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The Portable installation allows for setting a custom environment when starting each instance. To compare, running the regular installation multiple times overwrites the V-Ray environment variables.
The Portable installation can be used to run V-Ray and V-Ray Standalone from any location or even a network drive. That way, multiple users can start V-Ray and V-Ray Standalone using just a script that sets up the environment variables without the need to run local installations.
Upgrading a Portable installation is a lot easier too, as you don't need to run the installer on every user's computer.
The Portable installation allows for quick switching between different V-Ray Standalone versions without reinstalling it.
When using V-Ray from a Portable installation, the EULA needs to be accepted to start a render.
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Please note that the Portable installation is derived from unpacking the V-ray Standalone installation file(.exe). It is not the same as a zip installation. |
Required steps to run V-Ray Standalone
To create a Portable installation, you need to:
1. Download a V-Ray Standalone installation file. Click the button to do so.
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2. Unpack the installation file. See the Unpack the installation file section of this page for more information.
3. Set up the environment variables needed to run V-Ray Standalone. See the Environment setup section of this page for more information.
4. Set up your license. Visit the Licensing section to find out how.
5. Run V-Ray Standalone.
Unpacking the installation file
NOTE that the cases here show example versions of V-Ray Standalone. The version you are using might differ.
Unpacking the installation creates three folders in your specified location, which you can later use to install V-Ray Standalone on any computer and in any location you like. Here is a detailed step-by-step guide:
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Environment setup
Before you run V-Ray Standalone, you need to set up an environment. There are some specific steps to consider. The license setup is the last requirement, as V-Ray needs to be instructed where to look for a valid license.
Please read the sections below for more information and examples.
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Tags
The [STDROOT] and [PLUGINS] tags in the script are normally replaced with their respective directories by the V-Ray installer. However, but when if you are using a version earlier than V-Ray 6, update 1, and performing a portable installation, you need it is necessary to manually replace them manuallythese tags. The 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. The tags are located in the following files:
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If you want to use any additional tools like the standalone denoiser, or the VRIMG to OpenEXR converter, etc., then also add <unpacked_location>/vray/bin to the PATH environment variable.
Please note that by default the V-Ray installer will set the TdrLevel (that is GPU timeout detection and recovery) to 0 (disabled).
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Please note that this environment variable is optional. If nothing is specified, the default auth client file path is used. |
For the case where using the environment variable is the best option for you and you need to create the vrlclient.xml file manually, the example below shows what it should contain:
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Please note that by default the V-Ray installer sets the TdrLevel (that is GPU timeout detection and recovery) to 8 (seconds of delay). Installing V-Ray from a portable installation may require the user to manually change this registry entry and should optionally have the full path to the registry. |