This page provides information on supported features in V-Ray for Maya based on the rendering type and hardware architecture.
Overview
These features are supported by V-Ray and V-Ray GPU in Maya for. Note that IPR rendering always uses Brute Force GI, while in production rendering the Light Cache 3 is available.
Limitations
IPR Rendering does not support the particle instancer.
Supported Features
Geometry
| Feature | V-Ray | V-Ray GPU |
|---|---|---|
| Triangle meshes |  | |
| V-Ray Proxy | | |
| Alembic via proxy | | |
| NURBS | |  |
Subdivisions | | |
| Displacement 1 | | |
| V-Ray Fur | | |
| Maya Hair | |
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| XGen | | |
| Infinite plane | | |
| Particles | (All types except tube, cloud, and numeric. Type "blobby surface" renders as spheres.) |
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| MASH | | |
| VRayClipper | |
|
Lights
Feature | V-Ray | V-Ray GPU |
|---|---|---|
| Textured lights 8 | | |
V-Ray Lights | | |
| Standard Lights | | |
| Photometric Lights | | |
| Image-based lighting | | |
| Light and shadow linking | | |
Materials
| Feature | V-Ray | V-Ray GPU |
|---|---|---|
| VRayAlSurface | | |
| VRayBlendMtl | |
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| VRayCarPaint | | |
| VRayCarPaint2 | | |
| VRayLightMtl | |
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| VRayMtl | |
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VRay2SidedMtl
| |
(without Multiply By Front diffuse) |
VRayMtlWrapper | | |
| VRayFastSSS2 2 | | PARTIAL (without raytraced (solid) and raytraced (refractive)) |
| VRayFlakesMtl | | |
| VRayFlakes2Mtl | | |
| VRayHairNextMtl | | |
| VRayGLSLMtl | | PARTIAL 9 |
| VRayHairMtl | | |
| VRayBumpMtl | | |
VRayVRmatMtl | | |
VRayOSLMtl | | |
| VRayScannedMtl | | |
| VRayStochasticFlakesMtl | | |
| VRaySwitchMtl | | |
| VRayToonMtl | | |
| VRayMtlRender Stats | | |
| VRay Mesh Material | | |
| VRayPointParticleMtl | | |
| Maya Ramp Shader | | |
Textures
| Feature | V-Ray | V-Ray GPU |
|---|---|---|
| Bitmap | | |
Checker | |
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| Bulge |
| |
| Cloth | | |
| Fractal | |
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| Grid | | |
| Mountain |
| |
| Wood | | |
| Sampler Info | | PARTIAL |
| Ramp | | |
| Substance |
| |
| Noise | |
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| Granite |
| [7.4] |
| Leather | | |
| LookDevKit nodes |
| |
| VRayFresnel | | |
| Vertex Color | | |
| VRaySky | | |
| VRayDirt | | PARTIAL |
| VRayFalloff | |
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| VRayTemperature | | |
| VRayEdges | | |
| VRayDistanceTex |
| |
| VRayGLSL | | PARTIAL 9 |
| VRayPTex | | |
| VRayHairSampler | | |
| VRayFurSampler | | |
| VRaySoftBox | | |
| VRayOSLTex | | |
| VRayParticleTex | | |
| VRayRaySwitch | | |
| VRayTriplanarTex | | |
| VRayUserColor | |
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| VRayUserScalar | |
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| VRayCurvature | | |
| VRayLayeredTex | | |
| VRayInverseExposure | | |
| VRayUVWRandomizer | | |
Maya Utility Nodes
| Feature | V-Ray | V-Ray GPU |
|---|---|---|
| contrast |
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| clamp | | |
| gammaCorrect | | |
| luminance | | |
| ramp [Texture] | | |
| remapColor | | |
| remapHsv | | |
| remapValue | | |
| blendColors | | |
| samplerInfo | | PARTIAL |
| multiplyDivide | | PARTIAL (see table below for more information) |
| plusMinusAverage | | PARTIAL (see table below for more information) |
| reverse | |
|
surfaceLuminance | | |
| hsvToRgb | | |
| choice | | |
samplerInfo
| Feature | V-Ray | V-Ray GPU |
