YafaRay experimental v0.1.99-beta1 build Win7 / 8.1 64bit

[David Bluecame]

Hello,

I've prepared an Experimental YafaRay version (I called it v0.1.99-beta1) with several changes respect to the current official YafaRay v0.1.5:

* Works with Blender 2.74 (official Windows 64 download from Blender) in Windows 7 64bit and Windows 8.1 64bits
* Fixes for Volumetrics (already merged in YafaRay source code). See: http://www.yafaray.org/community/forum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=5036&start=15
* povmaniaco fix for Volumetrics when using SPPM (already merged in YafaRay source code). See:https://github.com/YafaRay/Core/commit/6f0fdafa4daf2469a020864ce3e7015459513314
* New Clay Material render system, more powerful (not yet merged in YafaRay source code). See: http://www.yafaray.org/community/forum/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=5079
* New Texture Mapping for Sigma factor of Oren-Nayar shader in Shiny Diffuse material (not yet merged in YafaRay source code). See:http://www.yafaray.org/community/forum/viewtopic.php?p=31037#p31037
* Fix for Inverted color when mapping Voronoi/Musgrave to diffuse color (not yet merged in YafaRay source code). See:http://www.yafaray.org/node/187
* Fix for Exception in yafaray-xml when using xstart/ystart different than zero. See: http://www.yafaray.org/node/597

The Windows 64bit build can be downloaded from:
https://github.com/DavidBluecame/Blender-Exporter/releases/download/v0.1.99-beta1/YafaRay.v0.1.99-beta1.2015-04-11.-.experimental.build.for.Blender.2.74.Windows.7-8.1.64bit.zip

Please test it and let us know if it works for you or if you have any new issues or problems. If all works fine, perhaps these improvements will be included in the next official version of YafaRay.

I hope it helps! Best regards. David.

[TynkaTopi]

Hullo David.

I tested your smoking .blend files, clay render, texture sigma and inverted Voronoi/Musgrave to diffuse color. All went good.

I all also tested Voronoi/Musgrave/Wood Stencil textures, I thought Yafa supports only Image textures for Stencil, thoughts were wrong

Thank you very much.

Win7 Ultimate 64bit, Blender official 2.74 64bit.

[afecelis]

Hi David,

I'm getting the following error when trying to enable the plugin in Blender:


Version 0.15, nevertheless, installs and works fine.

[David Bluecame]

Hello, afecelis.

Thanks for your feedback, although that message box is not detailed enough. Please will you do this test:

* Start the Windows command line "cmd.exe"
* Type the following instruction to execute blender from the command line:
"C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender\blender"
* Try to enable YafaRay again (it will fail)
* Close Blender
* You will still have the Windows command line showing a lot of lines of information. Please select all the text in that window, copy the text and paste it in a reply to this message.

What operating system are you using? (Windows 7, 8.1, 32bit, 64bit?)

Thank you in advance!

[afecelis]

Hi David. I'm using win8.1 x64.

I'll run blender from a command prompt and paste the info back here

regards,

Alvaro F. Celis

[scottbroad]

Hi David

Installed on Win8.1 64bit - all seems to be ok - so far ...

Thanks for your work ...

[burnin]

Same here.
Note on test: Installing into Roaming folder makes yafaray unusable.

[Kran]

Hi,

first, thanks for this build, it has been a very long time since i didn't used Yafaray. I have to remember all the setting now!

All seem ok in windows 7, yafaray folder put in the addon file in blender fundation 2.74 file in roaming. Work perfectly after checking the box in user preference/addon/render panel.

[David Bluecame]

Hello,

New experimental v0.1.99-beta2 for Windows 7/8.1 64bit here: http://www.yafaray.org/community/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=5087

I normally decompress it, remove the old yafaray folder from C:\Program files\Blender Foundation\2.74\scripts\addons and copy the new one there. It worked for me in Windows 7 and 8.1 64bits. However, I also tried to directly install it from file in Blender User Preferences/Addons and it worked...

[afecelis]

Hi David!

It's funny but it's working fine now. I think I needed a reboot for the dlls to drop intp place, lol!

I'm going to try the new version now.

Once more, thanks a lot for your efforts.