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.
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.