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This page provides information on Telemetry for the Chaos Player Improvement Program.
Overview
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The V-Ray improvement program Chaos Improvement Program is based on telemetry. It allows Chaos Group to track general V-Ray Product usage statistics as well as and to automatically collect crash information. The type of information that will be collected includes some what Product functionality and/or parameter values that people use most often, which will allow helps Chaos Group to optimize and improve V-Raythe Product's performance.
No personal identifiable information, scenes, assets, or materials will be are collected.
The collected data is sent when Maya Chaos Player is closed, and is stored locally in text files.
For Windows, the files can be found in the folder folder C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\ChaosGroup\telemetry.
For Linux and macOS, the files can be found in the home directory of the current user: ${HOME}/.temp directory /tmp/ChaosGroup/telemetry/.
The collected data is viewable with a text editor.
Enable Feedback Program
The Feedback program is activated by enabling Help make V-Ray even better checkbox, available upon pressing the Advanced button of the installer.
Feedback Program Settings
The Feedback program settings can be changed any time in Maya after installing V-Ray. They can be accessed through the V-Ray Render Settings window > Settings Tab > About Chaos V-Ray rollout. Pressing Feedback program settings... button will launch V-Ray feedback program settings window.
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Once Chaos Player is successfully installed, you are invited to participate in the Chaos Improvement Program. By choosing to participate, you can contribute to the improvement decisions for the future versions of Chaos Player.
Your participation involves sharing anonymized telemetry, with the option to enable personalized telemetry too.
With Anonymized Telemetry, you share data on frequently used features and parameter values, which is not personally identifiable and is used mainly for aggregated statistics.
With Personalized Telemetry, you share the same data as with Anonymized Telemetry, along with information tied to your individual user license. This information contains personally identifiable information and enables Chaos to further optimize the product for better personal use.
You can change your choice at any time.
The Feedback program is activated by enablingе either Anonymized or Personalized Telemetry checkboxes, available upon complete installation of Chaos Player.
To change your choice, please run the installer again.