|---|---|---|
| Ray Direction |
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| Normal Camera | | |
| Pixel Center | | |
| Point Camera | | |
| Point Obj | | |
| Point World | | |
| Tangent UCamera | | |
| Tangent VCamera | | |
| UV Coord | | |
multiplyDivide
| Feature | V-Ray | V-Ray GPU |
|---|---|---|
| No operation |
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| Multiply | | |
| Divide | | |
| Power | | |
plusMinusAverage
| Feature | V-Ray | V-Ray GPU |
|---|---|---|
| Input 1D |
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| Input 2D | | |
| Input 3D | | |
Environment
| Feature | V-Ray | V-Ray GPU |
|---|---|---|
| Spherical Mapping | | |
| Mirror ball mapping | | |
| Angular mapping | | |
| Toon shading | | |
| VRaySimpleFog | | |
| VRayScatterFog | | |
| VRayEnvironmentFog | | |
| VRayAerialPerspective | | |
Global Illumination Methods
| Feature | V-Ray | V-Ray GPU |
|---|---|---|
Brute Force | | |
| Light Cache 3 |
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Cameras
Feature | V-Ray | V-Ray GPU |
|---|---|---|
| Motion blur (transformation and deformation) |
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| Camera motion blur |
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| Camera DoF | |
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| VRayPhysicalCamera | | |
| Stereoscopic | |
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| Dome Camera | |
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Render Elements
| Feature | V-Ray | V-Ray GPU |
|---|---|---|
| Preset: Back to Beauty | | |
| Atmospheric Effects | | |
| Background |
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| Bump Normals | | |
| Caustics | (Production mode) | |
| Coat Specular | | |
| Coat Filter | | |
| Coat Glossiness | | |
| Coat Reflection | | |
| Coverage |
| |
| Cryptomatte |
| PARTIAL11 |
| DR Bucket | (Bucket sampling) | |
| Denoiser | | |
| Diffuse | | |
| Extra Tex | |
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| GI | | |
| LightMix | |
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Light Select | | |
| Lighting | | |
| Lightning Analysis | |
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| Material ID | | |
| Material Select | | |
| Matte Shadow | | |
| Multi Matte | | |
| Multi Matte ID | | |
| Normals | | |
| Object ID | | |
| Object Select | | |
| Raw Coat Filter | | |
| Raw Coat Reflection | | |
| Raw Diffuse Filter | | |
| Raw GI | | |
| Raw Light | | |
| Raw Reflection | | |
| Raw Reflection Filter | | |
| Raw Refraction | | |
| Raw Refraction Filter | | |
| Raw Shadow | | |
| Raw Sheen Filter | | |
| Raw Sheen Reflection | | |
| Raw Total Light | | |
| Reflect IOR | | |
| Reflection | | |
| Reflection Filter | | |
| Reflection Glossiness | | |
| Reflection Highlight Glossiness | | |
| Refraction | | |
| Refraction Filter | | |
| Refraction glossiness | | |
| Render ID | | |
| SSS | | |
| Sample Rate | | |
| Sampler Info | | |
| Self Illumination | | |
| Shadow | | |
| Sheen Specular | | |
| Sheen Filter | | |
| Sheen Glossiness | | |
| Sheen Reflection | | |
| Specular | | |
| Total Light | | |
| Unclamped Color | | |
| Velocity | | |
| Z Depth | | |
Overrides - Camera
| Feature | V-Ray | V-Ray GPU |
|---|---|---|
| Override FOV | | |
| Depth of Field | | |
| Motion blur | | |
Overrides - Geometry
| Feature | V-Ray | V-Ray GPU |
|---|---|---|
| Displacement | | |
| Subdivision | | |
| Viewport subdivision | | |
| Hair/PaintFX/Fur | | |
| Proxy Objects | | |
| Particles | | |
| Plugin Geometry | | |
| Hidden geometry | (Production mode) | |
Overrides - Lighting
| Feature | V-Ray | V-Ray GPU |
