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  • Windows:
  1. Set the Environment. See the Portable Installation page for more details

  2. Enter vray_builds\myvray_#####_versionmaya####\maya_vray\bin\vray.exe -server in Command Prompt. Replace my_version ##### with your versions of V-Ray and Maya, for example:

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vray_builds\vray_60002_maya2022maya2024\maya_vray\bin\vray.exe -server

 

  • Linux:
  1. Edit the STDROOT and PLUGINS tags in the vray and vrayserver files' scripts. Replace the STDROOT tag in the script with the full path to the vray folder in the portable file. Replace the PLUGINS tag with the full path to the maya_vray folder in the portable fileSet the Environment.

  2. Enter vray_builds/myvray_#####_versionmaya####/vray/bin/vrayserver in Terminal. Replace my_version ##### with your versions of V-Ray and Maya, for example:

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vray_builds/vray_60002_maya2022maya2024/vray/bin/vrayserver

 

  • MacOS:

  1. Edit the STDROOT and PLUGINS tags in the vrayserver file's script. Replace the STDROOT tag in the script with the full path to the vray folder in the portable file. Replace the PLUGINS tag with the full path to the maya_vray folder in the portable fileSet the Environment.

  2. Enter vray_builds/myvray_#####_versionmaya####/vray/bin/vrayserver in Terminal. Replace my_version ##### with your versions of V-ray Ray and Maya, for example:

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vray_builds/vray_60002_maya2022maya2024/vray/bin/vrayserver
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The [STDROOT] and [PLUGINS] tags in the script are normally replaced with their respective directories by the V-Ray installer. However, if you are using a version earlier than V-Ray 6, update 1, and performing a portable installation, it is necessary to manually replace these tags. The [STDROOT] tag needs to be replaced with the full path to the vray folder in the portable file. The [PLUGINS] tag needs to be replaced with the full path to the maya_vray folder in the portable file.

 

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Registering the server service

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Now that everything is set and ready to go, we need to get the additional computers to start listening for render jobs on the network. Run the V-Ray Render Server application that is installed with V-Ray for Maya: Launch  Launch V-Ray render server on all desired render machines. This is found done in the Start Menu if using Windows as shown in the image below.Command Prompt for windows with the following command: C:\Program Files\Chaos Group\V-Ray\Maya 2024 for x64\maya_vray\bin\vray.exe -server

For Linux and macOS, the vrayserver command is used and can be found at at /usr/ChaosGroup/autodesk/maya20nnV-Ray/Maya20NN-x64/vray/bin/ and vrayserver and /Applications/ChaosGroup/AutodeskV-Ray/maya20xxMaya20NN/vray/bin/.vrayserver

 

 

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The executable is a shortcut linked to the vray.exe file with additional flags added to start the render server and open the correct communication port. This manual start process is great if you don't want the computer to render in server mode all the time. However, you'll have to remember to turn it on every time the computer starts up and you need it to render.

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