This page provides information on installing V-Ray for Maya.
Overview
This guide is to serve as a reference for installation of V-Ray 5.0 for Maya. Please refer to the Glossary section for specific terms used in this document.
If you experience any problems, please check the Troubleshooting section.
A complete installation of V-Ray 5.0 for Maya consists of:
In order to complete a full installation of V-Ray 5.0 for Maya you need to:
Install the License Server or connect to one on your network
Install V-Ray for Maya
Download V-Ray
You can download the latest official version of V-Ray from http://www.chaosgroup.com with the account supplied to you by Chaos Group or your reseller.
If you are a trial user, please refer to the Trial installation of V-Ray for Maya.
Make sure you use the latest version of V-Ray and the License Server.
Installing V-Ray for Maya
This section describes the installation of V-Ray for Maya using the provided installer.
See how to install V-Ray for Maya from a .zip file at Installation from zip.
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.
Operating system | Maya Version | Installer Name |
Windows 64-bit | Maya 2016 | vray_adv_50000_maya2016_x64.exe |
Windows 64-bit | Maya 2016 Ext. 2 | vray_adv_50000_maya2016.5_x64.exe |
Windows 64-bit | Maya 2017 | vray_adv_50000_maya2017_x64.exe |
Windows 64-bit | Maya 2018 | vray_adv_50000_maya2018_x64.exe |
Windows 64-bit | Maya 2019 | vray_adv_50000_maya2019_x64.exe |
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.
2. You will be presented with the V-Ray licensing agreement. Please take a moment to review the agreement. Check the I accept the Agreement checkbox and click Install to proceed with standard installation.
If you need to customize your V-Ray installation, press the Advanced button.
3. If you are installing V-Ray for the first time, you are presented with the License Server installation. Please take a moment to read the License Server Agreement and once ready, accept the agreement. You can skip the License Server installation by pressing the Skip button.
4. Optionally, you can install the Chaos Cloud client. Please take a moment to read the Terms of Service and accept the agreement. You can skip the Chaos Cloud installation by pressing the Skip button.
5. After you click the Install button, the installer will proceed to uninstall any previous versions and install V-Ray on your machine.
If the installer detects any applications that need to be closed, they will be listed before being able to continue. Please close them and click Continue.
6. Now V-Ray 5 is ready to render!
Mac OS X
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.
Operating system | Maya Version | Installer Name |
Mac OS X 64-bit | Maya 2016 | vray_adv_50000_maya2016_mavericks_x64.app |
Mac OS X 64-bit | Maya 2016 Ext. 2 | vray_adv_50000_maya2016.5_mavericks_x64.app |
Mac OS X 64-bit | Maya 2017 | vray_adv_50000_maya2017_mavericks_x64.app |
Mac OS X 64-bit | Maya 2018 | vray_adv_50000_maya2018_mavericks_x64.app |
Mac OS X 64-bit | Maya 2019 | vray_adv_50000_maya2019_mavericks_x64.app |
Before running the installation, make sure your Mac OS account has administrative privileges.
Run the installer.
1. Upon the start of the installation, Mac OS may ask you for permission to run the installer with administrator privileges. Please confirm.
2. You will be presented with the V-Ray licensing agreement. Please take a moment to review the agreement. Check the I accept the Agreement checkbox and click Install to proceed with standard installation.
If you need to customize your V-Ray installation, press the Advanced button.
3. If you are installing V-Ray for the first time, you are presented with the License Server installation. Please take a moment to read the License Server Agreement and once ready, accept the agreement. You can skip the License Server installation by pressing the Skip button.
4. Optionally, you can install the Chaos Cloud client. Please take a moment to read the Terms of Service and accept the agreement. You can skip the Chaos Cloud installation by pressing the Skip button.
5. After you click the Install button, the installer will proceed to uninstall any previous versions and install V-Ray on your machine.
If the installer detects any applications that need to be closed, they will be listed before being able to continue. Please close them and click Continue.
6. Now V-Ray 5 is ready to render!
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:
Operating system | Maya version | Installer name |
Linux 64-bit | Maya 2016 | vray_adv_50000 _maya2016_linux_x64 |
Linux 64-bit | Maya 2016 Ext. 2 | vray_adv_50000 _maya2016.5_linux_x64 |
Linux 64-bit | Maya 2017 | vray_adv_50000 _maya2017_linux_x64 |
Linux 64-bit | Maya 2018 | vray_adv_50000 _maya2018_linux_x64 |
Linux 64-bit | Maya 2019 | vray_adv_50000 _maya2018_linux_x64 |
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.
For example:
$ cd vray_install_dir
$ sudo ./vray_adv_50000_maya2018_linux_x64
follow installer instructions
$ exit
5. Upon the start of the installation, Linux may ask you for permission to run the installer with administrator privileges. Please confirm.
6. You will be presented with the V-Ray licensing agreement. Please take a moment to review the agreement. Check the I accept the Agreement checkbox and click Install to proceed with standard installation.
If you need to customize your V-Ray installation, press the Advanced button.
7. If you are installing V-Ray for the first time, you are presented with the License Server installation. Please take a moment to read the License Server Agreement and once ready, accept the agreement. You can skip the License Server installation by pressing the Skip button.
8. Optionally, you can install the Chaos Cloud client. Please take a moment to read the Terms of Service and accept the agreement. You can skip the Chaos Cloud installation by pressing the Skip button.
9. After you click the Install button, the installer will proceed to uninstall any previous versions and install V-Ray on your machine.
If the installer detects any applications that need to be closed, they will be listed before being able to continue. Please close them and click Continue.
10. Now V-Ray 5 is ready to render!
Some GUI Distributions of Linux may be incompatible with the GUI of the installer. In that case run the installation with -gui=0 attribute.
For example:
$ cd vray_install_dir
$ sudo ./vray_adv_50000_maya2018_linux_x64 -gui=0
follow installer instructions
$ exit
Check your License
When installing the License Server, once the installation is done, you are directed to the License Server local host (http://localhost:3004) in order to sign in and activate it.
The License Server will skip its installation process for two reasons:
- If it detects a previous installation of the Online License Server on your machine.
- If you choose the option Remote V-Ray license server on the network.
For full information on the License Server options and settings, see the Licensing section of the documentation.