V-Ray 5, update 1 hotfix 3 now available (5.1.3)

[matanov]

Hey guys,

V-Ray 5, update 1 hotfix 3 (V-Ray 5.1.3) is now available for download from our website.


New features:

New VFB

• Implement a functionality for adding VFB color corrections to all render channels with "Separate render channels" output; - yes, we will add the same function for the manual saving in VFB as well.

Modified features:

New VFB

• Sort the channels in the LightMix UI alphabetically;
• LightMix should not reset values whenever possible;

V-Ray Cloud

• Print warning for Blur value of Bitmap maps during the Submit to Chaos Cloud rendering analisys;
• Print a warning for modified texture blurriness value during the Submit to Chaos Cloud rendering analisys;

V-Ray

• Include V-Ray App SDK Python 3 binding in the installation;

VRayVolumeGrid

• Replace the 'Particle Mode' of the Volumetric Shader with single sample probabilistic shade;

Bug fixes:

V-Ray

• Crash in the compact material editor with Shell materials;
• Crash on closing 3ds Max 2022;
• DR option Restart servers on render end is not loaded properly (since V-Ray 5, update 1.2);
• Loading a scene from the VFB history fails to load the units from the file;

V-Ray IPR

• Crash after render to texture while viewport IPR is running;
• Crash when adjusting TextMap during rendering;
• Crash when calculating VRayLightMeter/texture baking during rendering;
• Crash when rendering with specific Forest Pack scene having Corona material;
• Viewport IPR Safe Frame differences with 3ds Max 2022 hotfix 1;

V-Ray GPU IPR

• The entire render is restarted when Region render is stopped;

New VFB

• "vfbcontrol #loadimage" returns control back to the caller before the image is loaded;
• VFB window moves when loading different sized images on 4K monitors

VFB

• Test resolution cuts rendered image in the 3ds Max native frame buffer;

Chaos Cosmos

• Significant slowdown when saving a scene, when the Cosmos communication is blocked by firewall;
• The Cosmos browser slows down 3ds Max startup when Internet connection is absent;

VRayBitmap

• Options for disabling texture filtering are ignored;
• User tags do not work in file names;

VRayBlendMtl

• Duplicated slots in Slate Material Editor;

VRayCryptoMatte

• Crash when trying to use Cryptomatte mask in .vrimgs with duplicated Cryptomatte elements;
• Wrong cryptomatte manifest if geometries have unsupported symbols in their name;

VRayLight

• Adaptive dome light artifacts in scene with V-Ray Dome and multiple IES lights; - this fix will also speed up rendering with ADL up to 30% in some cases!

VRayProxy

• Crash when enabling Tessellate Hair with Alembic hairs and VRayVRMat material;

VRayVolumeGrid

• The results with colored transparency/absorption are incorrect in Volumetric Geometry mode;

VRayZDepth

• Colored lines and artifacts are produced over the z-depth image;

.vrscene exporter

• Negative texture values are clamped when plugged in a Composite map and in a V-Ray Displacement node;

VRayDenoiser/vdenoise.exe

• Blurry results with the NVIDIA AI denoiser;

Installer

• Chaos Cosmos service check if running is incorrect;