Chaos Group V-Ray Next for Maya v4.04

Denoiser

Progressive Rendering

V-Ray RT GPU

Rendering Hair

V-Ray Frame Buffer

Max Ray Intensity

Please make sure that your system fulfills these requirements before installing V-Ray. Note that V-Ray is only supported for 64 bit operating systems and 64 bit versions of Maya.

Windows

• Processor - Intel® Pentium® IV or compatible processor with SSE4.2 support.
• RAM - 4 GB RAM and 4 GB swap minimum – recommended 8 GB or more RAM, 8 GB or more swap file
• USB Port - Required for hardware lock, preferably USB 2.0
• TCP/IP - Only IPv4 is supported. IPv6 is currently not supported

The following table shows the versions of Autodesk Maya and operating systems on which V-Ray is supported. Note that V-Ray is only supported for 64 bit operating systems and 64 bit versions of Maya.

Linux

• Processor - Intel® Pentium® IV or compatible processor with SSE4.2 support.
• RAM - 4 GB RAM and 4 GB swap minimum – recommended 8 GB or more RAM, 8 GB or more swap file
• USB Port - Required for hardware lock, preferably USB 2.0
• TCP/IP - Only IPv4 is supported. IPv6 is currently not supported

The following table shows the versions of Autodesk Maya and operating systems on which V-Ray is supported. Note that V-Ray is only supported for 64 bit operating systems and 64 bit versions of Maya.

Mac OS X

• Processor - Intel® Pentium® IV or compatible processor with SSE4.2 support.
• RAM - 4 GB RAM and 4 GB swap minimum – recommended 8 GB or more RAM, 8 GB or more swap file
• USB Port - Required for hardware lock, preferably USB 2.0
• TCP/IP - Only IPv4 is supported. IPv6 is currently not supported

The following table shows the versions of Autodesk Maya and operating systems on which V-Ray is supported. Note that V-Ray is only supported for 64 bit operating systems and 64 bit versions of Maya.

The requirements above are for the latest version of V-Ray in Maya, but please note that V-Ray 3.6 is available for Maya 2015+, V-Ray 3.3 is available for Maya 2013+ and V-Ray 3.1 is available for Maya 2012+

*Check also the Maya system requirements page: http://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/maya/troubleshooting/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/System-requirements-for-Autodesk-Maya.html

V-Ray Next, Hotfix 1 Build 4.04.02

Bug fixes

V-Ray

• Fixed Deep output not working with fragment merge mode set to "Z-Depth"
• Fixed Deep output not working correctly with fragment merge mode set to "None"
• Fixed some UI controls missing on objects from referenced scenes
• Fixed different result between local and remote machines with certain UV setups in DR

V-Ray GPU

• Fixed artifacts when rendering displacement with VRay GPU
• Fixed artifacts with Adaptive Lights
• Fixed a crash in IPR when changing material in specific cases
• Fixed some lights not shining when more than 65K objects are present in the scene

V-Ray IPR

• Fixed slow rendering in isolate selected when dome light is deselected
• Fixed slow Viewport IPR with distributed rendering
• Fixed Viewport IPR not working in Maya 2016 Windows OpenGL strict profile
• Fixed artifacts and partial frames in certain cases when playblasting with Viewport IPR
• Overscan will no longer break Viewport IPR

VRayLightRect

• Fixed rectangle lights with texture and No Decay turned on emitting too much light

VRayScannedMtl

• Fixed a crash when rendering with mayapy with Maya 2015

What's new in V-Ray Next for Maya (4.04)

New features

V-Ray IPR

• Added support for Maya's playblast feature
• Isolate selected mode in IPR will now respect selected lights
• Added support for selecting node groups in isolate selected mode
• Added support for transformation changes of place3d nodes in IPR
• Added support for VRaySphereFade and VRaySphereFadeVolume in IPR

V-Ray GPU

• Bucket rendering now supported with Brute Force GI
• Added support for dispersion

