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This page provides details on how to install the standalone version of V-Ray.

 

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Overview

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This guide is to serve as a reference for installing V-Ray Standalone. Please refer to the Glossary section for specific terms used in this document.

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A complete installation of V-Ray Standalone 3.6 consists of:

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  • V-Ray Standalone
  • V-Ray tools
  • V-Ray Standalone SDK
  • Documentation  

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In order to complete a full installation of V-Ray Standalone you need to:

  1. Install the V-Ray Online License Server. We highly suggest using the latest version available at our website. .
  2. Install V-Ray Standalone.

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Preparing for Installation

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Installing

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If you also have a V-Ray USB License dongle attached to your workstation/server, you can utilize those available licenses within the online system.

First, you need to download the WIBU-KEY drivers from the official web site:

http://www.wibu.com/downloads-user-software.html

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V-Ray

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Note: For Mac OS make sure you download the correct driver for your specific version.

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Standalone

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Installing V-Ray Standalone

This section walks you through the steps of installing of V-Ray Standalone for different operating systems using the provided installer.


 

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To install V-Ray Standalone, make sure your Windows account has administrative privileges and double-click the installer to run it:

To complete the installation follow these steps:

 

1. You will be presented with the V-Ray licensing agreement. Please take a moment to review the agreement. Tick

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the I

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accept checkbox to proceed. 

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2. During the next step you will see the installation folder.  You can

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click Customize

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 to adjust some of the installation settings. 

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3. If you choose to adjust the settings you will see the screen below. The options here allow you to specify: 

a.

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 V-Ray

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destination – The location where V-Ray will be installed.

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 Primary/Alternate License Server(s) – Specifies whether the V-Ray license server will run locally or on another machine.

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You will be given fields to specify the IP address of the machine on which the V-Ray License server is running. Please leave the port 30304 unchanged.

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  Common settings for an installation with a local license server and default paths, should look like the screenshot below:

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Once you are ready click Install Now.

 

4. The installer will proceed to uninstall any previous versions and install V-Ray Next Standalone

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. If the installation was successful, you should get the following window.

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Press the Finish

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 button. 

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It may be necessary to log out and log in again so that some of the changes to the environment variables made by the installer can take effect.

 

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To install V-Ray Standalone in Linux, do the following steps:

1. Unpack the contents of the installation archive to a temporary folder (for

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example vray_install_dir).

2. Open a console and navigate to the folder.

3. Make sure you have root permissions or use

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the su or

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the sudo command to run the installation file.

 

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4. Follow the instructions of the installer:

4.1 You will be presented with the V-Ray licensing agreement. Please read carefully the agreement! Tick the I accept checkbox to proceed.

 

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4.2 During the next step you will see the installation folder.  You can click Customize to adjust some of the installation settings.

 

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4.3 f you choose to adjust the settings you will see the screen below. The options here allow you to specify: 

a. V-Ray destination – The location where V-Ray will be installed.

b. Primary/Alternate License Server(s) – Specifies whether the V-Ray license server will run locally or on another machine. You will be given fields to specify the IP address of the machine on which the V-Ray License server is running. Please leave the port 30304 unchanged.

  Common settings for an installation with a local license server and default paths, should look like the screenshot below:

 

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Once you are ready click Install Now.

 

4.4 The installer

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will proceed to uninstall any previous versions and install V-Ray Next Standalone. If the installation was successful, you should get the following window.

 

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 It may be necessary to log out and log in again so that some of the changes to the environment variables made by the installer can take effect.

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To install V-Ray Standalone on Mac OS X, extract the V-Ray installation file in an appropriate folder and double click to run it.

 

1. You will be presented with the V-Ray licensing agreement. Please read carefully the agreement! Tick the I accept checkbox to proceed.


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2. During the next step you will see the installation folder.  You can click Customize to adjust some of the installation settings.


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3. If you choose to adjust the settings you will see the screen below. The options here allow you to specify: 

a. V-Ray destination – The location where V-Ray will be installed.

b. Primary/Alternate License Server(s) – Specifies whether the V-Ray license server will run locally or on another machine. You will be given fields to specify the IP address of the machine on which the V-Ray License server is running. Please leave the port 30304 unchanged.

  Common settings for an installation with a local license server and default paths, should look like the screenshot below:

 

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Once you are ready click Install Now.

 

4. The installer will proceed to uninstall any previous versions and install V-Ray Next Standalone. If the installation was successful, you should get the following window.

 

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It may be necessary to log out and log in again so that some of the changes to the environment variables made by the installer can take effect.