To add mitsuba but nothing.System

is 64bit.Mitsuba render cannot be

added to 64bit? Thanks.

Sorry if I'm stating the obvious, but don't you need to unzip it first?

TheBryster posted at 7:01PM Sun, 25 September 2016 - #4284785

Sorry if I'm stating the obvious, but don't you need to unzip it first?

No, you shouldn't have to. Usually with Blender add-ons if you use the "install from file" option in the user preferences Blender will unzip everything and put it where it goes. I just tried it with the Mitsuba exporter though and it doesn't work,exactly as the OP reported. The instructions for the add-on say to install it manually so I guess the normal process doesn't work with this add-on.

Here's the relevant section of the instructions:

Unpack this file and move the resulting mitsuba folder into your Blender scripts/addons folder. After restarting Blender and enabling the plugin in the addons preferences, you should be able to select Mitsuba as the currently active renderer. In the main scene tab, you will need to set the path to the main renderer executable (mitsuba.exe on Windows, Mitsuba.app/Contents/MacOS/mitsuba on MacOS, /usr/bin/mitsuba on Linux).

This process does not seem to work either though (at least in Blender 2.77), so I have no idea how you get this add-on installed.

Thanks. To be downloaded from Mitsuba-render. I try it in blender2.60,2.70,2.77a but there is no exporters_mitsuba-blender.

I finishing install but an error "MSVCR120.dll" that was lost.And I find that my mitsuba panel is different between others tutors.

Finally I try it again.I find it showed"MSVCR120.DLL" lost if mitsuba0.5 x64 was used.While mitsuba0.5 x86 is basically ok.I try it in blender2.70a x64bit.Why I choose blender2.70a because opengl is only 1.4 as blender said.`"However, Blender 2.76 and earlier still supports Windows XP and OpenGL 1.4 graphics cards.)".And after 2.77 or later,the system requirements is higher.My old pc ! And my old pc is very noised when running mitsuba render.If to add more detail materials to model ,CPU can be consumed more ,too. Anyway to try to test mitsuba render,which it is first time used.

In blender2.77a x86,the panel is same

as 2.70a x64bit. I find that there is different panel in

different versions of blender. I don't that "mutsiba set" that I

searched from web is in which

version of blender and which version

of mitsuba is used.

I try it in 2.70a x64 again. 1: blender Texture cannot be added

while only in mitsuba render nodes

texture can be added. But I try to add bitmap that can

not be showed. 2:Environment map can be added. 3:In some nodes linking,it showed"!"

I also find that if no unchecking

"mitsuba logo" in camera set. But I don't know why it rendered stange after using DOF . Anyway it is first time that I used

"mitsuba".

Wrap-Up 1:To set more materials

progress,more memory consumed,

and more long time. 2:it needs a good pc with good

graphic card and more RAM and

good CPU.

This is way beyond me, I'm afraid.

Thanks.

Installation error that I've got.To

directly "install files " in user

preference panel ,which it is

uninstalled.I guess that maybe some

files cannot be recognised in mitsuba

render zip file.So I manually unzip

then copying "mstblender" to addon

folder of blender.And then it is ok.

On texture,I find that no/yes to add

mitsuba materials which is no texture

panel when texture button directly

was checked. Only mitsuba materials and texture

was added,which texture panel

showed. All testing in blender2.70a x65bit.

And mitisuba render has some bugs

in blender. I first to see it,and I ever find it

rendered a cup with tea ,which the

render time is 40m but 40s.It is very

long render time.And pic has some

noise. I dont know the lonest render time is

what in blender? But it better then luxrender,which

luxrender eated CPU more and

more,and very slowly.Now I dont use

luxrender.

And mitisuba render has some bugs

in blender. I first to see it,and I ever find it

rendered a cup with tea ,which the

render time is 40m but 40s.It is very

long render time.And pic has some

noise. I dont know the lonest render time is

what in blender? But it better then luxrender,which

luxrender eated CPU more and

more,and very slowly.Now I dont use

luxrender.

DOF render time needs 11s,memory

18mb,if setup more material,longer

render times and more memory. To add texture,"image" said no but

"file name said yes in texture panel. And pic is always noised after

rendering with miitsuba.