VRayPhysicalCamera

• Rolling shutter effect option

Viewport 2.0

• Preview of VRayHairNextMtl dye color

VRayToonMtl

• Light blend intensity can now accept textures for better control and rim light effects

VRayScene

• Added support for user attribute overrides

V-Ray

• Sample C++ V-Ray plugins buildable with CMake shipped with the V-Ray SDK
• Added access to vertex colors in GLSL
• Added a slider for the opacity attribute of VRayLayeredTex
• Added a search filter option in the Create from V-Ray Plugin menu

V-Ray Menu

• Added tutorials and documentation links in the V-Ray Menu

V-Ray IPR/GPU

• Added support for sky model change in CUDA IPR

Modified features

V-Ray

• Removed the _x64 suffix from environmental variables and made old variables work with a warning
• Added denoise option to Object select render element
• V-Ray kSolidFractal will now render the same as in V-Ray 3.6
• Improved viewport IPR performance in Maya 2016.5
• Improved loading times of large Alembic files in specific cases
• Improved build time for embree dynamic geometry
• Improved VRayToon normal and overlap thresholds range
• Improved OptiX denoiser error messages

Misc

• Attributes added in newer V-Ray versions will now show up in older scenes
• V-Ray viewport buttons will now appear at the beginning of the layout

V-Ray GPU

• Improved GPU bucket rendering performance
• Better load balancing for Hybrid rendering with bucket sampler
• Adaptive Lights support for Brute Force rendering with Bucket sampler
• GPU-dependent UI for VRayObjectProperties
• GPU-dependent UI for VRayCarPaintMtl and VRayFlakesMtl
• GPU-dependent UI for V-Ray lights
• GPU-dependent UI for MtlWrapper
• Added device name in the kernel compilation log message

V-Ray Displacement

• Modified "Keep continuity" option to weld seams at vertices

V-Ray IPR

• Selection of sub-materials is now considered in debug shading
• Refresh IPR when VRayMetaball parameters are modified

VRayScene

• Material override will now affect Instancer

VRayScannedMtl

• VRayScannedMtl now shows diffuse and bump normals render elements and works better with denoising

VRayProxy

• Proxy node's list of shaders was not available to scripts immediately after creation
• Invalid XML syntax for proxy material assignment file will now print appropriate error message

VRayToonMtl

• Updated the label and value range of line width in Toon Edges Override section

V-Ray Cloud

• No layer token will be created automatically for absolute paths for cloud rendering

MaterialSelect

• MaterialSelect render element now works with nested materials

Bug fixes

VRayProxy

• Fixed wrong preview of flip axis on proxy sequence
• Fixed wrong material export when there are gaps in the MeshMaterial shader array

Misc

• Viewport IPR buttons are not available on copied or hypershade viewport windows
• VRayLayeredTex was missing a scroll bar
• Orthographic Views are not working properly in IPR
• Double specular highlight when rendering VRscan car-paint in GPU

VRayFur

• Fixed fur behavior when not selected in isolate selected mode

V-Ray/V-Ray GPU

• Fixed various potential issues uncovered by code analysis

V-Ray GPU

• Fixed a crash when rendering in bucket mode with no lights in the scene
• Fixed a crash when deleting wrapped multi/sub- materials
• Fast SSS2 now renders correctly in VRayLightSelect render element
• Wrong render of VRayEdgesTex on subdivision surfaces
• VRayEdgesTex renders black with "show subtriangles" enabled
• VRayEdgesTex not showing in diffuse channel
• Rendering with bucket sampler and no scene lights was endless
• Fixed wrong GI scattering with environment fog gizmo
• Fixed crash when toggling "Render as subdivision surface" on mesh with V-Ray Edges Tex texture in IPR
• Fixed crash when changing alembic proxy visibility list in IPR
• Fixed crash on a specific heavy scene
• Fixed artifacts with adaptive lights in animation
• Fixed artifacts in IPR in specific cases
• Fixed VRayFastSSS2 material leaving artifacts with scatter radius is set to zero
• Affect background option will now work with bucket sampler on GPU

