This page provides information about the installation process of V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
Make sure to always have the latest Cinema 4D updates installed.
Overview
This guide is to serve as a reference for installing V-Ray for Cinema 4D.
A complete installation of V-Ray for Cinema 4D consists of:
V-Ray
V-Ray GPU
V-Ray Standalone
Download V-Ray 6 for Cinema 4D
Installing V-Ray for Cinema 4D
This section describes the installation of V-Ray for Cinema 4D with the provided installer.
Windows
To complete the installation follow these steps:
1. You are presented with the V-Ray licensing agreement. Please take a moment to review the agreement. Enable the I accept the Agreement checkbox and click Install to proceed with the standard installation.
If you need to customize your V-Ray installation, click the Advanced button.
Advanced Installation Options
Help make V-Ray even better
Participate in the improvement decisions for future version of V-Ray. No intelligence property is violated when agreeing to participate in the feedback program. Chaos doesn't gather scenes, assets, materials, etc. What Chaos receives is user preferences on just a few key render settings and the resulting render times. The point of this feature is to improve V-Ray's performance and the user experience. For more information, see the Chaos Telemetry page.
V-Ray type
The available installation types are:
Workstation – A full installation that includes V-Ray for Cinema 4D, IPR for Cinema 4D, V-Ray Standalone, V-Ray Tools.
Standalone – An installation which includes V-Ray Standalone and IPR render server. Please choose this option if you plan to use this machine only for Distributed Rendering with V-Ray Standalone and an IPR render server.
Add firewall exception – Enabling this option allows the default licensing port (TCP 30304) in the firewall. If you disable it at this step, you will need to manually add firewall exceptions later.
Install Chaos Scatter – Enable this checkbox to install the Chaos Scatter plugin for Cinema 4D. Chaos Scatter is a powerful instancing tool, which allows you to populate large scenes, without reducing performance See more information on the Chaos Scatter page.
Directories
Here you can specify the installation paths. Please check if the default folders are correct.
Licensing
In this step, you can specify whether the V-Ray license server runs locally or on another machine.
If you select the Remote option, you have to fill in the IP address of your V-Ray license server in the field Primary License Server. An Alternate License Server is used when the primary one does not respond.
Please leave the port 30304 unchanged!
2. If you select the Local licensing option, you are presented with the Chaos License Server installation.
Chaos License Server Options
At this step you can choose the license server directory.
Migrate data during installation – When enabled, transfers all of your settings made with earlier versions of the License Server, such as enabled dongle subsystem, proxy settings, etc. When disabled, installs the License Server with all settings at their defaults and any custom settings from the previous installation are lost.
Add firewall exception – When enabled, the default licensing port (TCP 30304) can pass the firewall. If you disable it at this step, you will need to manually add firewall exceptions later.
3. After you click the Install button, the installer proceeds to uninstall any previous versions and installs V-Ray on your machine.
If the installer detects any applications that need to be closed, they are listed before being able to continue. Please close them and click Continue.
4. Now V-Ray is ready to render!
macOS
For V-Ray version older than V-Ray 6, update 1 - On some macOS versions you might be presented with a security message by the OS that prevents you from installing. In such cases, right-click on the installer app and select Open which allows the installation to continue. An example and further information can be found on the Installation of Chaos Cloud Rendering Client App page or in Apple's How to open an app that hasn’t been notarized or is from an unidentified developer article.
To complete the installation follow these steps:
1. You will be presented with the V-Ray licensing agreement. Please take a moment to review the agreement. Enable the I accept the Agreement checkbox and click Install to proceed with standard installation.
If you need to customize your V-Ray installation, click the Advanced button.
Advanced Installation Options
V-Ray type
The available installation types are:
Workstation – A full installation that includes V-Ray for Cinema 4D, IPR for Cinema 4D, V-Ray Standalone, V-Ray Tools.
Standalone – An installation which includes V-Ray Standalone and IPR render server. Please choose this option if you plan to use this machine only for Distributed Rendering with V-Ray Standalone and an IPR render server.
Add firewall exception – Enabling this option allows the default licensing port (TCP 30304) in the firewall. If you disable it at this step, you will need to manually add firewall exceptions later.
Install Chaos Scatter – Enable this checkbox to install the Chaos Scatter plugin for Cinema 4D. Chaos Scatter is a powerful instancing tool, which allows you to populate large scenes, without reducing performance See more information on the Chaos Scatter page.
Directories
Here you can specify the installation paths. Please check if the default folders are correct.
Help make V-Ray even better – Participate in the improvement decisions for future version of V-Ray. No intelligence property is violated when agreeing to participate in the feedback program. Chaos doesn't gather scenes, assets, materials, etc. What Chaos receives is user preferences on just a few key render settings and the resulting render times. The point of this feature is to improve V-Ray's performance and the user experience. For more information, see the Chaos Telemetry page.
Licensing
In this step, you can specify whether the V-Ray license server runs locally or on another machine.
If you select the Remote option, you have to fill in the IP address of your V-Ray license server in the field Primary License Server. An Alternate License Server is used when the primary one does not respond.
Please leave the port 30304 unchanged!
2. If you choose the Local licensing option, you are presented with the Chaos License Server installation.
Chaos License Server Options
At this step you can choose the license server directory.
Migrate data during installation – When enabled, transfers all of your settings made with earlier versions of the License Server, such as enabled dongle subsystem, proxy settings, etc. When disabled, installs the License Server with all settings at their defaults and any custom settings from the previous installation are lost.
Add firewall exception – When enabled, the default licensing port (TCP 30304) can pass the firewall. If you disable it at this step, you will need to manually add firewall exceptions later.
3. After you click the Install button, the installer proceeds to uninstall any previous versions and installs V-Ray on your machine. When the installation is successful, you see the following screen.
4. Now V-Ray is ready to render!