|---|---|---|
| Lights | | |
| Hidden lights | | |
| Shadows | | |
| Ignore shadow and light linking | | |
| Disable self-illumination | | |
| Probabilistic lights | | |
Overrides - Materials
| Feature | V-Ray | V-Ray GPU |
|---|---|---|
| Reflection / Refraction | | |
| Glossy effects | | |
SSS | | |
| Global max depth 4 | | |
| Max Transparency levels | | |
| Transparency cutoff | | |
| Allow negative shader colors | | |
Overrides - Textures
| Feature | V-Ray | V-Ray GPU |
|---|---|---|
| Maps | | |
| Filter maps | | |
| Uninverted normal bump | | |
Overrides - Rendering
| Feature | V-Ray | V-Ray GPU |
|---|---|---|
| Don't render final image | (Production mode) | |
| Secondary ray bias | | |
| Max ray intensity | | |
Overrides - Environment
| Feature | V-Ray | V-Ray GPU |
|---|---|---|
| Environment override | | |
Overrides - Volumetrics
| Feature | V-Ray | V-Ray GPU |
|---|---|---|
| Environment volume | |
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| Probabilistic volumetrics | | |
Other
| Feature | V-Ray | V-Ray GPU |
|---|---|---|
| VRayLensEffects (VFB) |
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| VRayVolumeGrid | | PARTIAL 10 |
| Antialiasing | | |
| Color Mapping | | |
| VFB | | |
| Render Mask | | |
| VRayMetaballs | | |
| UDIM/UVtile texture tags | | |
| Anisotropy | | |
| UVWProjections | |
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| Bitmap/Geometry cache | | |
| VRay Renderable Curves set | | |
| V-Ray custom user attributes | |
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Matte objects | |
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Footnotes
1 – Displacement results between V-Ray and V-Ray GPU may differ slightly because of Pre-tessellation and Cache Normal settings.
2 – Note that V-Ray GPU supports only the None and Simple Single Scatter modes for VRayFastSSS2.
3 – Using Light Cache (as a secondary GI engine) is possible only when rendering the final frames (i.e. Production rendering). In IPR, Brute Force is used as the primary and secondary engines.
4 – The Global max depth override can be used for Production rendering with V-Ray. IPR uses its own parameter - Trace Depth that is found in the IPR Tab of the Render Settings window.
5 – The SimplexNoise Texture is baked on the GPU. This means that it will use more memory to render.
6 – V-Ray Cryptomatte Render Element works only in Production rendering mode using the Bucket image sampler.
7 (7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5) – The texture is baked for rendering on the GPU. This means that it will use more memory to render, than a fully supported procedural texture.
8 – V-Ray GPU does not support V-Ray Mesh Light textures.
9 – For detailed information on the GLSL support with V-Ray GPU, see the VRayMtlGLSL page.
10– Fire Lights (Fire Lights) and Use Light Cache (Smoke Color) options are not supported with V-Ray GPU. For more information, refer to their relevant pages.
11 – The material name Cryptomatte mode is not supported with V-Ray GPU.
12– Indirect Light Select modes are not supported with V-Ray GPU.
13 (13.1, 13.2) – No GI on Other Mattes, GI surface ID and SSS Surface ID are not supported. Alpha Contribution is always rendered with a value of 1 or -1, whichever is closer to the input. Reflection and Refraction Amount are always rendered with a value of 1. GI Amount is always rendered with a value of 0.
Notes
- GPU supports up to 16 UV sets per material.
- GPU supports map channels from 0 to 15.
- GPU only supports normal maps in tangent space.
- In some rare cases, Adaptive Lights might produce artifacts when used with V-Ray GPU within Distributed Rendering.