Trees missing in batch

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Permalink Reply by Rich Hart on December 26, 2011 at 10:47am

When you say "rendering batch", do you mean that you're rendering it on another computer?

Or just rendering from the saved batch files on the same computer?

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Permalink Reply by Chris Traxler on December 27, 2011 at 5:57am

I rendered on the same computer. Works fine for everything except the trees.

Chris

PS. However, I noticed that in many cases of images (textures) that are NOT trees, these images are sometimes rotated in nXtRender. I found a workaround for that, however: just align the axes (in the component that contains the image) with that image.

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Permalink Reply by Rich Hart on January 3, 2012 at 5:34pm

I can't duplicate it here.

Could you send me the batch folder? 

Maybe it won't work for me, or I'll see something that might be the culprit.

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Permalink Reply by Chris Traxler on January 4, 2012 at 1:29pm

Hi Rich,

thanks for looking into my problem. Unfortunately, or should I say fortunately (?), the problem is gone as mysteriously as it came. In newer batch renders, the trees do show up again.  I am not aware of any changes in my settings.

Well, another (unrelated) question: in the attached render, I have a wardrobe and closet at the window with the ArMaterial  "Oak - White Stained - Light - No Gloss". Well, they definitely do not look like wood. What am I doing wrong here?

Best regards,

Chris

Attachments:

• Haus 18.jpg, 354 KB

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Permalink Reply by Rich Hart on January 4, 2012 at 4:52pm

I know those woods in the nXt Material library work best for objetcs that are carved out of  s single piece of wood.

Again, maybe post or send me a small model with that chest with that material on it, and I'll see if I get similar results.

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Permalink Reply by Chris Traxler on January 5, 2012 at 2:08pm

Hi Rich,

attached is a ZIP file containing a cube as a simplified wardrobe. The material is Oak, but it looks really not at all like that. What am I doing wrong?

Best,

Chris

Attachments:

• IRender.zip, 2.2 MB

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Permalink Reply by Chris Traxler on January 7, 2012 at 8:24am

Regarding the missing trees, the problem showed up again just as I said it is gone. Murphy's law, I guess.

Could it be that it is coming up because I rename the render directory?

I.e., I let Sketchup write the render directory, in the evening I rename that directory and start the batch overnight (on the same computer though). Is there anything that one has to take care of when renaming the render directory?

Best,

Chris

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Permalink Reply by Rich Hart on January 10, 2012 at 10:46am

I've tried that here, copying and renaming the saved batch folder, and then starting the rendering from both the 'start_irender_batch.bat' file in the folder, and also by launching IRenderBatch.exe and selecting  the "nxt_render_params.txt" file in the new folder location.

I always get the trees to render.

Maybe you could zip that renamed folder and send it to me, and let me run it here.

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Permalink Reply by Chris Traxler on January 11, 2012 at 11:54pm

I would like to send you something, but the problem occurs only sometimes. Currently, the trees are there. Next time they are not, you get the batch directory.

Thanks,

Chris

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