V-Ray GPU/GLSL

• Fixed crash with specific materials

V-Ray

• DR server will now fail with an error if an asset can't be received
• Using paint color in specific VRayScannedMtl was not working properly
• Fixed overbright pixels with adaptive lights
• Fixed different DR buckets with auto exposure
• Fixed crash with VRayGLSLMtl
• Fixed crash when baking to ptex
• Fixed crash when an empty blendBumpTex is connected to VRayMtl

VRayScannedMtl

• Fixed crash with specific material setup
• Fixed artifacts with bump multiplier

VRayProxy/VRayDisplacement

• Fixed crash with keep continuity enabled on displaced proxy

VRayMtl

• Fixed compensate exposure for self-illumination

VRayLightSelect

• Fixed GI component of matte objects missing from LightSelect element Full type

VRayDomeLight

• Fixed darker result in isolate selected mode when rendering with dome light

VRScans

• Fixed a crash with a specific scene

VFB

• Blank framebuffer when comparing images from history after effectResult is generated

V-Ray/MDL

• Fixed crash on Skylake processors

V-Ray/Bifrost

• Fixed missing velocity due to changed velocity attribute name in newer Maya versions

V-Ray IPR

• Display Camera Plane now works in isolate selected with debug shading
• Fixed camera not updating in IPR in Light Cache Fly-through mode
• Fixed updates on float inputs connected to certain textures' alpha
• Fixed objects in groups not updating their transforms when changing frame
• Fixed an error message when executing post translate python scripts in V-Ray Viewport IPR
• Fixed a crash when creating new objects very quickly
• Fixed a crash when creating light links in IPR
• Fixed VRayMtl fog color update in IPR
• Assigning a material to VRayPlane was not detected in V-Ray IPR

V-Ray VFB

• Frame stamp was not visible with output image formats with alpha channel

V-Ray GPU/VRayProxy

• Fixed crash with proxy mesh light with motion blur

V-Ray GPU/VRayEnvironmentFog

• Fixed incorrect alpha on environment fog gizmos

V-Ray GPU/VRayDomeLight

• Added support for the "Dim distance" parameter for dome lights on GPU

What's new in V-Ray 3.60.02 for Maya

Now compatible with Maya 2018.1
Chaos Group have improved support for the Render setup in Maya 2018.1, and included a new option to set the maximum resolution for mip-mapped files to help speed up draft renders.

What’s new in V-Ray 3.52.03 for Maya

Here is the changelog provided by Chaos Group.

V-Ray

• Fixed a problem when creating output image directory in limited access situations
• V-Ray will no longer add an "rs_" prefix when using Render Setup with 2017 update 3

V-Ray GPU

• Fixed BlendMtl not rendering with OpenCL
• Fixed failing OpenCL compilation on Linux
• Fixed wrong UVs on bitmaps with driver versions 380 and up

V-Ray IPR

• Fixed a crash with light linking

VFB

• Fixed unresponsive UI with OCIO and IPR

V-RayMtl

• Fixed wrong SSS with glossy Fresnel enabled
• Fixed missing GI from self-illumination with glossy Fresnel enabled
• Fixed wrong alpha with mapped opacity and glossy Fresnel when seen in reflections

VRayAlSurface

• Now works with VRayLightSelect

VRayMesh

• Fixed a crash with Alembic file with no UV topology channel

VRayFastSSS2

• Fixed SSS surface ID not working properly

VRayFur

• Fixed wrong visibility in IPR when the base object is hidden

VRayScene

• Fixed wrong display of vrscenes in the viewport

Texture Baking

• Fixed crash when baking multiple objects

What’s new in V-Ray 3.5 for Maya

• Adaptive lights: Fast new lighting algorithm that speeds up rendering in scenes with many lights.
• V-Ray IPR: New in-process IPR starts instantly, updates faster and uses less memory. Changes to materials in the Hypershade Material Viewer are made in real time.
• V-Ray Frame Buffer tools: Speeds up look development on individual objects with the new Render Mask: Isolate select tool. Select objects, materials and camera focus directly in the frame buffer.
• alSurface material: General-purpose shader by Anders Langlands with layered SSS and glossy fresnel reflections — popular for skin.
• GPU rendering improvements: Render larger, more detailed scenes using a lot less memory with On-demand Mip-mapping. V-Ray’s fast GPU renderer adds support for a wider range of production features.
• Resumable rendering: Stop your render at any point and continue where you left off.

