This page provides information on installing V-Ray for 3ds Max.
Overview
This guide is to serve as a reference for installing V-Ray for 3ds Max and 3ds Max Design.
A complete installation of V-Ray for 3ds Max consists of:
V-Ray
V-Ray GPU
V-Ray Standalone
V-Ray DR Spawner
V-Ray license server
V-Ray tools
V-Ray SDK
- V-Ray Chaos Cloud Client
Download V-Ray
You can download the latest official version of V-Ray from http://www.chaosgroup.com with the account supplied to you by Chaos Group or your reseller.
If you are a trial user, please refer to the Trial installation of V-Ray for 3ds Max.
Installing V-Ray for 3ds Max
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.
Before running the installation, make sure your Windows account has administrative privileges.
Run the installer.
1. Upon the start of the installation, Windows may ask you for permission to run the installer with administrator privileges. Please confirm.
2. You will be presented with the V-Ray licensing agreement. Please take a moment to review the agreement. Check the I accept the Agreement checkbox and click Install to proceed with standard installation.
If you need to customize your V-Ray installation, press the Advanced button.
V-Ray type
The available installation types are:
Workstation – This is a full installation and includes all components as described in the “Installation overview” section. It will allow you to use V-Ray in 3ds Max do Distributed or Network Rendering, run V-Ray GPU render server, use V-Ray SDK, and have V-Ray license server on this machine.
3ds Max render slave – This installation includes V-Ray, V-Ray GPU, V-Ray Standalone, V-Ray DR Spawner and external V-Ray tools. This option does not include the local V-Ray license server application. Please choose this option if you plan to use this machine for Distributed or Network Rendering with V-Ray.
Standalone render slave – This installation includes V-Ray Standalone and V-Ray GPU render server. Please choose this option if you plan to use this machine only for Distributed Rendering with V-Ray Standalone and a V-Ray GPU render server.
The V-Ray Standalone version included in the 3ds Max installer is intended for DR use when V-Ray GPU is set. It is not a replacement for the 3ds Max render slave, which is intended for use with the V-Ray renderer.
Directories & Feedback
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 V-Ray Setup > V-Ray > About V-Ray > Feedback program settings. For more information, see the Chaos Group Telemetry page.
Licensing
In this step, you can specify whether the V-Ray license server will run locally or on another machine.
If you select the option Remote you will have to fill in the IP address of your V-Ray license server in the field Primary License Server. Please leave the port 30304 unchanged. An Alternate License Server is used when the primary one does not respond.
3. If you are installing V-Ray for the first time, you are presented with the License Server installation. Please take a moment to read the License Server Agreement and once ready, accept the agreement. You can skip the License Server installation by pressing the Skip button.
4. Optionally, you can install the Chaos Cloud client. Please take a moment to read the Terms of Service and accept the agreement. You can skip the Chaos Cloud installation by pressing the Skip button.
4. After you click the Install button, the installer will proceed to uninstall any previous versions and install V-Ray on your machine.
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.
3. Now V-Ray 5 is ready to render!
Check your License
When installing the License Server, once the installation is done, you are directed to the License Server local host (http://localhost:3004) in order to sign in and activate it.
The License Server will skip its installation process for two reasons:
- If it detects a previous installation of the Online License Server on your machine.
- If you choose the option Remote V-Ray license server on the network.