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This page provides information on running V-Ray on a machine that does not have it locally installed. The following instructions apply to 3ds Max 2022 and later. Find instructions for earlier 3ds Max versions at Running V-Ray from an Arbitrary Location.
Overview
Starting with 3ds Max 2022, V-Ray is using a new scheme for packaging Autodesk plugins as described in details here: Autodesk SDK documentation.
Overview
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It is possible to run V-Ray from an arbitrary location, rather than installing it locally. To do so, follow these steps:
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For more information about running V-Ray from a custom location, please refer to the 'Custom folder' section of Autodesk SDK documentation.
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the location where the packages are deployed and it should match the ADSK_APPLICATION_PLUGINS path. For more information about running V-Ray from a custom location, please refer to the 'Custom folder' section of Autodesk SDK documentation.
The preceding steps explain just one of the methods for packaging Autodesk plugins provided by Autodesk, for more information go to: Autodesk SDK documentation. |
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