LuxusCore Carrara

Greymom

3drendero said:

Thanks for the news.

Seems like the new LuxCoreRender 2.0 is not compatible with the old LuxRender plugin interfaces, so all old plugins probably will not work, like Luxus https://www.daz3d.com/luxus-for-carrara

/EDIT Workaround is to use Luxrender 1.6 as usual, save the lxs file and then render in LuxCoreRender 2.0.

 

3drendero said:

Thanks for the news.

Seems like the new LuxCoreRender 2.0 is not compatible with the old LuxRender plugin interfaces, so all old plugins probably will not work, like Luxus https://www.daz3d.com/luxus-for-carrara

/EDIT Workaround is to use Luxrender 1.6 as usual, save the lxs file and then render in LuxCoreRender 2.0.

I have been trying the combo of PoserPro 2012/Reality 4.3.1/Luxrender 1.6 to produce .LXS files for LuxCoreRender 2.0.   Could not get GPU rendering to work, but I was using BiDir mode, and it turns out that GPU rendering does not work with that mode, and probably never will.  CPU rendering worked fine so far.  Paolo is going to post some info about a Reality update for LuxCoreRender soon.  Hope we see something about a Luxus update too.   The small renderfarm (rendergarden?) I am building will be able to run LuxCoreRender as well as Carrara/Grid, and it is nice to have more options.

magaremoto

light cache in luxcore on the way: https://forums.luxcorerender.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=430&sid=bbcc5e18bcd68eaef9044f77e365151d

it could be a huge improvement for realistic animation purpose

WendyLuvsCatz

just got the plugin and yes found this

the name luxcorerender.exe partially the issue but my old version of Luxrender is 32bit and does not want to render it either though it does open, cannot find the legacy versions on their site either just old alpha builds

Greymom

th3Digit said:

just got the plugin and yes found this

the name luxcorerender.exe partially the issue but my old version of Luxrender is 32bit and does not want to render it either though it does open, cannot find the legacy versions on their site either just old alpha builds

You can get older 64 bit versions up to 1.3.1  here:  http://preta3d.com/download-luxrender/

 

3drendero

Try this https://web.archive.org/web/20170511192550/http://www.luxrender.net/en_GB/standalone

WendyLuvsCatz

3drendero said:

Try this https://web.archive.org/web/20170511192550/http://www.luxrender.net/en_GB/standalone

Thankyou 

I want to one day build another PC out of my spare parts and cannot afford to license Octane on both, it will have my crappy old card anyway so bought Luxus largely for that reason, I could even use Linux on my extra PC and the latest Luxcore version if I save the scene using the compatablle one one my Windows PC

creativecortex_354c96ff23

Does anyone know if Luxus for Carrara works with Carrara 7 pro? Or is it only Carrara 8+?

3drendero

Don't know. But you have the 30 day money back deal, for whatever reason. Carrara 8 will probably be on a large sale too...

Chris Fox Art

Just a little question, i already have the old LuxRender for Carrara, is that a free upgrade from older version or does it costs money?
Was considering working with Luxrender again after Octane 4.0 still didn't really work.

3drendero

Luxus for Carrara works with Luxrender 1.6. The new luxcorerender is free but is not supported by Luxus. May work if saving scenes in LR and opening in LCR.

Chris Fox Art

so there is no plugin for Carrara?
at the moment i am looking for a different render engine i can use as my main pc still didn't worked and octane didn't really worked yet on my notebook as i get a digital signature error.

Just took a look on the site, maybe it's time again to work more with blender again :)

3drendero

Luxus for Carrara works with Luxrender 1.6. https://www.daz3d.com/luxus-for-carrara

chickenman

Here is the link to the Luxcore that never times out it is windows only.

This is not LUXRender but LUXCore they are different and currently LUX Core works but your results will very.

