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To run V-Ray, you have to:

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Overview

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This guide provides steps

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on installing V-Ray for Maya.

Overview

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Trial users should refer to the Trial installation of V-Ray

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You can download the latest official version of V-Ray 5.0 from http://www.chaosgroup.com with the account supplied to you by Chaos Group or your reseller.

for Maya

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, as the process differs from the one shown here.

Refer to this page if you use the Personal Learning Edition of V-Ray for Maya.

The V-Ray installer can be unpacked and used as a portable version.


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Please check the system requirements before installation. The V-Ray installer will automatically remove any previous versions.

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If you experience any problems,

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See how to install V-Ray for Maya from a .zip file at Installation from zip. 

 

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 please check the Troubleshooting section.

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Installing V-Ray for Maya gives you access to: 

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    Next, Update 1 for Maya (V-Ray 4.1) and later

     

      In order to complete a full installation of V-Ray 5.0 for Maya you need to:

    1. Install the License Server or connect to one on your network

    2. Install V-Ray for Maya

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    OS Specifics


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    Before running the installation, make sure your Windows account has administrative privileges.

    Run the installer. Windows may ask you for permission to run the installer with administrator privileges. Please confirm.

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    Before running the installation, make sure your macOS account has administrative privileges.

    Mount the downloaded .dmg file by double-clicking it and running the V-Ray Installer.

    Follow the instructions of the installer.


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    Use the latest version of the Chaos License Server with the latest version of V-Ray.

     

    Installing V-Ray for Maya

    This section describes the installation of V-Ray for Maya using the provided installer.

     

    Windows

    The V-Ray installer will automatically remove any previous installations. This will allow you to seamlessly upgrade from previous versions. If you experience problems you can manually uninstall the previous versions to perform a clean install. For more information please refer to the Uninstall V-Ray page.

     

    Before running the installation, make sure your Windows account has administrative privileges.

    Run the installer.

    1. Upon the start of the installation, Windows may ask you for permission to run the installer with administrator privileges. Please confirm.

     

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    Starting with version 5.20.00, V-Ray is notarized. For earlier versions, information on how to run the macOS installer safely on macOS Catalina and later can be found on the Installation of Chaos Cloud Rendering Client App page or in Apple's How to open an app that hasn’t been notarized or is from an unidentified developer article.

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    Open a terminal and navigate to the location where the installation file was saved (vray_install_dir in the example below).

    Ensure you have permitted the Installer to run as an executable. That is done with the command chmod +x.

    Follow the instructions of the installer.


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$ exit

    Some Linux GUI distributions may not be compatible with the installer's GUI. In that case, run the installation with the -gui=0 attribute.

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$ exit


    Running the Installer


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    End User License Agreement

    Please take a moment to review the

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    License Agreement.

    Once you've carefully read the License Agreement, you can click "I accept the Agreement" if you agree to the terms. Proceed to click the Install button.

    If you need to customize your V-Ray installation,

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    click the Advanced button. 

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    V-Ray type

    The available installation types are:

    Full – This is a full installation and includes

    Advanced settings

    Full – Includes all components as described in the

    “Installation overview”

    Overview section. It will allow you to use V-Ray in Maya

    do Distributed or Network Rendering

    , run

    IPR render server, use

    V-Ray

    SDK, and have  

    Standalone or a V-Ray

    license server on this machine.

    render server for Distributed or Network Rendering.


    Standalone only

     – An installation which includes

    – Installs only V-Ray Standalone and

    IPR

    V-Ray render server.

    Please choose

    Choose this option if you

    plan to

    only use this machine

    only

    for Distributed Rendering

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    Add firewall exceptions – Automatically add firewall exceptions so Distributed Rendering and V-Ray Standalone

    and an IPR render server.

    can run uninterrupted.

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    Directories

    & Feedback 

    Here, you can specify the installation paths. Please check if the default folders are correct.

     

    Help make V-Ray even better –

     

    Participate in the improvement decisions for future

    version

    versions of V-Ray.

