LuxBlend25: Download, installation instructions, issues

[ilya]

Get black image.
More exactly:
1. Install LuxBlend according to http://www.luxrender.net/wiki/index.php ... structions.
2. Open Blender 2.54. Select Luxrender in render list.
3. Run render for default cube scene. Get three files: untitled.Scene.00001.lxs, untitled.Scene.00001-geom.lxo and untitled.Scene.00001-mat.lxm
4. Open Luxrender GUI. Open file untitled.Scene.00001.lxs and render it.
5. Get black image in the Luxrender GUI.

All three generated files are attached.

Console log:

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ilya@ilya-desktop:~$ '/home/ilya/CG/Blender/blender-2.54-beta-linux-glibc27-x86_64/blender'
found bundled python: /home/ilya/CG/Blender/blender-2.54-beta-linux-glibc27-x86_64/2.54/python
[EF 2010-Sep-20 01:09:58] ExporterFramework detected and loaded from /home/ilya/CG/Blender/blender-2.54-beta-linux-glibc27-x86_64/2.54/scripts/modules/ef
[Lux 2010-Sep-20 01:09:58] WARNING: Binary pylux module not available! Visit http://www.luxrender.net/ to obtain one for your system.
[Lux 2010-Sep-20 01:09:58]  (ImportError was: dynamic module does not define init function (PyInit_pylux))
[EF 2010-Sep-20 01:09:58] Render Engine "LuxRender" initialised
Resolving FS path /tmp/ -> /tmp/
(1) export_path is /tmp/
(2) export_path is /tmp//untitled.Scene.00001
Resolving FS path /tmp//untitled.Scene.00001 -> /tmp//untitled.Scene.00001
Resolving rel path /tmp//untitled.Scene.00001 -> untitled.Scene.00001
[Lux 2010-Sep-20 01:14:24] Mesh Export: Cube
Resolving FS path /tmp//untitled.Scene.00001.png -> /tmp//untitled.Scene.00001.png
Resolving rel path /tmp//untitled.Scene.00001.png -> untitled.Scene.00001.png
Resolving FS path /tmp//untitled.Scene.00001-mat.lxm -> /tmp//untitled.Scene.00001-mat.lxm
Resolving rel path /tmp//untitled.Scene.00001-mat.lxm -> untitled.Scene.00001-mat.lxm
Resolving FS path /tmp//untitled.Scene.00001-geom.lxo -> /tmp//untitled.Scene.00001-geom.lxo
Resolving rel path /tmp//untitled.Scene.00001-geom.lxo -> untitled.Scene.00001-geom.lxo
[Lux 2010-Sep-20 01:14:24] Wrote scene files
[Lux 2010-Sep-20 01:14:24]  /tmp//untitled.Scene.00001.lxs
[Lux 2010-Sep-20 01:14:24]  /tmp//untitled.Scene.00001-mat.lxm
[Lux 2010-Sep-20 01:14:24]  /tmp//untitled.Scene.00001-geom.lxo



Luxrender log:

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[2010-09-20 01:14:45 Debug: 0] Mesh: accel = none (global), triangles = 12 wald, quads = 0 quadrilateral
[2010-09-20 01:14:45 Debug: 0] Building KDTree, primitives: 12
[2010-09-20 01:14:45 Debug: 0] Compiled scene size: 2KBytes
[2010-09-20 01:14:45 Debug: 0] Building KDTree, primitives: 1
[2010-09-20 01:14:45 Info: 0] Preprocess thread uses seed: 1474489082
[2010-09-20 01:14:45 Info: 0] Autofocus focal distance: 9.92495
[2010-09-20 01:14:45 Info: 0] Thread 0 uses seed: 1474489083
[2010-09-20 01:14:46 Info: 0] Thread 1 uses seed: 1474489084
[2010-09-20 01:14:46 Info: 0] Thread 2 uses seed: 1474489085
[2010-09-20 01:14:46 Info: 0] Thread 3 uses seed: 1474489086
[2010-09-20 01:14:46 Info: 0] GUI: Updating framebuffer...
[2010-09-20 01:14:54 Info: 0] GUI: Updating framebuffer...
[2010-09-20 01:14:54 Info: 0] Rendering stopped by user.


