Render raytrace dialog box pop up

[FlynnAD]

Lately when I render with Vray Adv, a message window pops up that never popped up before, and it's consistently popping up every render. Is this related to Vray or popping up because I started using Forest Pack Pro objects in the scene? How do I simply turn off this message window?

"Raytrace Messages
RayFX Raytrace Engine v5.02
(c) 1998-2000 Blur Studio Inc.

Waiting for trace request...
Frame complete.
Rays traced: XXX"

Thanks,
Matt

[yavor.rubenov]

Hello,

Maybe you've got a Raytrace material or map in your scene? The V-Ray log should also contain a warning about it and the name of the material.

Best regards,
Yavor

[FlynnAD]

The V-Ray message window noted that there was a standard sun/sky system in the scene. Changing that out of the standard mode eliminated the warning and the V-Ray message window no longer pops up. However, the Raytrace Messages dialog box still pops up as it did before. Any ideas how I can track down what is causing this? How can you list every material in the scene?

Thanks,
Matt

[Vizioen]

Same problem here...I was testing the Sunpositioner so I could link my vraySun to it, but lol no idea what AD is thinking but I can't align anything to the sun 'object'. So deleted it and went back to daylight system. Now I can't get rid of the Raytrace message.

[fixeighted]

What Max version is this happening with?. I'm on 2020 and having all the above in the scene doesn't trigger the raytrace error.....

[Vizioen]

2018. You have a sunpositioner and that message didn't pop up? Weird, no idea what triggered it..but maybe in 2018 it still does weird stuff. Why do you have a sun positioner in your scene, I can't align or link anything with it, so not sure what's the point. I was trying to replace the vray sun with this by using a vray sky in a dome light instead but didn't succeed.

[fixeighted]

...a weird one if it literally happens as soon as you input the positioner. My only guess as to why it's happening is that it's somehow coded into the sun/sky environment that is added, so you could try messing with that to see what happens.
Anyway, can't see a use for it if using vray, as you can link stuff the daylight system just fine. Unless I'm missing a use-case of course

[Vizioen]

Well it has a few more options regarding sun positioning / time and is only one objects oppose to the daylight system being 'old' and consisting of multiple objects.

[fixeighted]

Yeah that's ool of course...I just thought you were using it purely as an aid for a vray sun, so positional data only.
Anyway it'd be interesting to know what the culprit of the weirdness is.

[Vizioen]

Well I was trying to but couldn't align the sun so back to good ol' daylight system. About the weirdness no idea either, the sunlight positioner does put a physical sun & sky system in the environment map but that wasn't it, I just tried it again. Didn't have anything with raytrace in the scene either I checked with Zorb and other cleaning tools. Anyway I can't reproduce, so probably doesn't have anything to do with the sun positioner, probably some kind of brainfart on Max's side of things.