V-Ray 5, Update 1.3

Official Release, Update 1.3

Build: 5.10.03

Date: 24 June, 2021

New features

New VFB

• Implement a functionality for adding VFB color corrections to all render channels with "Separate render channels" output;

Modified features

New VFB

• Sort the channels in the LightMix UI alphabetically;
• LightMix should not reset values whenever possible;

V-Ray Cloud

• Print warning for Blur value of Bitmap maps during the Submit to Chaos Cloud rendering analisys;
• Print a warning for modified texture blurriness value during the Submit to Chaos Cloud rendering analisys;

V-Ray

• Include V-Ray App SDK Python 3 binding in the installation;

VRayVolumeGrid

• Replace the 'Particle Mode' of the Volumetric Shader with single sample probabilistic shade;

Bug fixes

V-Ray

• Crash in the compact material editor with Shell materials;
• Crash on closing 3ds Max 2022;
• DR option Restart servers on render end is not loaded properly (since V-Ray 5, update 1.2);
• Loading a scene from the VFB history fails to load the units from the file;

V-Ray IPR

• Crash after render to texture while viewport IPR is running;
• Crash when adjusting TextMap during rendering;
• Crash when calculating VRayLightMeter/texture baking during rendering;
• Crash when rendering with specific Forest Pack scene having Corona material;
• Viewport IPR Safe Frame differences with 3ds Max 2022 hotfix 1;

V-Ray GPU IPR

• The entire render is restarted when Region render is stopped;

New VFB

• "vfbcontrol #loadimage" returns control back to the caller before the image is loaded;
• VFB window moves when loading different sized images on 4K monitors

VFB

• Test resolution cuts rendered image in the 3ds Max native frame buffer;

Chaos Cosmos

• Significant slowdown when saving a scene, when the Cosmos communication is blocked by firewall;
• The Cosmos browser slows down 3ds Max startup when Internet connection is absent;

VRayBitmap

• Options for disabling texture filtering are ignored;
• User tags do not work in file names;

VRayBlendMtl

• Duplicated slots in Slate Material Editor;

VRayCryptoMatte

• Crash when trying to use Cryptomatte mask in .vrimgs with duplicated Cryptomatte elements;
• Wrong cryptomatte manifest if geometries have unsupported symbols in their name;

VRayLight

• Adaptive dome light artifacts in scene with V-Ray Dome and multiple IES lights;

VRayProxy

• Crash when enabling Tessellate Hair with Alembic hairs and VRayVRMat material;

VRayVolumeGrid

• The results with colored transparency/absorption are incorrect in Volumetric Geometry mode;

VRayZDepth

• Colored lines and artifacts are produced over the z-depth image;

.vrscene exporter

• Negative texture values are clamped when plugged in a Composite map and in a V-Ray Displacement node;

VRayDenoiser/vdenoise.exe

• Blurry results with the NVIDIA AI denoiser;

Installer

• Chaos Cosmos service check if running is incorrect;

V-Ray 5, Update 1.2

Official Release, Update 1.2

Build: 5.10.02

Date: 15 April, 2021

New features

V-Ray

• Add support for 3ds Max 2022. The installation is now using the Autodesk plugin package;

V-Ray GPU

• Add absorption color for the Volume Grid;

Modified features

V-Ray GPU

• Support for motion blur for the Chaos Phoenix's Particle Shader;

V-Ray GPU IPR

• Slow GPU LC preview when moving the scene during rendering;

New VFB

• Implement vfbcontrol history options;
• Shift "Render" button for "Render last" function;

VRayMtl

• The fog color should be enabled in Thin-walled mode;

VRayUVWRandomizer

• Incorrect textures previews (produces black solid color) in slate material editor;

.vrscene exporter

• Export scene offset = ON;

Bug fixes

V-Ray

• Crash when rendering with wrong version DR server;

V-Ray IPR

• Crash when consecutively hiding multiple imported identical Cosmos assets during rendering;

V-Ray GPU

• 3ds Max freezes when there isn't enough VRAM and GPU Light Cache is enabled;
• Adaptive lights grid renders visible artifacts;
• Crash with GPU Light Cache in hybrid mode after adding/removing light;
• Crash with VRayCarPaintMtl with flake size = 0;
• ETA is missing while rendering using GPU Light Cache;
• Objects are missing with GPU Light Cache enabled;
• Specific opacity texture is rendered incorrectly with On-demand mipmapping;

V-Ray GPU IPR

• Crash with GPU Light Cache;
• Crash with RTX when deleting VRayDisplacementMod's texmap during rendering;
• Light cache is not shown during calculation phase with viewport IPR;
• Undoing/redoing hide operations of multiple proxies during rendering causes crashes or endless kernel compilation;
• Unhandled exception in "Preparing direct light manager" when starting DR session;

V-Ray Cloud

• Forest Boundary Checking Edge mode doesn't render as expected; "

VRayLight

• Disc lights produce noisy shadows with Brute Force GI engine;

VRayMtl

• Material with thin translucency renders transparent inside VRay2SidedMtl;
• Missing highlight with thin-walled glossy refraction;
• Outlines appear at the edges of opacity maps;
• Wrong result with refraction glossiness values below 0.78;