New in v3.4.05

New Features

V-Ray

• Support for half-float TIFFs

Modified Features

V-Ray

• Improved performance with dynamic geometry on machines with more than 32 cores
• More robust detection of changed files for the bitmap cache

Ornatrix

• Support for textured hair widths

Bug Fixes

V-Ray

• Tiff files weren't closed properly on Windows
• Fixed MultiMatte not working in VRayBlendMtl without MultiMatteID
• Fixed crash with NURBS of first degree
• Fixed wrong rendering of UDIM textures with frame offset
• Fixed crash with viewport IPR panel in Hypershade

MayaLightDirect

• Fixed artifacts with soft shadows and shadow bias

Lighting Render Element

• Fixed "Lighting" RE not generating correctly

V-Ray IPR

• Fixed slowdown when mouse tracking is enabled

VRayDenoiser

• Fixed failure with hardware acceleration on very large images

VRayDisplacement\Subdivision

• Fixed crash when baking to Ptex

Ornatrix

• Fixed Mac OSX support

VRayScannedMtl

• Fixed watermarks appearing even with a license

VRayVolumeGrid

• Fixed crash when loading a cache while IPR is running
• V-Ray maxRenderThreads setting will be respected during emissive lights creation
• V-Ray GPU Fixed bump issues with UDIM tiling

New in v3.4.04

New Features

V-Ray

• Support for Maya 2017
• Added support for licensed V-Ray Scanned materials

Light Lister

• Added "Solo light" option

Modified Features

V-Ray

• Improved High-DPI support
• EXR extra attributes now support the new render layer overrides

VRayObjectProperties

• Added drag&drop support for attribute overrides in the new Maya render setup

Bug Fixes

V-Ray

• Fixed image sequences offset and padding bugs
• V-Ray can now use more than one processor group in Windows multiprocessor configurations
• Fixed inconsistent ambient light behavior when hidden

VFB

• Fixed Maya Render View not hiding on OSX and in some other cases
• Fixed problems with non-ASCII symbols

VRayDomeLight

• Fixed viewport selection issues

Render Settings

• Fixed blank tabs when other renderers are loaded
• Fixed script errors when other renderers are loaded

New in v3.4.03

Bug Fixes

V-Ray

• Fixed image sequences with an index out of the sequence range not rendering
• Fixed crashes on old Maya versions on virtual machines and old GPUs
• Fixed wrong result with material environment override
• Fixed set driven keys not being exported correctly in some cases
• Fixed export of textures with multibyte character names
• Fixed outline appearing in the Matte shadow render element with certain sampler settings
• Environment overrides now have textured previews in viewport 2.0

V-Ray IPR

• Changes to the Rounded Edges' corners parameter were not detected

VRayProxy

• Fixed wrong animation range in the UI
• Fixed mesh visibility lists not working after scene reload

VRayDisplacement

• Fixed issues with Ptex and vector displacement

VRayDirt

• Fixed UI issue with locked subdivs when "Use local subdivs" is disabled

VRayTriplanar

• Fixed different texture instances sharing the same UI control

VRayIESLight

• Fixed crash when toggling the target

VRayRectLight

• Fixed high CPU usage in Viewport 2.0

PartIO

• Fixed crash with PTC files and rgbPP expression

VRayLightSelect

• Now works with probabilistic lighting

VRayDenoiser

• The denoiser update button did not work after aborting denoise

VRayObjectProperties

• Fixed issues with objects with identical names

XGen

• Fixed crash when rendering archive

New in v3.4.02

New Features

VRayDenoiser

• Added Update button

vdenoise

• Added standalone denoise tool

Modified Features

V-Ray

• Support for material preview in Viewport 2.0 OpenGL core profile
• Support for VRayVolumeGrid preview in Viewport 2.0 OpenGL core profile