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    No intelligence property is violated when agreeing to participate in the feedback program.

    We do

    Chaos does not gather scenes, assets, materials, etc.

    What we receive is user preferences on just a few key render settings and the resulting render times. The point of this feature is to improve V-Ray's performance and the user experience. This

    This preference can be changed

    at any time later on from the V

    anytime from V-Ray Render Settings > Settings > About V-Ray > Feedback program settings.

     

    For more information, see

    the 

    the Chaos

    Group

    Telemetry

     page

    page.

     

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    Licensing

     

     

    In this step,

    you can

    specify whether the

    V-Ray license server will run

    Chaos License Server runs locally or on another machine.

    If you select

    the option Remote you will

    Remote licensing, you have to

    fill in

    enter the IP address of your

    V-Ray license server

    Chaos License Server in the

    field 

    Primary License Server field.

    Please leave the

    Leave port 30304 unchanged.

    An 

    An Alternate License Server

     is used when

    can be used for redundancy in case the primary one does not respond.

     

     

    3. After you choose the installation type you can click the “Customize” button and adjust the corresponding installation settings. If you have selected the Full installation, you will see the full list of customizable settings:

    Uninstall previous installations - Leave enabled to automatically uninstall any previous versions.

    Install Chaos Cloud Client – Enable this option to start installation of Chaos Cloud Client. By default this option is enabled. If the installer detects a Chaos Cloud Client app on your machine, this option shows as disabled. 

    Help us improve V-Ray – Specifies whether you agree to send anonymous information to us about the way you use V-Ray for Maya. Click on More Info and then Install Now to learn more about our customer feedback program. See the Chaos Group Telemetry page for more details.

    How are you going to connect to the V-Ray license server – Specifies whether the V-Ray license server will run locally or on another machine. If you select “Remote V-Ray license server on the network” 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.

    Specify installation paths – Use to confirm the default folders are correct.

    Add firewall exceptions – Automatically adds firewall exceptions so IPR for Maya and V-Ray Standalone can run uninterrupted.

    Common settings for Full installation for Maya 20xx with a local license server and default paths, should look like the screenshot below:

     

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    4. The installer will detect and list any applications that need to be closed. Please close them and click Install Now.  

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

    6. If the installation was successful, you will get this screen.  

     

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    7. Press the Finish button.

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    If you opted for Chaos Cloud Client installation, it will start right after the V-Ray installation. 

     

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    To install V-Ray unpack the installation archive, double-click the dmg file to mount it and run the installer.

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    Maya 2016

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    vray_adv_43000_maya2016_mavericks_x64.app

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    Maya 2016 Ext. 2

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    vray_adv_43000_maya2016.5_mavericks_x64.app

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    Maya 2017

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    vray_adv_43000_maya2017_mavericks_x64.app

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    Maya 2018

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    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. Check the I accept checkbox and click Next to proceed:

     

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    2. During the next step you can choose the installation type. The available installation types are:

    Full – A full installation and includes V-Ray for Maya, IPR for Maya, V-Ray Standalone, V-Ray SDK, V-Ray Tools and Documentation.  It will allow you to use V-Ray in Maya, do Distributed or Network Rendering,  run IPR render server, use V-Ray SDK, and use the different V-Ray Tools.
    Standalone only – An installation which includes V-Ray Standalone and IPR render server. Please choose this option if you plan to use this machine only for Distributed Rendering with V-Ray Standalone and an IPR render server.

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    3 After you choose the installation type you can click the “Customize” button and adjust the corresponding installation settings.  If you have selected the Full installation, you will see the full list of customizable settings: The installer will detect and list any applications that need to be closed. Please close them and click Install Now.

    Uninstall previous installations – Leave enabled to automatically uninstall any previous versions.

    Install Chaos Cloud Client – Enable this option to start installation of Chaos Cloud Client. By default this option is enabled. If the installer detects a Chaos Cloud Client app on your machine, this option shows as disabled. 

