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This page provides information on the Live Link feature in Project Lavina

 

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Live Link is currently in experimental phase

Chaos Vantage.


The Live Link feature makes it possible to instantly see changes made in a V-Ray compatible DCC without the need to export and import .vrscenes in Project Lavina.

 

Live Link requires the following prerequisite steps to function properly.

 

Chaos Vantage.


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Since Live Link is currently in experimental phase access to latest stable nightly builds for works only with officially released V-Ray 5 is required. and later versions or latest stable nightly builds.

For additional information about Live Link setup per host app, please check below:


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1. Download and install latest stable nightly for V-Ray 5 for 3Ds Max from the download button. Make sure you have appropriate access rights and licenses. If you experience problems please contact support@chaosgroup.com

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2. Once installed open your scene and set V-Ray GPU 5 as renderer.

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3. Enable Distributed rendering in the Perf. tab.

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4. Open the Render Servers dialogue:

4.1 Add a new server with the following settings:

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  • Server  – add your local machine as as server. Enter either localhost or 127.0.0.1
  • Port range  – specify a port range for which Project Lavina awaits incoming data. By default it is 20207

4.2 Disable local host to reduce resource usage

4.3 Close the Render Servers dialogue by clicking the OK button.

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1. Open Project Lavina

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1. Open the Live Link menu and make sure Start Server is enabled (greyed out). If Start Server on Application Start is enabled every time Project Lavina is launched  in stand-by mode and wait for incoming data. 

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The following changes made in the V-Ray compatible DCC will be propagated through Live Link:

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  • Editing, creating and deleting of:
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    • Geometries
    • Lights
    • Materials
    • Textures
    • Environment
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The following actions can be done Inside Chaos Vantage during Live Link :

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  • create cameras;
  • create camera animation in the animation editor;
  • edit environment and fog
  • add post effect (LUT, Bloom, Highlight burn)
  • Render:
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    • HQ still image
    • HQ sequence
  • save .vantage file with the changes from above.



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2. Setup port range in Change Port.. menu and make sure the range entered here matches the one set in 3Ds Max. Default is 20207.

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Once all prerequisites above are met Live Link can be initiated by starting a GPU IPR session in 3Ds Max. The scene is transferred to Project Lavina, a thick blue contour line appears around the viewport and the status message in the lower right changes to [LIVE LINK]

 

 

 

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The Pause when app loses focus option the Preferences menu will be ignored when in Live Link session

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The following changes made in 3Ds Max will be propagated through

Live Link:

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  • Editing, creating and deleting of:
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    • Geometries
    • Lights
    • Materials
    • Textures

 

 

  • transform objects;
  • hide/unhide objects;
  • reassign materials;
  • edit lights;
  • import external(including cosmos assets) files;
  • animation playback



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The following requires

The following require

a restart of the Live Link

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Session in order to be updated properly.

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  • Updating of:
    • animated V-Ray Proxy files (.vrmesh)
  • Environment
    • Light textures (e.g. rectangle light texture, dome light texture)
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    When the Live Link Session is closed, the scene is still loaded inside Vantage but it is considered dirty and the aforementioned limitations are still in effect. A .vrscene file from the host application needs to be exported and loaded inside Chaos Vantage to enable full manipulation, editing and playback.

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    If a .vantage file is saved in an active Live Link session, it can be loaded in a next session or applied to a loaded .vrscene.