Looking back through this thread to see what has been achieved with it and the settings used maybe helpfull not to mention the link to CarraraCafe document.

https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/1722001/#Comment_1722001

3drendero

The Luxcore for Carrara beta was built using an old beta of luxcore render, lots of missing functions and bugs.

evilkoolade

has anyone made any shaders they can share is there a way to make a cloud volume?

 

chickenman

try looking at this link on Carrara cafe I know it has base shaders for the scene.

Also it takes the shaders in a scene and uses the standard carrara shader tree's as well.

Not sure if the Iray PBR converter fshaders will be seen by it. I will try to find time later to test.

Here is a link to a render I did using normal carrara shaders and default setting.

https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/1412241/#Comment_1412241

 

http://carraracafe.com/plugins/luxuscore-for-carrara-plugin-unofficial-manual-2015-02-15/

evilkoolade

chickenman said:

try looking at this link on Carrara cafe I know it has base shaders for the scene.

Also it takes the shaders in a scene and uses the standard carrara shader tree's as well.

Not sure if the Iray PBR converter fshaders will be seen by it. I will try to find time later to test.

Here is a link to a render I did using normal carrara shaders and default setting.

https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/1412241/#Comment_1412241

 

http://carraracafe.com/plugins/luxuscore-for-carrara-plugin-unofficial-manual-2015-02-15/

yeah I've used those (i did redownload just to make sure) the only shaders that seem to work are those and poser auto converts that wont save (if you save the scene and reopen it it shows up in preview but renders white inluxcore)

3drendero

Download of Luxrender 1.6 is now officially hosted here: https://github.com/LuxCoreRender/LuxCore/releases/tag/luxrender_v1.6 For use with Luxus https://www.daz3d.com/luxus-for-carrara

3drendero

evilkoolade said:

chickenman said:

try looking at this link on Carrara cafe I know it has base shaders for the scene.

Also it takes the shaders in a scene and uses the standard carrara shader tree's as well.

Not sure if the Iray PBR converter fshaders will be seen by it. I will try to find time later to test.

Here is a link to a render I did using normal carrara shaders and default setting.

https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/1412241/#Comment_1412241

 

http://carraracafe.com/plugins/luxuscore-for-carrara-plugin-unofficial-manual-2015-02-15/

yeah I've used those (i did redownload just to make sure) the only shaders that seem to work are those and poser auto converts that wont save (if you save the scene and reopen it it shows up in preview but renders white inluxcore)

Hmm, same issue here too. Old Luxuscore shaders that were saved as presets and worked a long time ago, do not work now. Just a Color shader. Weird.

/EDIT Luxuscore is uninstalled, so shaders are broken.
/EDIT2 Latest version fails to load, no more Luxuscore.

UnifiedBrain

For me, this thread seems to be a lot of talk without much rendering success - with the exception of Joe Pingleton.  Unfortunately, Joe stopped posting here in 2017, and started focusing more on Daz Studio.  He gave an interview later that year, and he still had some nice (and pretty accurate) things to say about Carrara.

https://issuu.com/tosk/docs/digital_art_live_issue_22

 

 

evilkoolade

3drendero

Found the problem on my side, OpenCL drivers need to be installed. Easy to test with LuxMark or GPU Caps Viewer.

3drendero

Well it is a beta plugin with only basic functions ready and some bugs, so there are more support questions than usual. Do you have any requests for successful Luxuscore renders?

evilkoolade

i'vehad some luck with saving scenes with texture options set to "save all externally"

evilkoolade

still frame from a video render test

 

PhilW

Looking good!

Mistara

3drendero said:

Download of Luxrender 1.6 is now officially hosted here: https://github.com/LuxCoreRender/LuxCore/releases/tag/luxrender_v1.6 For use with Luxus https://www.daz3d.com/luxus-for-carrara

 

Thanks!!

evilkoolade

PhilW said:

Looking good!

thanks

3drendero

So when is the video going to be posted?

evilkoolade

as soon as i can get it composited and uploaded (its just a camera move from syntheyes) i'm running a new to me workstation through its paces