This page provides details on the V-Ray for Unreal UI and how it is integrated into the Unreal interface.
Overview
The V-Ray for Unreal toolbar gives you access to all of the settings and options available in V-Ray.
V-Ray Toolbar
The V-Ray toolbar allows you to render using V-Ray’s Interactive renderer and bake lighting with V-Ray Bake. From the V-Ray drop-down menu you can access the V-Ray frame buffer, open the V-Ray Settings tab, open the V-Ray Project Settings and open the VRScene Export Options. From the V-Ray Bake drop-down you can access the V-Ray Bake Settings tab.
Button States
The V-Ray button and V-Ray Bake button have five states depending on the process that is currently running:
V-Ray Render Button
Idle/Neutral
V-Ray is in idle mode, not processing or rendering the scene.
Preparing
V-Ray is preparing the scene for rendering. Meshes, textures, materials and lights are cached into memory.
Rendering
V-Ray is rendering the scene. Click on the button to stop rendering at any time.
Busy
V-Ray is unloading resources and exits rendering.
V-Ray Bake Button
Idle/Neutral
V-Ray is in idle mode, not processing or rendering the scene.
Preparing
V-Ray is preparing the scene for baking. Meshes, textures, materials and lights are cached into memory.
Rendering
V-Ray is baking the scene. Click on the button to stop rendering at any time.
Busy
V-Ray is unloading resources, exits rendering and processes lightmaps.
Finished
V-Ray has finished baking all atlases and lightmaps.
V-Ray Assets Category
The V-Ray Assets category in the Modes tab allows you to quickly create V-Ray related actors:
V-Ray Settings
V-Ray Settings provide access to all render options available in V-Ray for Unreal. For more information, see the V-Ray Settings page.
V-Ray Project Settings
In V-Ray Project Settings you set global option for the entire Unreal project. For more information, see the V-Ray Project Settings page.
V-Ray Bake Settings
V-Ray Light Bake or just V-Ray Bake is the process of creating lightmaps with complex light interactions and diffuse interreflection using the V-Ray render engine and it's GI and Lighting calculations. For more information, see the V-Ray Bake Settings page.
Import vrscene Dialogue
The V-Ray Scene Import Options window appears when you are importing .vrscene files into Unreal.
Exporting vrscene Dialogue
The V-Ray Scene Export Options window appears when you export .vrscene files from Unreal.
