This is just an observation about my attempts with the AI Render that I have experienced so far. And I hope that it may help others who face something similar. Although this may get a little ātechnicalā at times, I am neither an expert nor a novice when it comes to software. Others with more knowledge can feel free to chime in and add further points.
I successfully installed the AI Render about a week ago. It ran fine on my laptop (RTX 4090, 16 gig vram, 128 gig ram, i9-13980HX, 4 TB drive). I was satisfied with the results.
Since I know nothing about Comfyui, I decided to install a separate copy and look at some videos to learn more about it. I downloaded and installed the standalone version (but I probably would have had similar issues if I had installed the desktop version).
AI Render stopped working for me! I got some of the same error messages that others here may have seen. And sorry, but I did not record them.
For 2 days, I worked on it off and on. I completely uninstalled/reinstalled Iclone/CC4 and the AI render of Comfyui. No luck!! Same issues. I used AI to interpret the error messages, and come up with suggested solutions. And finally, I got it working again!!!.
Now I probably could have used ChatGPT or some other AI model. But I chose the free āperplexity.aiā website for this.
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What I discovered:
People write Python programs using different versions of Python. That can cause conflicts. Especially when conflicting "environment variables: (paths) are set.
So I uninstalled the Iclone8/CC4 programs and the related Comfyui. I also uninstalled the ānewā Comfyui that I had installed. And I cleaned out my āpathā variables. Then I reinstalled the Iclone8/CC4 programs and AI Render.
It worked!!!
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This happened because I had installed another version of Comfyui after installing AI Render. But it could also have happened with some other Python application. And ⦠I still wanted a copy of Comfy to play with, and learn. so ā¦
HI TECH ALERT FOLLOWS <<<<<
I remembered that I had installed Conda (Anaconda āminiā version) on my computer a while back. Conda allows you to run Python apps in a self contained environment so that there are no conflicts, and no changes to the system environment settings. It provides a separate and complete working environment for programs.
I installed my separate Comfyui into Conda. AND I HAD NO FURTHER ISSUES WITH AI RENDER! Now Iām lookin at some additional and related tools which I will put into Conda. If you want to know more about Conda, there are probably videos up on YouTube to get you started. And AI might help you to set it up. I canāt help with that. But Iām sure that some who are more knowledgeable will comment.
I would love to see Reallusionās AI Render version installable into something like Conda. That might prevent some of the issues that us novices face, and maybe reduce a few service/support requests.
I hope it helps.