cheers,
- Matt