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# 1 24-01-2004 , 10:37 AM

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when I try to render a nurbs plain that I have sculpted to look like snow...

any ideas?

here is a maya software render of the same object:

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# 2 25-01-2004 , 02:37 AM

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MR crashes maya. how dose it crash ? is there a error mesg ?

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# 3 25-01-2004 , 10:01 PM

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its just an unexpectedly quit error, from MS visual C++

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# 4 25-01-2004 , 10:16 PM

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before you click the Ok button in the error message, check the output window if there's any error messages there...

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# 5 26-01-2004 , 05:28 AM

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nothin' in the output...

here is the error window

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# 6 26-01-2004 , 05:42 AM

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interesting thing... I took a look at the loadup commands in the script editor, and I noticed an error in the begining...

// Error: Could not create command port : scopa:7845 //

where "scopa" is my computers network name...

is this related? how can I fix that?

also, when I open my scene, I get the following errors:

// Warning: File not found: render_smear.xpm //
// Warning: File not found: render_studioClearCoat.xpm //
// Warning: File not found: render_smear.xpm //
// Warning: File not found: render_studioClearCoat.xpm //

could that be the problem? what are those files?

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# 7 26-01-2004 , 10:33 AM

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humm sounds like you might need to reinstall maya based on that. But thats my gess, let the more advanced anser first.

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# 8 07-02-2004 , 10:33 PM

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shit, i'm getting the same damn problem.
Did you get things working or find a solution?

*edit*
I'm positive my problem has to due with a lack of memory though.
My scenes are getting pretty damn complex for 768mb of ram.

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# 9 08-02-2004 , 10:45 PM

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XPM files are your icon files. Sounds like a corrupt installation.

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# 10 09-02-2004 , 06:55 PM

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Nah, those are add on shaders, right?
Just forgot the icon on highend3d or something, I also have "missing *.xpm" style messages and they are only warnings, not errors. Try batch-rendering from the commandline

on windows:

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mayarender_with_mr -file file.mb
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SET MAYA_INSTALL_PATH=C:\Program Files\AliasWavefront\Maya5.0 <-- to whatever your install path is)

If it persists, does MR work on all/any other scenes?

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