What's New in V-Ray

V-Ray 7, update 1 (7.10.00)

Official release

Date - May 12, 2025

Improvements & Bug Fixes

• Chaos Scans (VRscan materials) can now be loaded and rendered correctly without a Scans license
• The entire Chaos Scans material library is now available in Cosmos
• A new distributed rendering mode called Classic DR is implemented. Use it as an alternative to Swarm by manually configuring the network environment
• Chaos Account management window is implemented
• The handling of all license errors is improved
• An issue preventing the standalone V-Ray denoiser from working is resolved
• An issue with stopping a GPU render in a project where Caustics are enabled is resolved
• The V-Ray installer now requires a CPU with AVX2 instruction set support to run
• An issue causing Cosmos assets to render black when the global Material Override is configured in a particular way is resolved
• Material Override’s Split Refractive and Preserve Properties features now work with Enscape assets
• An issue with the silent installation of V-Ray for SketchUp, when using a config file, is resolved
• An issue with the update of Cosmos assets’ variants during interactive rendering is resolved
• A number of issues with the Vantage live link are resolved
• A number of issues related to the Material Override feature are resolved
• An issue with the import of V-Ray Scenes containing Proxy Scene references is resolved
• An issue causing the removal of Proxy Scenes containing only other proxies when their Preview Face Count is set to 1 is resolved
• An issue where the Chaos Sign In webpage would incorrectly open during V-Ray activation in certain cases is resolved
• An issue causing error when opening the Asset Editor for the first time while a live Vantage session or interactive rendering is running is resolved
• An issue preventing the Asset Preview rendering in specific situations is resolved