VRayDenoiser

• Prevented the denoiser render elements from saving as separate files

VRayOSLMtl / VRayOSLTex

• Sped up texture sampling

Bug Fixes

V-Ray

• Fixed slow IPR updates on old scenes with undersampling enabled
• Fixed incorrect rendering of materials with self-illumination with light cache

V-Ray GPU

• Fixed fireflies on scene with VRayFastSSS2
• Highlight glossiness rendered even if Trace reflections option was disabled

VRayLightDome

• Viewport representation was flipped in some Maya versions

VFB

• Clicking on the white area of the scroll bar in the color corrections window scrolls by just one pixel
• Toolbar icons were not stretched over the entire buttons when screen dpi is changed
• Fixed wrong positioning when zooming out

VRayDenoiser

• Fixed crash on OS X when hardware acceleration is enabled
• Fixed artifacts on images with fireflies
• Fixed black result on some computers with hardware acceleration

Texture Baking

• Fixed occasional freezes on objects with empty UV sets

VRayStereoscopic

• Fixed artifacts in the render

New in v3.4:

New V-Ray Denoiser

Removes noise automatically, cutting your render times by up to 50% with GPU acceleration. V-Ray’s denoising technology is non-destructive, giving you the original render and the denoised version for even more control in post. Denoising can be used progressively while rendering or after rendering, with support for animation and enhanced blending between frames with the standalone denoiser tool.

Works with Maya 2016 Extension 2

V-Ray 3.4 now supports the new render layers and motion graphics tools in Maya 2016 Extension 2.

GPU rendering improvements

• Procedural textures supported by V-Ray RT GPU can now be used as bump maps.

Aerial Perspective

• Control the color of atmospheric haze.

Faster Global Illumination

• V-Ray Light Cache calculations are up to 15% faster.

Textures

• New support for VRayMultiSubtex.

V-Ray RT improvements

• Update render regions on the fly – without restarting the render.

What's new in V-Ray 3.0 for Maya?

Faster Ray Tracing and Rendering Performance - V-Ray 3.0 includes a number of overall speedups, and the new optimized ray tracing core performs significantly faster.

Faster Feedback - The new Progressive Image Sampler delivers instant feedback to artists and makes lighting and look development quicker and more intuitive.

More Powerful V-Ray RT - New in V-Ray 3.0, V-Ray RT renders directly in the Maya viewport and supports final frame rendering and animated sequences.

• V-Ray RT CPU uses the new Progressive Image Sampler and supports a full range of production features.
• V-Ray RT GPU now supports Render Elements.

Advanced Characters and Creatures - Improvements to character and creature workflows include optimized Hair and Fur, improved Subsurface Scattering and a new VRaySkinMtl shader.

Color Accurate Workflows - An improved V-Ray Frame Buffer adds Lens Effects and advanced color corrections for White Balance, Contrast, Hue, Saturation and Color Balance. The VFB is now dockable and supports LUTs, ICC, and OpenColorIO color management profiles.

Volume Rendering - V-Ray 3.0 includes optimized Phoenix FD volume shaders to render all types of volumetric effects including fluids, fire, smoke and heat haze. OpenVDB grids and Field3D voxel data can be imported and rendered as surfaces or volumes using the new VRayVolumeGrid node.

Production-Focused Tools - V-Ray 3.0 is designed to give artists more control and flexibility. New time-saving tools include Max Ray Intensity to clamp secondary rays, Probabilistic Light Sampling which determines optimized sampling based on lighting contributions, and Render Mask to specify exact render regions using an object selection or image mask.

Pipeline Compatibility and Support for Open Standards

• Alembic 1.5 for data interchange
• GLSL for OpenGL shaders
• OpenColorIO for accurate color management
• OpenEXR 2.2 and Deep Images
• OpenSubdiv including support for creases
• OpenVDB and Field3D for volumes
• OSL for programmable shaders
• Ptex for UV-less workflows
• UDIM and UVTILE for advanced texture workflows