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To run Vantage, you have to:

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titleStep 2: Activate your license
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Overview

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This guide provides steps on installing Chaos Vantage.

Trial users should refer to the Trial installation of Vantage, as the process differs from the one shown here.


Get the latest Chaos Vantage: 

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Installing Chaos Vantage

The Chaos Vantage installer automatically removes any previous installations. This allows seamless


Please check the system requirements before installation. The Vantage installer will automatically remove any previous versions. Thus, you can seamlessly upgrade from previous versions. If you experience problems, you can manually uninstall the previous versions to perform a clean install.

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Running the installer

Before running the installation, make sure your Windows account has administrative privileges. 

Run the installer.

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Upon the start of the installation,

Windows may ask you for permission to run the installer with administrator privileges. Please confirm.

2. You are presented with the Chaos Vantage licensing agreement.


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End User License Agreement

Please take a moment to

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read the

agreement. Check the

License Agreement.

Once you've carefully read the License Agreement, you can click "I accept the Agreement

checkbox and click Install to proceed with standard installation

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The Install option enables Telemetry by default, uses the localhost for licensing and installs the software in a default directory.

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Directories

Here, you can specify the installation paths. Please check if the default folder is correct.

You can

2a. In the next screen, you can change the installation directory and

specify whether:

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  • a V-Ray for 3Ds Max Live Link script should be installed. Supported 3Ds Max 2019, 2020 and 2021 versions.
    • association for .vantage files should be added so that Chaos Vantage can open them directly from explorer
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    If you are installing Chaos Vantage for the first time and use the Advanced installation, you are presented with a Help make Vantage even better screen

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    where you can specify whether to Share Analytics Data. 

    Otherwise, the Feedback program is activated by enabling Help make Vantage even better checkbox, available upon

    pressing

    clicking the Advanced button of the installer. For more information, see the Chaos

    Group

    Feedback Program page.

    Click Continue to proceed with customizing the installation.

     

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    Licensing

    In this step,

    you can

    specify whether the Chaos

    group license server will run

    License Server runs locally or on another machine.

    If you select

    the option Remote 

    Remote licensing, you have to

    fill in

    enter the IP address of your Chaos

    group license server

    License Server in the

    field 

    Primary License Server field.

    Please leave the

    Leave port 30304 unchanged.

    An 

    An Alternate License Server

     is used when

    can be used for redundancy in case the primary one does not respond

    .

    See the Licensing page for more information.

     

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    2c. When ready click the Install button. If the installer detects previous versions of Chaos Vantage, they are automatically uninstalled.

    If the installer detects any applications that need to be closed, they are automatically closed.

     

    3. If you are installing a Chaos product for the first time and chose to use the license server locally, here the Chaos License server installation option is presented.

    At this step you can choose the license server directory.

    The Migrate data during installation option

    . The License Server will not install when the Remote option is selected. When Local licensing is selected, the Chaos License Server is installed with Vantage.

    For information about the advanced Chaos License Server installation settings, visit the Advanced Installation page.

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    Chaos License Server Options

    At this step, you can choose where to install the Chaos License Server.

    Migrate data during installation – When enabled, it transfers all of your settings made with older versions of the License Server, such as

    enabled dongle subsystem,

    proxy settings, etc.

     Disabling

    Disabling this option

    will

    makes a clean install of License Server with

    all settings at their defaults and

    any custom settings from

    the previous installation will be lost

    previous installations reset to their defaults.

    Add firewall exception

     option allows

    – Allows the default licensing port (TCP 30304) in the firewall. If you disable it at this step, you

    will need to manually 

    must manually add firewall exceptions

     later. 

     

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    4.  If the installation is successful, you will get this screen. Press the Done button.

     

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    later. This option is available for Windows OS only.

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    Next Step

    Go to step 2 to activate your Chaos License.

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    Start Chaos Vantage

    Once installed, you can start Chaos Vantage from the Start menu > Chaos Vantage > Start Chaos Vantage or search it directly in the Start menu. 

    You can also start it from its installation directory. The default directory is C:\Program Files\Chaos Group\Vantage where you can find and execute the vantage.exe file.

     

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