What you can’t do with VRAY

[skogzort]

Hello,
I’m interested in buying VRAY, but there is no demo for Max5, only the free version which does not do much, so I need to ask this question:

What do you have to sacrifice when you use VRAY instead of Scanline?

I notice that I can’t use “Render Elements” if I use VRAY (free) and I read that "Volume lighting" will also not work with VRAY.

What else(materials, lights, shadows, effects, etc.) works with Max Scanline but does not work with VRAY?

Thank you much for the info!

[Nenad]

Hi Skogzort,

The standard raytrace materials won't work in V-Ray, but it has it's own built-in material which does reflections/refractions.

Also, with V-ray, it is recomended to use it's native shadows. They work very well and can be very sharp (as ray traced shadows) or soft, according to your needs and are computed very quickly.

Regards,

Nenad

[TishoChaos]

I read that "Volume lighting" will also not work with VRAY.

Volulme lighting works with VRay - check out Evermotion - they posted recently a tutorial about this.

[architek01]

good questions.. I'm trying to find a demo version for max 5...anyone have it ? Iheard there is a full version for max 5 but theres no way i'm dropping 800 dollars on software that i cant try out first. If there is not a max 5 demo, well, discret will get my dough instead of chaos..... I sent them an email asking if there is a max 5 demo out therr still, but havent heard back.....

[trixian]

Max 5? 800$?

[architek01]

Max 5? 800$?

hehe .. i wish. i was just saying if i have to upgrade max to get vray, i wont have enough loot left to get the plugin

[Nenad]

But aren't you thinking of upgrading to 7.5 anyway? Max5 is becoming a little obsolete now and, progressively, there will be less and less plugins supporting it.