This page provides some basic examples of command line options to get you started with V-Ray Standalone.
When V-Ray Standalone is started, there are two usage options:
vray -server;
or
vray <option> <option>,
where option (case-sensitive) is one of the following: [] means optional string, {} means the string can be repeated zero or more times.
For full list of commands, please visit the V-Ray Standalone Command Line Options page.
Render a scene
In this example an input .vrscene file path is specified and an output image file is specified. If you want to save the output render in a specific location, use the full path for -imgFIle, otherwise it is saved to the scene location.
vray -sceneFile="D:\Scenes\owl.vrscene" -imgFile="Owl_Render.png" |
Set frame width/height:
vray -sceneFile="D:\Scenes\owl.vrscene" -imgFile="Owl_Render.png" -imgWidth=500 -imgHeight=500 |
Set camera for vrscenes with multiple cameras. The name should correspond to the camera settings scene_name parameter:
vray -sceneFile="D:\Scenes\owl.vrscene" -camera="VRayCam001" |
vray -sceneFile="D:\Scenes\owl.vrscene" -camera="VRayCam003" |
vray -sceneFile="D:\Scenes\owl.vrscene" -camera="PhysCamera004" |
Specify a render region:
vray -sceneFile="D:\Scenes\owl.vrscene" -region=113;86;329;309 |
Specify animation frames:
vray -sceneFile="D:\Scenes\owl.vrscene" -imgFile="Owl_Render.png" -frames=1;3;7 |
Alternatively, you can also set animation frames to be rendered in ranges:
vray -sceneFile="D:\Scenes\owl.vrscene" -imgFile="Owl_Render.png" -frames=1-7 -frames=10-15 |
Select rendering device - CPU as RT engine:
vray -sceneFile="D:\Scenes\owl.vrscene" -rtEngine=1 |
Select rendering device - CUDA:
vray -sceneFile="D:\Scenes\owl.vrscene" -rtEngine=5 |
Select rendering device - RTX:
Remapping a scene path location:
vray -sceneFile="D:\Scenes\owl.vrscene" remapPath ="D:\Scenes\Assets\"="D:\Scenes\New\Assets\" |
Include vrscene files exported as separate files:
vray -sceneFile="D:\Scenes\owl.vrscene" -include="D:\Scenes\owl_geometry.vrscene" -include="D:\Scenes\owl_lights.vrscene" |
Override Secondary GI Engine to Brute Force using PluginType::parameterName format:
vray -sceneFile="D:\Scenes\owl.vrscene" -parameterOverride=SettingsGI::secondary_engine=2 |
Delete resumable rendering file after successful render
vray -sceneFile="D:\Scenes\owl.vrscene" -imgFile="Owl_Render.png" -resume=1 -deleteResumableFileOnSuccess=1 |