Iray won't work if not switched to as the first action after running DS
feldarzt
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Hey guys!
As they used to say in this kind of forum topics two decades ago, "subj" :)
So yeah, recently my DS behaves weirdly with Iray. If I don't switch to Iray preview as soon as I launch DS, it won't work later. Even if the first action after launching DS is clicking File -> Open menu (then suddenly remembering "Oh no, gotta run Iray first!"), Iray won't work. The log file says something like "Iray can't find a rendering device" in this case. But if the first action after launching DS is switching to Iray, everything goes fine later: scene opening, editing, switching between scenes, rendering, and so on. Weird, huh?
What could it be? Did I break something in DS?
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What is checked in Render Settings > Advanced > Devices?
CUDA 0 - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 (WDDM - Display)
So you can render fine using the GPU, but just not using Iray preview.
A Screenshot of Render Settings > Advanced would help...
No, rendering won't start as well. It's like DS can't find the rendering device.
I've started DS and made a different first action instead of turning on Iray to get a fresh log. Here it is:
2022-10-04 18:07:29.558 [WARNING] :: QColor::setRgb: RGB parameters out of range
2022-10-04 18:07:29.559 Iray [INFO] - IMAGE:IO :: 1.0 IMAGE io info : Loading image "D:\DAZ 3D\DAZStudio4\shaders\iray\resources\DTHDR-RuinsB-500.hdr", no selector, pixel type "Rgb_fp", 512x256x1 pixels, 1 miplevel.
2022-10-04 18:07:29.562 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend info : Updating geometry.
2022-10-04 18:07:29.562 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend info : Updating motion transforms.
2022-10-04 18:07:29.562 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend info : Importing scene graph.
2022-10-04 18:07:29.562 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend info : Importing geometry for motion time 0
2022-10-04 18:07:29.562 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend info : Geometry import (0 triangle objects with 0 triangles, 0 fiber objects with 0 fibers (0 segments), 0 triangle instances yielding 0 triangles, 0 fiber instances yielding 0 segments) took 0.000 s
2022-10-04 18:07:29.562 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend info : Updating section objects.
2022-10-04 18:07:29.562 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend info : Updating materials.
2022-10-04 18:07:29.562 Iray [INFO] - MATCNV:RENDER :: 1.0 MATCNV rend info : found 0 textures, 0 lambdas (0 unique)
2022-10-04 18:07:29.562 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend info : Updating volumes.
2022-10-04 18:07:29.562 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend info : Updating environment.
2022-10-04 18:07:29.568 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend info : Updating lens.
2022-10-04 18:07:29.568 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend info : Updating lights.
2022-10-04 18:07:29.568 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend info : Updating object flags.
2022-10-04 18:07:29.568 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend info : Updating backplate.
2022-10-04 18:07:29.569 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend info : Updating caustic portals.
2022-10-04 18:07:29.569 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend info : Updating decals.
2022-10-04 18:07:29.573 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend info : Using iray core convergence estimate.
2022-10-04 18:07:29.573 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend info : Allocating 1-layer frame buffer
2022-10-04 18:07:29.576 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend info : Using interactive scheduling, caustic sampler disabled
2022-10-04 18:07:29.576 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend info : Initializing local rendering.
2022-10-04 18:07:29.577 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend info : Using OptiX version 7.3.0
2022-10-04 18:07:29.579 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend info : Initializing OptiX for CUDA device 0
2022-10-04 18:07:29.687 [WARNING] :: ..\..\..\..\..\src\pluginsource\DzIrayRender\dzneuraymgr.cpp(367): Iray [ERROR] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend error: cuLinkCreate: PTX JIT compiler library not found
2022-10-04 18:07:29.687 [WARNING] :: ..\..\..\..\..\src\pluginsource\DzIrayRender\dzneuraymgr.cpp(367): Iray [ERROR] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend error: Errors: error : Unable to load library 'nvptxJitCompiler.dll'
2022-10-04 18:07:29.687 [WARNING] :: ..\..\..\..\..\src\pluginsource\DzIrayRender\dzneuraymgr.cpp(367): Iray [ERROR] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend error: CUDA device 0 (NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090): device kernel image is invalid (Failed to get function attributes)
2022-10-04 18:07:29.687 [WARNING] :: ..\..\..\..\..\src\pluginsource\DzIrayRender\dzneuraymgr.cpp(367): Iray [WARNING] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend warn : CUDA device 0 (NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090) is no longer available for rendering.
2022-10-04 18:07:29.687 [WARNING] :: ..\..\..\..\..\src\pluginsource\DzIrayRender\dzneuraymgr.cpp(367): Iray [WARNING] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend warn : All available GPUs failed.
2022-10-04 18:07:29.687 [WARNING] :: ..\..\..\..\..\src\pluginsource\DzIrayRender\dzneuraymgr.cpp(367): Iray [ERROR] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend error: Fallback to CPU not allowed.
2022-10-04 18:07:29.687 [WARNING] :: ..\..\..\..\..\src\pluginsource\DzIrayRender\dzneuraymgr.cpp(367): Iray [ERROR] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend error: CUDA device 0 (NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090): Device initialization failed, will not be used
2022-10-04 18:07:29.687 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend info : Rendering with 0 device(s):
2022-10-04 18:07:29.687 Iray [INFO] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend info : Rendering...
2022-10-04 18:07:29.687 [WARNING] :: ..\..\..\..\..\src\pluginsource\DzIrayRender\dzneuraymgr.cpp(367): Iray [ERROR] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend error: No worker to render with: aborting render
2022-10-04 18:07:29.688 [ERROR] Iray :: Internal rendering error.
Sure, here it is.
Which Nvidia driver version are you using?
Why the "Check GPU driver version" is not checked?
512.96. I rolled back to it from two versions of 516s. Can't remember what was wrong with those exactly, but something was.
The Check GPU driver version was unchecked when I was looking for a way to return Iray to its proper functioning. One time it seemed like it helped, but then it turned out that it actually did not. And I just left the checkbox unchecked.
It would help to see what else is in that log. Do not copy it to the message area, but attach the txt file to your post with the "Attach a file" above the "Post Comment" button.
Sorry about log-posting before. Here's the full log file. I hope you can see more in it than I do because to me, except for that "No device found" part, it's all Greek.
I think the problem is here;
Iray [ERROR] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend error: cuLinkCreate: PTX JIT compiler library not found
Iray [ERROR] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend error: Errors: error : Unable to load library 'nvptxJitCompiler.dll'
Iray [ERROR] - IRAY:RENDER :: 1.0 IRAY rend error: CUDA device 0 (NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090): device kernel image is invalid (Failed to get function attributes)
But at the moment, don't know how to fix.
Hmm. So it looks like a driver problem, not DS one? Maybe a clean reinstall of the GPU driver will help.
Make sure you have no other Iray related programs, drivers and/or libraries installed, there has been cases when they have been clashing with the version of Iray used in DS and or the installed Nvidia driver version.
Nope, that didn't help.
I guess I'll just have to use DS like this until I eventually reinstall my OS and all the software. That kinda sucks but still not critically terrible.
>>Make sure you have no other Iray related programs, drivers and/or libraries installed, there has been cases when they have been clashing with the version of Iray used in DS and or the installed Nvidia driver version.
I don't think I have any. I use Blender and ZBrush, but I don't think any of them uses Iray.