Maya instantly crashes when creating a V-Ray material or attempting to render (Also can't post to other forums)

[ChrisBruin]

I was part of the V-Ray Next Beta, and I finally got around to purchasing a monthly subscription for my next project. I uninstalled the old beta, then installed the newest version (hotfix 2, Feb 27th).

As the title states, Maya is crashing immediately when I assign any V-Ray material to an object, as well as crashing instantly when hitting the render button. Example:

1. I launch a fresh version of Maya
2. I create a cube in an empty scene
3a. I assign a V-Ray material
or
3b. I click the render button
or
3c. I open the Hypershade, and create a V-Ray material
4. Maya crashes


I'm running Maya 2018.3, and have V-Ray loaded in my Plugin Manager, as well as set to the default renderer.

As well, I am unable to post to any other forum as well. I just bought a license yesterday, and if I lose a whole weekend of productivity... not happy

[yolov]

We don't have other reports about such an issue. It sounds like the installation may be corrupt in some way, and there's a few things you can try.
1. Uninstall V-Ray
2. Make sure there are no files form the V-Ray installation left on your machine
--> if this is Windows, then make sure there's no vray folder in C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Maya2018 and that there's no Maya 2018 for x64 folder in C:\Program Files\Chaos Group\V-Ray
--> for the other operating systems, it's /usr/autodesk and /usr/ChaosGroup/ for Linux and /Applications/Autodesk and /Applications/ChaosGroup for macOS. You can check the default installation paths in our docs: https://docs.chaosgroup.com/display/...V-Ray+for+Maya
--> if you've not installed on the default location - check the path where you installed V-Ray
3. Install V-Ray again.

[ChrisBruin]

Thanks, that fixed it! Super weird, and I'm still disappointed about losing my whole weekend trying to troubleshoot this...

[yolov]

I'm sorry you lost all that time, but I'm glad it's fixed now.