Error in .conf file. Corona 1.5. Crash 3Dmax after Corona 1.5 install.

[romullus]

By no means my post was meant to be solution to your problem. I just expressed my attitude towards Microsoft products. Sorry for misunderstanding.

[Ryuu]

Could you please send us the problematic .conf files for debugging? Either via the private uploader (https://corona-renderer.com/upload/) or create a bug report on Mantis and attach the files there.

And.. why not to store these files here: C:\Program Files\Corona  :) ?

If we did this, you would need to run 3ds Max with administrator privileges to be able to modify Corona global system settings. Also when the computer is shared by more users, each one can have his own custom global settings this way.

[Yehat]

It is not a problem to run any program as administrator. It is easy. It will be good!
And sometimes it is a only way to run a program correctly.

Romullus, no problem )) Im just try to explain in detail the situation and find a solution, wich good for all. I agree with you about Microsoft.

[Frood]

And, for example, if Corona will use this path: "C:\Program Files\Corona"
instead of this (which can changed from user to user):
C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Autodesk\3dsMax\2014 - 64bit\ENU\en-US\plugcfg\corona
is will be the solution.

This is exactly one of the reasons why we use "useUserProfiles=0" in "InstallSettings.ini" of the  Max installation directory since the time when max started to use user profile subfolders. If you set this, above directory points to the corresponding directory in the max installation folder - the same directory for every user. It´s a very unknown feature and makes max behave like very early versions :)

Good Luck

[maru]

Update: this is already solved in the newest daily builds: https://coronarenderer.freshdesk.com/support/solutions/articles/5000570015-daily-builds


Looks like we have a solution, but this will probably need a hotfix.

If you are getting this message, go to:
C:\Users\_username_\AppData\Local\Autodesk\3dsMax\2017 - 64bit\ENU\en-US\plugcfg\corona

There, find a file named like Config-4885458.conf (the numbers can be different).

In this file you should see a line saying:

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String system.workingDirectory      = "C:\\Users\\xxxxxxxxx"
Make sure that the line ends with quotation marks ( " ).

So if it is:

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String system.workingDirectory      = "C:\\Users\\
Then change it to:

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String system.workingDirectory      = "C:\\Users\\"
Let me know in this thread if it works, and also if it works after restarting the PC. If it does, we will add it to helpdesk solutions, and I will file a report on Mantis.

[Yehat]

It works! Even after restart PC. Thank you so much!

[Yehat]

I found the same problem in SystemSettings.conf
This file is also necessary to fix by the same way, if the error continues to appear.

[Ryuu]

Then... another bug. I created one more new user with only latin characters. Try to install Corona and got the crash! (screenshot)
If I switch то integrated system account "Администратор", i can install Corona without problems. But in this way i get the same message about Error in .conf file.

I must admit that one semester of Russian (taken a long time ago) is not enough for me to read this error message. Could you please translate or just sum up what's that about?

[Yehat]

I fixed the problem with crash. It was 3dmax bug. Deleting 3dmax.ini will fix it.

[Avan]

It doesn't help at all. After editing "Config-4885458.conf" the sigh has not appeared. In the version 1.5.1 it all returned back :(

[Ondra]

we will release a fix for this in daily builds soon (probably tomorrow)

[Avan]

I've just installed new daily, delete  SystemSettings.conf, run 3dmax and it is running smooth. Thank you, The Creator :)

[Ondra]

fixed in hotfix