Official release, hotfix 2

Date - Mar 20, 2025

New and Modified Features

V-Ray 

• Add support for Blender 4.3
• Convert the 'Consider Same Object Only' property in V-Ray Dirt into a checkbox
• Add denoising options to the V-Ray button in the viewport

• Add a V-Ray icon in front of every V-Ray rollout in the object, camera, and layers property panels

• Add a shortcut to the Account Window in the Add-On preferences

• Add a warning in the info tab when a running instance of V-Ray Core crashes
• Allow zero values for V-Ray material Fog Depth Property
• Assert 'Object should have been evaluated' in production renders if the object is disabled in renders
• Support for Texture scaling on GPU
• Add tracking IDs to the links from the account window and licensing popups
• Update the default Shadow Bias value for all lights
• Add the new Improved Sun and Sky model data

Bug Fixes

V-Ray

• Console Errors Caused by V-Ray VRmat Material
• The render region isn't rendered correctly in the viewport
• Export of light node trees does not filter non-V-Ray nodes when searching for the light output node
• Connecting a V-Ray Selector node to a V-Ray Mesh Light does not deactivate the Object selector within the light properties
• Material Preview doesn't work with Blender 4.2.4
• Reroute in-node trees does not work
• Failed reloading of packed bitmaps
• Animated Cosmos assets not working without an internet connection

• V-Ray for Blender cannot use local offline licenses without an internet connection

• V-Ray can't obtain a license after re-login

• Rename the V-Ray Direct Light Node
• Blender 'Spot' light objects with node tree and no "Light Spot" node cause error
• Enabling the visibility of an instancer in Interactive rendering does not show instanced objects
• Crash with VFB Interactive rendering and Light Mix Render Channel
• No upgrade is performed for the default scene
• Exception with non-vray nodes attached to V-Ray Material
• From a group of linked lights, only one light is exported
• Empty File Name warnings during Viewport Interactive rendering on GPU
• Exception when rendering with an empty Output Path
• Change the icons of V-Ray for Blender to .svg format
• Misspelling in the 'UVW Mapping' Node Name
• Errors with the Projection UVW Mapping Type
• The gizmo size of the V-Ray Sphere Light is not affected by the Radius parameter when the V-Ray Light node is used
• Material Preview doesn't work with Blender 4.3
• V-Ray Denoiser properties are not displayed in the World Properties Tab
• Cosmos assets are always imported with centered origin
• Clipping exported as enabled in override camera settings even though the override section is disabled
• Local view does not hide unselected objects
• Depth of Field is not updated during Interactive Rendering
• VFB preferences are not persistent between sessions
• V-Ray for Blender installation is missing vray_gpu_device_select.exe
• Changing materials in a separate window doesn't update the VFB interactive
• Incorrect rendering of Particle System Hair Shape Properties in V-Ray
• V-Ray Material Glossiness label should update when "Use Roughness" is selected
• Checkboxes in the Render Channels node do not switch off render channels

• Remove duplicate fields in the UVWMapping node's property page

• Error during the import of some Cosmos lights

• V-Ray Visibility Properties exclude/include lists are not working

• LightMesh is not exported correctly in VFB IPR mode

  
  

V-Ray Scene

• Production V-Ray Scene export fails intermittently