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Phoenix FD for Maya comes in 2 build types - compatible with V-Ray 3 and V-Ray Next. If you don't have V-Ray, it does not matter at all which one you install - Phoenix would still be able to simulate, load, save and preview caches. If you do have V-Ray 3 or V-Ray Next, please take care to install a matching Phoenix build. Note that reading textures during simulation, e.g. by Sources, Mappers, etc, would be faster if you also have V-Ray installed. |
Windows
| Processor | Intel® Pentium ® IV or compatible processor with SSE4.2 support. |
| RAM | 8 GB RAM and 8 GB swap minimum – recommended 32 GB or more RAM, 32 GB or more swap file |
| USB port | Required for dongle licensing, USB 2.0 or newer |
| TCP/IP | Only IPv4 is supported. IPv6 is currently not supported. |
| Chaos License Server | 4.5.1 or later |
The following table shows the versions of Autodesk Maya and operating systems on which Phoenix FD is supported. Note that Phoenix FD is only supported for 64 bit operating systems and 64 bit versions of Maya.
| Version of Maya | Supported Operating System | Maya 2015 x64, SP6 | Windows ® 7 SP1, Windows ® 8, and Windows ® 8.1 Professional|
| Maya 2016 x64 | Windows ® 7 SP1, Windows ® 8.1 Professional, and Windows ® 10 Professional | ||
| Maya 2017 x64 | Windows ® 7 SP1 and Windows ® 10 Professional | ||
| Maya 2018 x64 | Windows ® 7 SP1 and Windows ® 10 Professional | ||
| Maya 2019 x64 | Windows ® 7 SP1 and Windows ® 10 Professional |
Linux
| Processor | Intel ® Pentium ® IV or compatible processor with SSE4.2 support. |
| RAM | 8 GB RAM and 8 GB swap minimum – recommended 32 GB or more RAM, 32 GB or more swap file |
| USB port | Required for dongle licensing, USB 2.0 or newer |
| TCP/IP | Only IPv4 is supported. IPv6 is currently not supported. |
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| Maya | 2015 x64Red Hat ® Enterprise Linux® 6.2 WS, Fedora™ 14, or CentOS 6.2 | Maya2016 x64 | Red Hat ® Enterprise Linux® 6.5 WS, or CentOS 6.5 |
| Maya 2017 x64 | Red Hat ® Enterprise Linux® 6.5 and 7.2 WS, or CentOS 6.5 and 7.2 | ||
| Maya 2018 x64 | Red Hat ® Enterprise Linux® 6.5 and 7.2 WS, or CentOS 6.5 and 7.2 | ||
| Maya 2019 x64 | Red Hat ® Enterprise Linux® 7.2 WS, or CentOS 7.2 |
Hardware Advice for Faster Simulating
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| Maya Version | Installer Name | Maya 2015 | phoenixFD_adv_30400_maya2015_vray_30_centos6|
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| Maya 2016 | phoenixFD_adv_30400_maya2016_vray_30_centos6 | ||
| Maya 2017 | phoenixFD_adv_30400_maya2017_vray_30_centos6 | ||
| Maya 2018 | phoenixFD_adv_30400_maya2018_vray_30_centos6 | ||
| Maya 2019 | phoenixFD_adv_30400_maya2019_vray_30_centos7 |
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3. If you don't already have a ChaosGroup License Server installed on your machine or if you have an older version, you should install the one included with the zip package of Phoenix for Maya (vrlservice_installer.exe or vrlservice_installer.bin for Linux), or download the latest License Sever from chaosgroup.com. To make sure that your license server is up and running and you have the necessary licenses, please proceed to the Set Up Your Phoenix FD License page.
Simulation Slaves and V-Ray Licenses
Running Phoenix FD simulations without rendering will still consume a V-Ray license for reading textures for the simulation. This can be turned off from the Phoenix Preferences (it's on by default), which can be found in the Phoenix menu, but it will make the sampling of textures a lot slower. However, this would be a way for machines that are only used as simulation slaves to assist in calculating sims and would not consume V-Ray licenses unless actually rendering.