    How are you going to connect to the V-Ray license server – Specifies whether the V-Ray license server will run locally or on another machine. If you select “Remote V-Ray license server on the network” 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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    The License Server will not install when the Remote option is selected. When Local licensing is selected, the Chaos License Server is installed with V-Ray.

    For information about the advanced Chaos License Server installation settings, visit the Advanced Installation page.

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    Chaos License Server Options

    At this step, you can choose where to install the Chaos License Server.

    Migrate data during installation – When enabled, it transfers all of your settings made with older versions of the License Server, such as proxy settings, etc. Disabling this option makes a clean install of License Server with any custom settings from previous installations reset to their defaults.

    Add firewall exception – Allows the default licensing port (TCP 30304) in the firewall. If you disable it at this step, you must manually add firewall exceptions later. This option is available for Windows OS only.

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    Next Step

    Go to step 2 to activate your Chaos License.


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

    5. If the installation was successful, you will get this screen.

     

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    Register the V-Ray render slave – Registers V-Ray Standalone as a service and automatically start upon the Mac OS X boot. In this case the V-Ray Standalone server will run in the background as a service and there will be no need to run it manually. You will be able to use this machine as a render slave.

    6. Press the Finish button.

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    If you opted for Chaos Cloud Client installation, it will start right after the V-Ray installation. 

    Linux

    1. Unpack the contents of the installation archive to a temporary folder (called vray_install_dir below);

    2. Open a console and navigate to that folder;

    3. Make sure you have root permissions or use the su or the sudo command and run the installation file in the directory for the respective Maya version:

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    4. Follow the instructions of the installer; if you had a previous version of V-Ray for Maya, the installer will try to automatically remove it first.

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    $ cd vray_install_dir
    $ sudo ./vray_adv_40301_maya2018_linux_x64
    follow installer instructions
    $ exit

    5. You will be presented with the V-Ray licensing agreement. Please take a moment to review the agreement. Check the I accept checkbox and click Next to proceed.

     

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    6. During the next step you can choose the installation type. The available installation types are:

    Full – A full installation and includes V-Ray for Maya, IPR for Maya, V-Ray Standalone, V-Ray SDK, V-Ray Tools and Documentation. It will allow you to use V-Ray in Maya, do Distributed or Network Rendering,  run IPR, use V-Ray SDK, and use the different V-Ray Tools.
    Standalone only – An installation which includes V-Ray Standalone and IPR render server. Please choose this option if you plan to use this machine only for Distributed Rendering with V-Ray Standalone and an IPR render server.

     
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    7. After you choose the installation type you can click the Customize button and adjust the corresponding installation settings.  If you have selected the Full installation, you will see the full list of customizable settings:

    Uninstall previous installations – Leave enabled to automatically uninstall any previous versions.

    Install Chaos Cloud Client – Enable this option to start installation of Chaos Cloud Client. By default this option is enabled. If the installer detects a Chaos Cloud Client app on your machine, this option shows as disabled. 

    How are you going to connect to the V-Ray license server – Specifies whether the V-Ray license server will run locally or on another machine. If you select “Remote V-Ray license server on the network” 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.

    Specify installation paths – Use to confirm the default folders are correct.

    Common settings for Full installation for Maya 20xx with a local license server and default paths, should look like the screenshot below:

     
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    8. If the installation was successful, you will get this screen.

     

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    Register the V-Ray render slave – Registers V-Ray Standalone as a service and automatically start when the machine boots. In this case the V-Ray Standalone server will run in the background as a service and there will be no need to run it manually. You will be able to use this machine as a render slave.

    9. Press the Finish button.

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    If you opted for Chaos Cloud Client installation, it will start right after the V-Ray installation. 

     

    Some GUI Distributions of Linux may be incompatible with the GUI of the installer. In that case run the installation with -gui=0 attribute.

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    $ cd vray_install_dir
    $ sudo ./vray_adv_40301_maya2018_linux_x64 -gui=0
    follow installer instructions
    $ exit

     

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