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urlhttps://download.chaosgroup.com/?platform=54&product=47

 

Overview

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This section describes the installation of V-Ray for Nuke using the provided installer.

 

Windows  

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The V-Ray installer will automatically remove any previous installations. This will allow you to seamlessly upgrade from previous versions. If you experience problems you can manually uninstall the previous versions to perform a clean install. For more information please refer to the Uninstall V-Ray page.

 

Nuke VersionInstaller Name
Nuke 12.0 x64vray_adv_

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52000_Nuke12.0_x64.exe
Nuke 12.1 x64vray_adv_

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52000_Nuke12.1_x64.exe
Nuke 12.2 x64vray_adv_

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52000_Nuke12.2_x64.exe
Nuke 13.0 x64vray_adv_52000_Nuke13.0_x64.exe

 

To complete the installation follow these steps:

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

Run the installer.

 

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You will be presented with the

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Chaos End User License Agreement. Please take a moment to review the agreement

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and press the I Agree button to proceed.

 

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2. During the next step, you can press the Customize button and adjust the corresponding installation settings, if needed. The installer will detect and list if any applications need to be closed. Please close them and click Install Now.

 

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3. If you have pressed the Customize button, you will be able to adjust some installation settings:

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V-Ray type

The available installation types are:

Full – This is a full installation and includes all components as described in the “Installation overview” section.
Standalone only – This installation includes V-Ray Standalone. Please choose this option if you plan to use this machine only for Distributed Rendering with V-Ray Standalone.

 

If you need to customize your V-Ray installation, press the Advanced button.


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Directories

Here you can specify the installation paths. Please check if the default folders are correct.

Help make V-Ray even better – Participate in the improvement decisions for future version of V-Ray. No intelligence property is violated when agreeing to participate in the feedback program. We do not gather scenes, assets, materials, etc. What we receive is user preferences on just a few key render settings and the resulting render times. The point of this feature is to improve V-Ray's performance and the user experience. This preference can be changed at any time later on from the About V-Ray > Feedback program settings. For more information, see the Chaos Telemetry page.

 

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Licensing

In this step, you can specify

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  • Uninstall previous installations – Leave this checked to automatically uninstall any previous installations.
    • How are you going to connect to the V-Ray license server – Specifies

    whether the V-Ray license server will run locally or on another machine.

    If you select

    “Remote V-Ray license server on the network” you will be given fields to specify

    the option Remote you will have to fill in the IP address of

    the machine on which the

    your V-Ray

    License server is running

    license server in the field Primary License Server. Please leave the port 30304 unchanged

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  • Specify installation paths – Please check if the default folders are correct.

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    4. The installer will proceed to uninstall any previous versions and install V-Ray.

    5. If the installation was successful, you will get this screen:

     

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    Press the Finish button and move on to making sure your license is configured. For more information, see how to set up your V-Ray License.

     

     

    . An Alternate License Server is used when the primary one does not respond.


    If you choose the Local Licensing Option, you are presented with the License Server installation.


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    Chaos License Server

    At this step you can choose the license server directory.

    Migrate data during installation – When enabled, transfers all of your settings made with older versions of the License Server, such as enabled dongle subsystem, proxy settings, etc. Disabling this option will install License Server with all settings at their defaults and any custom settings from the previous installation will be lost.

    Add firewall exception – Enabling this option allows the default licensing port (TCP 30304) in the firewall. If you disable it at this step, you will need to manually add firewall exceptions later.

     

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    If the installer detects any applications that need to be closed, they will be listed before being able to continue. Please close them and click Continue.

     

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    Now V-Ray is ready to render! 

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    To install V-Ray for Nuke you have to be logged as root on your Linux account and execute the installer to run it:

     

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    Nuke 12.0vray_adv_

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    52000_Nuke12.0_linux_x64
    Nuke 12.1vray_adv_

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    52000_Nuke12.1_linux_x64
    Nuke 12.2vray_adv_

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    52000_Nuke12.2_linux_x64
    Nuke 13.0vray_adv_52000_Nuke13.0_linux_x64

     

     

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    You will be presented with the

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    Chaos End User License Agreement. Please take a moment to review the agreement

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    and press the I Agree button to proceed.



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    V-Ray type

    The available installation types are:

    Full – This is a full installation and includes all components as described in the “Installation overview” section.
    Standalone only – This installation includes V-Ray Standalone. Please choose this option if you plan to use this machine only for Distributed Rendering with V-Ray Standalone.

     

     

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    Help make V-Ray even better

    Participate in the improvement decisions for future version of V-Ray. No intelligence property is violated when agreeing to participate in the feedback program. We do not gather scenes, assets, materials, etc. What we receive is user preferences on just a few key render settings and the resulting render times. The point of this feature is to improve V-Ray's performance and the user experience. This preference can be changed at any time later on from the About V-Ray > Feedback program settings. For more information, see the Chaos Telemetry page.

     

    If you need to customize your V-Ray installation, press the Advanced button.


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    titleClick here to expand for Advanced options...

     

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    Directories

    Here you can specify the installation paths. Please check if the default folders are correct.

     

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    Licensing

    In this step, you can specify

     

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    2. During the next step, you can click the Customize button and adjust the corresponding installation settings. Make sure to set the Nuke installation folder to point to the directory where Nuke is installed on your machine. Then you can press Install Now.

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    3. If you have clicked the Customize button, you will be able to adjust some installation settings:

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  • Uninstall previous installations – leave this checked to automatically uninstall any previous installations.
    • How are you going to connect to the V-Ray license server – specifies

    whether the V-Ray license server will run locally or on another machine.

    If you select

    “Remote V-Ray license server on the network” you will be given fields to specify

    the option Remote you will have to fill in the IP address of

    the machine on which the

    your V-Ray

    License server is running

    license server in the field Primary License Server. Please leave the port 30304 unchanged.

    Specify installation paths – please check if the default folders are correct.

     

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    4. The installer will proceed to uninstall any previous versions and install V-Ray.

    5. If the installation was successful, you will get this screen:

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    Press the Finish button and move on to making sure your license is configured. For more information, see how to set up your license.

     

    An Alternate License Server is used when the primary one does not respond.


    If you choose the Local Licensing Option, you are presented with the License Server installation.



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    Chaos License Server

    At this step you can choose the license server directory.

    Migrate data during installation – When enabled, transfers all of your settings made with older versions of the License Server, such as enabled dongle subsystem, proxy settings, etc. Disabling this option will install License Server with all settings at their defaults and any custom settings from the previous installation will be lost.



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    Now V-Ray is ready to render!