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This page provides a table of features supported by Chaos Cloud rendering in 3ds Max.

Overview

These features are supported by Chaos Cloud in 3ds Max.

Supported Features

Cameras

Feature	Chaos Cloud
Motion blur (transformation+deformation) ⁵	✓ (On integer frames)
Camera motion blur ⁵	✓ (On integer frames)
Camera DoF	✓
Perspective	✓
VRayPhysicalCamera	✓
Stereoscopic	✓
Distortion for Physical Camera	✓

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Environment

Feature	Chaos Cloud
Spherical Mapping	✓
Mirror ball mapping	✓
Angular mapping	✓
VRayToon	✓
VRayEnvironmentFog	✓
VRayAerialPerspective	✓
VRaySphereFade	–

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Geometry

Feature	Chaos Cloud
Triangle meshes	✓
VRayProxy	✓
Alembic via proxy	✓
NURBS	✓
Subdivisions	✓
Displacement	✓
VRayFur	✓
Hair&Fur	–
VRayPlane	✓
VRaySphere	–
Particles (with Particle Flow)	✓
X-Ref Scene	✓
VRayInstancer	✓
VRayClipper	✓

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Global Illumination Methods

Feature	Chaos Cloud
Brute Force	✓
Light Cache	✓
Irradiance Map	✓

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Lights

Feature	Chaos Cloud CPU
Lights textures	✓
Skylight portals	✓
V-Ray Lights	✓
Standard Lights	✓
Photometric Lights	✓
Ambient Light	✓
Image based lighting	✓

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Materials

Feature	Chaos Cloud CPU
VRayALSurfaceMtl	✓
VRayBlendMtl	✓
VRayCarPaintMtl	✓
VRayLightMtl	✓
VRayMtl	✓
VRayOverrideMtl	✓
VRay2SidedMtl	✓
VRayMtlWrapper	✓
VRayFastSSS2 (raytraced)	✓
VRayFlakesMtl	✓
VRayGLSLMtl	✓
VRayHairMtl	✓
VRayHairNextMtl	✓
VRayBumpMtl	✓
VRayVRmatMtl	✓
VRayOSLMtl	✓
VRayPluginNodeMtl	✓
VRayStochasticFlakesMtl	✓
VRayScannedMtl	✓
VRayMDLMtl	INITIAL
VRaySwitchMtl	✓
VRayScatterVolume	✓
VRayToonMtl	✓

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Global switches

Feature	Chaos Cloud CPU
Displacement	✓
Lights	–
Hidden lights	✓
Don't render final image	✓
Override depth	–
Override material	✓
Override material exclude list	✓
Force back face culling	–
Shadows	✓
Show GI only	–
Reflection/Refraction	✓
Maps	✓
Glossy effects	✓
Max ray intensity	✓
Filter maps	✓
Secondary rays	✓
Max transp. levels	✓
Transp. cutoff	✓
Light tree and adaptive lights	✓

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Render Elements

Feature	Chaos Cloud CPU
RGB_Color	✓
MultiMatteElement	✓
VRayAlpha	✓
VRayAtmosphere	✓
VRayBackground	✓
VRayBumpNormals	✓
VRayCaustics	✓
VRayCryptomatte	PARTIAL⁶
VRayDenoiser	✓
VRayDRBucket	–
VRayDiffuseFilter	✓
VRayExtraTex	✓
VRayGlobalIllumination	✓
VRayLighting	✓
VRayLightingAnalysis	✓
VRayLightSelect	✓
VRayMatteShadow	✓
VRayMtlID	✓
VRayMtlReflectGlossiness	✓
VRayMtlReflectHilightGlossiness	✓
VRayMtlReflectIOR	–
VRayMtlRefractGlossiness	✓
VRayMtlSelect	✓
VRayNoiseLevel	✓
VRayNormals	✓
VRayObjectID	✓
VRayObjectSelect	–
VRayOptionRE	✓
VRayRawDiffuseFilter	–
VRayRawGlobalIllumination	✓
VRayRawLighting	✓
VRayRawReflection	✓
VRayRawReflectionFilter	–
VRayRawRefraction	✓
VRayRawRefractionFilter	–
VRayRawShadow	✓
VRayRawTotalLighting	✓
VRayReflection	✓
VRayReflectionFilter	✓
VRayRefraction	✓
VRayRefractionFilter	✓
VRayRenderID	✓
VRaySampleRate	✓
VRaySamplerInfo¹	✓
VRaySelfIllumination	✓
VRayShadows	✓
VRaySpecular	✓
VRaySSS2	✓
VRayToon	✓
VRayTotalLighting	✓
VRayUnclampedColor	✓
VRayVelocity	✓
VRayWireColor	✓
VRayZDepth	✓

