I have a project that was first created in 2013, but I took it into 2014, so of course now 2013 doesnt "see" the file, so I have had to continue working with it in 2014. At first no real big problems, just a few file issues such as wouldnt save as a .ma, some weird naming in my outliner which I fixed with namespace.
However, this project called for fur. I've deleted all extra objects not needed like the background, props and such to lessen the load. When I started to run renders, just simple ones, nothing fancy, it started to act weird, such as, some of the faces were missing, even though uvs have been normalized and flipped to happy blue.
The next series of events, errors as to where mental ray was, and even the render settings disappeared from the menu set, this only occurred with this file from what I could tell. However, I un-installed all Maya references, or so I thought.
I then redownloaded it from the student site(I'm a student), and when it got to the selecting of install options, it said mental ray bundle 2014 was already installed. Well I knew where the folder had been so I checked, no folder(since it is now a separate plugin and no longer bundled within the arms of Maya). I've done searches for the folder, plugin etc. No luck.
Anyone know how I can fix this? I've contacted Autodesk, well I haven't called them yet, and nada.
Help! Project due Sunday, and I can't get started with my fur because I can't even render to see what my settings look like
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