.vrscene exporter

• Missing bump in OSL shaders;

Cosmos browser

• High CPU usage when the Chaos Cosmos Browser Service is not running;

V-Ray, Update 1.1

Official Release, Update 1.1

Build: 5.10.01

Date: 17 March, 2021

Modified features

V-Ray

• Support for Autodesk 3ds Max 2022;

V-Ray GPU

• Out-of-core improved IPR update;
• Print device info for GPU Light cache;

V-Ray Cloud/V-Ray Standalone

• Faster initialization of meshes with static 3D displacement;

VRayCryptoMatte

• Add ability to work with VRaySwitchMtl;
• Add ability for Cryptomatte to read Multi/Sub-object materials;

VRayMtl

• Expose the VRayMtl thin-walled refraction option in the UI;

.vrscene exporter

• Multiple standard cameras export;

V-Ray Material library browser

• Fix issue with recursive search in the refresher script;

Bug fixes

V-Ray

• Crash rendering scene with ForestPro 7;
• Crash when a VRayBumpMtl is applied on an object and another VRayBumpMtl is used as an Override Mtl;
• Error building Embree voxel tree when "Conserve memory" is enabled in certain scenes;
• Increased memory consumption with displacement in specific cases;
• No illumination on surrounding geometry from PhoenixFD/VRayVolumeGrid's Fire Lights;
• Underwater lighting is missing when the camera is under the water;

V-Ray IPR

• Incorrect rendering during IPR when switching from None to Volumetric/SSS translucency in VRayMtl;
• VRayPhysicalCamera Tilt & Shift is incorrect since 5.1.00;

V-Ray GPU

• Crash with big light cache subdivs;
• Texture on objects with normal displacement appear smudged with on-demand mip-mapping;

VRayCryptoMatte

• Regression with node custom attributes;

VRayDisplacementMod

• Crash with on specific geometry with Editable poly modifier;

VRayICC

• .icc files are not loaded through the DR assets transferring;

VRayLight

• Random modes for textures applied to VRayLight copies produce non-randomized lighting;

VRayMtl

• Crash when setting reflection/refraction depth too high;

VRayProxy

• Animated Alembic files do not show animation in viewport;
• Newly created proxies with "preview from file" use the default cube for viewport selection instead of the preview geometry;

VRayUVWRandomizer

• Crash when switching between different texture instances;

.vrscene exporter

• Archive as ZIP is greyed out if we open another scene to export;
• Archiving to zip or directory merges the assets instead of overriding them;
• Missing geometry in exported scenes when there is a VRayDistanceTex and VRayDisplacementMod on EditablePoly;
• Tile UV mapping of Bercon Tiles is not working properly;

V-Ray Material library browser

• "Open ME on apply" doesn't work with drag&drop;
• "Use Real World Scale" doesn't work with user added libraries;

V-Ray 5, Update 1

Official Release, Update 1

Build: 5.10.00

Date: 23 Feb, 2021

New features

V-Ray

• Progressive caustics mode;

V-Ray GPU

• Light cache calculated on GPU;
• Add support for blending the sun with the horizon with the Improved sky model;

New VFB

• Layers masking based on Cryptomatte, integer and color render elements data;
• Add stamp layer support;
• Custom White Balance support for color picker and tint;
• Support for animated sequences for Background layer using <frameNum> tag;
• Add an option to bake the RGB primaries conversion;
• Add horizontal/vertical offset for Background layer;
• History render settings loading and comparing;
• Image Info for the history images;
• Save color corrections to a LUT file;

Chaos Cosmos

• Add support for Chaos Cosmos assets within 3ds Max;

VRayMtl

• New translucency modes for based on VRayScatterVolume;

VRayAO

• Add a render element for ambient occlusion;

VRayBackToBeauty

• A render element that expands to the render elements needed for back to beauty compositing;

VRayCoat/VRaySheen

• Render elements for compositing with VRayMtl's Coat and Sheen layers;

VRayDenoiser/vdenoise.exe

• Integrate the Intel Open Image Denoiser;

VRayInstancer

• Support for Thinking Particles as source;

VRayLight

• Add support for additive dome lights;
• Add "Occlude other lights" option;

.vrscene exporter

• Export all camera objects to vrscene;
• Add options to archive and compress scenes with their assets;

V-Ray Camera Lister

• Add a lister tool to manage scene cameras;

V-Ray Material Library browser

• Add a tool for adding custom materials to the local library;

Modified features

V-Ray

• Improve VRayMtl's representation in the viewport;
• Option to render the Physical Material as VRayMtl;
• Preserve opacity, bump and refraction with Override material;

V-Ray GPU

• Rounded corners support with Out-Of-Core geometry
• Support for VRayDirt and VRayCurvature with Out-Of-Core geometry
• Support for VRayFastSSS2 with Out-Of-Core geometry
• Support for VRayALSurfaceMtl with Out-Of-Core geometry
• Support for VRayClipper with Out-Of-Core geometry
• Add support for normal maps in world space

V-Ray GPU/Chaos Cloud

• Support for Forest Color's Tint mapped by a texture;
• Support for tyFlow instances rendering;

VRayCryptoMatte

• Support for Multi/Sub-object materials;