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This page provides some details on how to get information on installing V-Ray up and running.
Installing V-Ray
for Houdini.
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Running the Installer
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Before running the installation, make sure your OS account has administrative privileges.
Run the installer. Windows / macOS / Linux may ask you for permission to run the installer with administrator privileges. Please confirm.
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Information on How to run the MacOS installer safely on macOS Catalina and later 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. |
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Licensing V-Ray
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Once the Chaos License Server installation is complete, you are directed to the Chaos License Server local host (127.0.0.1:30304) in order to sign in.
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The Chaos License Server will skip its installation process for two reasons:
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For full information on the Chaos License Server options and settings, see the Licensing section of the documentation.
To run V-Ray for Houdini, first extract the contents of the zip file. Instead of launching Houdini from the Start Menu or desktop shortcut, simply double click the provided hfsxx.x.xxx.bat file. This will set up the necessary environment variables and launch Houdini with V-Ray loaded.
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Please note that V-Ray is only supported on Qt 5 versions of Houdini. If you run into trouble starting up V-Ray for Houdini, please make sure you operate a Qt 5 version of Houdini before contacting us. |
Licensing V-Ray
V-Ray Licensing is not applicable during the V-Ray for Houdini Beta release.
Loading the V-Ray Shelf
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When starting V-Ray for Houdini for the first time, you will need to manually load the V-Ray shelfShelf. From the Houdini shelf, click the plus + icon, navigate to Shelves, and select V-Ray from the list.
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Selecting a Renderer
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To render with V-Ray, simply press click the Render or Render RT buttons button from the V-Ray Shelf. This will automatically create creates a vray_renderer node in the Network Editor (if one is not already present) and launch launches the V-Ray Frame Buffer.