[J the Ninja]

That's because the default cube has a point light. Switch it an area light. (Also, it will look a lot nicer if you add a ground plane)

[ilya]

That's because the default cube has a point light. Switch it an area light. (Also, it will look a lot nicer if you add a ground plane)

It works now. Thanks.

[pcyco]

hallo

i have windows 7 64
the blender 2.5.4 beta from the blender hp
the Pylux64-20100826
the luxblend25-6b738f27e8e1
the exporterframework-tip f15daba0cf8b

i have tried to install it the right way like here http://www.luxrender.net/wiki/index.php ... structions

and after more than one hor of trying around i get nohing in my blender addons.

is this combination a nogo???
or what can be wrong???

thanks for helping

[dougal2]

The installation problem might be to do with what you think <blender scripts> directory is. Can I ask exactly where you put the downloaded source and where your blender is installed ?

To make things clear: If blender is installed into c:\blender-254\blender.exe, then you should use <blender scripts> = c:\blender-254\2.54\scripts\

[pcyco]

hallo

C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender

C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender\scripts

i try now the other version, and will tell what hammened.

thankyou for helping

thomas

[pcyco]

hallo

when i put the scripsfolder into the 254 folder blender does not work.
it opens but then there is only the 3d window but nothing in the rest of the ui.

kr

thomas

edit: all things retour. it woooooorks. yeaaaaaahhhhhhh

thankyouuuuuuuuuuuu

edit two: but i can not click the checkbox. but i think the problem occours some time ago in this thread i will try to solf it. or someone can give me e fast idea

edit three: when i creat the script folder while blender is opened and then give blender the right path i see the luxrender in the adons but can not check the box.
then closing blender and open it again blender looks like the screenshot:

thanks

thomas

[drBouvierLeduc]

Hi,
I'm also trying unsuccessfully to install and enable LuxBlend25. I already checked this thread, but cannot find the answer to my problem.
I manually installed it, following exactly the instructions from the wiki. Then when I try to enable it in the "addons" tab, it's already checked by default, and I cannot uncheck it. Anyway it won't display in the menu...
Here is the console log (last line is when I try to uncheck the addon) :

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found bundled python: /usr/local/blender25/2.54/python
(...)
[EF 2010-Sep-22 14:14:48] ExporterFramework detected and loaded from /home/xxx/.blender/scripts/modules/ef
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/blender25/2.54/scripts/modules/bpy/utils.py", line 391, in addon_enable
    mod = __import__(module_name)
  File "/home/charles/.blender/scripts/addons/luxrender/__init__.py", line 45, in <module>
    from .core import RENDERENGINE_luxrender
  File "/home/charles/.blender/scripts/addons/luxrender/core/__init__.py", line 42, in <module>
    from luxrender.export.film import resolution
  File "/home/charles/.blender/scripts/addons/luxrender/export/__init__.py", line 31, in <module>
    from luxrender.outputs import LuxManager
  File "/home/charles/.blender/scripts/addons/luxrender/outputs/__init__.py", line 31, in <module>
    from ef import log
addon_disable luxrender not loaded, nothing to do

Here is my exact setup :
I'm on Ubuntu Lucid x64,
I have python 3.1.2 installed from the repos
-> Blender is self-compiled and installed in /usr/local/blender25
-> My scripts are installed in /home/xxx/.blender/scripts
-> The exporter framework is installed in (...)/scripts/modules/ef
-> LuxBlend25 is installed in (...)/scripts/addons/luxrender
blender, luxblend25 and the exporter framework are the latest revision

The strange thing is, back a few weeks ago, it used to work when I put Luxblend and the EF in the /io folder.
Then (following the wiki's instruction), I moved the script in the /addons folder. I could enable it, but couldn't launch luxrender when trying to render (getting some missing bpy.ops.ef.msg message)
And now, I simply can't enable the addon...

Any help will be greatly appreciated !

[karla]

I'm struggling like many people but will now wait patiently until further development is done. I did manage to get an external black LuxRender of the default cube (with incorrect lighting) but then lost the capability on further adjustments. (I'm sure I had it once back there - but I'll hang on a week or so and see what improves). Thanks anyway Doug.

Ubuntu Lucid 64
Blender 2.54
LuxRender and others, latest

[dougal2]

The installation instructions have been updated again to reference the available source code mirrors: http://www.luxrender.net/wiki/index.php ... structions

Please note that the code no longer exists on github, all git repos and references to it are now officially out of date.