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Textures

Feature	Chaos Cloud CPU
Bitmap	✓
Cellular	✓
Checker	✓
Color Correction	✓
Composite	✓
Dent	✓
Falloff	✓
Forest Color	✓
Gradient	✓
Gradient ramp	✓
Marble	✓
Mask	✓
Mix	✓
Noise	✓
Output	✓
OSL Map	PARTIAL²
Particle Age	–
Particle MBlur	–
Perlin Marble	–
RGB Multiply	✓
RGB Tint	✓
Smoke	✓
Speckle	✓
Splat	✓
Stucco	✓
Substance	✓ ⁴
Swirl	✓
Tiles	✓
Vertex Color	✓
Waves	✓
Wood	–
Advanced Wood	–
VRayBump2Normal	–
VRayColor	✓
VRayColor2Bump	✓
VRayCompTex	✓
VRayCurvature	✓
VRayDirt	✓
VRayDistanceTex	✓
VRayEdgesTex	✓
VRayFakeFresnelTex	–
VRayGLSLTex	✓
VRayHDRI	✓
VRayHairInfoTex	✓
VRayICC	✓
VRayLUT	✓
VRayMap	– (deprecated)
VRayMultiSubTex	✓
VRayNormalMap	✓
VRayOCIO	✓
VRayOSLTex	✓
VRayParticleTex	✓
VRayPluginNodeTex	✓
VRayPTex	–
VRaySky	✓
VRaySamplerInfoTex	–
VRaySoftBox	✓
VRayTriplanarTex	✓
VRayUserColor	✓
VRayUserScalar	✓
PhoenixFDOceanTex	✓

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Other

Feature	Chaos Cloud CPU
VRayShadow	✓
VRayShadowMap	–
VRayStereoRig	–
VRayLensEffects (VFB)	✓
VRayLightMeter	–
VRayExposureControl	✓
VRayVolumeGrid	✓
Antialiasing	✓
Color Mapping	✓
Render Mask (see Image Sampler)	✓
VFB	✓
G-Buffer	✓
VRayMetaballs	–
UDIM/UVtile texture tags	✓
Anisotropy	✓
Matte objects (with VRayMtlWrapper and object properties)	✓
Include/Exclude Lists for Materials	✓
Include/Exclude Lists for Lights	✓

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3rd Party Plugins

Feature	Chaos Cloud CPU
ForestPro instancing	✓
RailClone instancing	✓
MultiScatter instancing	✓
ColorCorrect	✓
Carbon Scatter	✓
Ornatrix	✓
HairFarm	✓
MultiTexture	✓
Bercon Maps	✓
Forest Color	✓
Anima	✓
GrowFX	✓

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Footnotes

1 – The Sampler Info Render Element supports different UVW Coordinate types through its different pass types. For more details, please see the Sampler Info Render Element page.

2 – It is supported in V-Ray for 3ds Max 2019. Some OSL maps are not supported yet.

3 – Falloff map does not support Shadow/Light type.

4 – Substance2 is supported.

5 – Shutter efficiency is not supported.

6 – VRayCryptomatte RE is supported when rendering with Bucket Image Sampler.