[marked001]

ok..so i've got a scene that's giving me some issues.. i've had this happen before, but i can't figure this one out... i keep getting a 'render failed' message after it tries to load all the bitmaps...i've gone through all of my materials in studio and fixed any missing/bad links to images and everything looks good...but its still giving me the message.

can anyone give me any tips on tracking down the bad material? thanks very much.

[Bubbaloo]

I think it will give you a message after the "render failed" message that says which bitmap it cannot find. If not, it might be something else. What reason does it give?

[marked001]

that's true.. its just giving me ERROR: Render Failed

removing all the materials...it renders ok.

[Bubbaloo]

Don't forget to check any ior files if you use them in a material. Also, in mxst, make sure all of your paths are set up right.

[marked001]

yeah, i have gone through everything and relinked all maps :-/

[Bubbaloo]

Is it a network render or local?

[marked001]

local... tried on two different machines. going to go through and delete materials one by one i guess

[marked001]

I dont know..I pulled two materials out and everything seemed to work.... they worked fine yesterday on the same model.. :-/

[Mihai]

Try rightclicking in the material list>Remove unused materials. Then save the scene under a different name.

[marked001]

i'm back the next night working on it..made some changes..did not use those two materials i pulled out last night.. and its doing it again :-/

i tried your suggestion mihai, but no luck :-/

can send my file to anyone that thinks they can help..have to finish this tomorrow, unfoturnatley.

[tom]

Could you please send me the MXS after removing all objects in the scene while keeping the materials intact?
(P.S. I don't need the textures.)

[tom]

I received the email and diagnosed the problem. You should uncheck the following obsolete ticks from the following materials:

bantam fabric
reflectance, bump map, weight map
Ceiling Tile
normal map, weight map
Material6
normal map, weight map
Material16
reflectance maps, transmittance map, roughness map, weight maps

If you forget unchecking any of these above and that material has been assigned in the scene, it will keep giving the same error. These obsolete ticks appear once you open a scene by ignoring the textures or if they were unavailable.

[marked001]

thank you tom...i was going through and fixing these... but one thing i never noticed, was the blending weight maps! let me go back and try to get the paths to all of these maps right. thanks.

[marked001]

alright..we are back in action..thanks so much tom.. i knew that it would fail if the maps werent linked right.. just never checked the damn weight maps! duhh..

[tom]

Cool