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The V-Ray installation location could can be obtained by 3rd parties through the 3ds Max’s PluginPackageManager. The upgradeCode is "{00B38902-1C59-405A-875E-A9E3461F1FE7}"
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For the sake of portability V-Ray for 3ds Max is installed in a single directory under the application plug-ins location, known further as PKGROOT. The accompanying V-Ray Standalone files are there too. The package is in a directory named “VRay3dsMax<3ds VRay3dsMax<3ds Max version>”version>. This should allow for distribution by just copying the whole package and setting the environment variables.
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The V-Ray SDK, example projects documentation installer and its logs as files not essential to rendering are still in their former place (defaulting to “Cby default at C:\Program Files\ChaosGroup\V-Ray\3ds Max <3ds Max version>”version>) further known as INSTALLROOT.
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Package element | Description | Former location |
[PKGROOT]/amg | viewport shaders | <Program Files>\Autodesk\3ds Max*\AMG |
[PKGROOT]/assets | files needed for V-Ray for 3ds Max e.g. material_preview.vrscene | <Program Files>\Chaos Group\V-Ray\3ds Max*\assets |
[PKGROOT]/bin | V-Ray GPU binaries and plugins | <Program Files>\Chaos Group\V-Ray\3ds Max*\bin |
[PKGROOT]/defaults | 3ds Max defaults settings | <Program Files>\Autodesk\3ds Max*\en-US\defaults |
[PKGROOT]/docs | V-Ray EULA | <Program Files>\Chaos Group\V-Ray\3ds Max*\docs |
| [PKGROOT]/opensl | VRayOSL headers | <Program Files>\Chaos Group\V-Ray\3ds Max*\opensl |
| [PKGROOT]/plugins | V-Ray for 3ds Max plugins | <Program Files>\Autodesk\3ds Max*\Plugins |
| [PKGROOT]/resources | V-Ray Toolbar icons | <Program Files>\Autodesk\3ds Max*\UI_ln |
| [PKGROOT]/sceneconverter | 3ds Max scene converter scripts (and presets) | <Program Files>\Autodesk\3ds Max*\SceneConverter |
| [PKGROOT]/scripts | 3ds Max startup scripts | <Program Files>\Autodesk\3ds Max*\scripts |
| [PKGROOT]/PackageContents.xml | The Autodesk application package descriptor | |
[INSTALLROOT]/docs | V-Ray SDK documentation shipped | <Program Files>\Chaos Group\V-Ray\3ds Max*\docs |
[INSTALLROOT]/include | V-Ray SDK headers | <Program Files>\Chaos Group\V-Ray\3ds Max*\include |
[INSTALLROOT]/lib | V-Ray SDK export libraries | <Program Files>\Chaos Group\V-Ray\3ds Max*\lib |
[INSTALLROOT]/mdl | VRayMDL sample shaders | <Program Files>\Chaos Group\V-Ray\3ds Max*\mdl |
[INSTALLROOT]/samples | V-Ray SDK sample projects | <Program Files>\Chaos Group\V-Ray\3ds Max*\samples |
[INSTALLROOT]/uninstall | V-Ray installer's binary, config and log | <Program Files>\Chaos Group\V-Ray\3ds Max*\uninstall |
[INSTALLROOT]/utils | Other products installations that are bundled with V-Ray | <Program Files>\Chaos Group\V-Ray\3ds Max*\utils |