V-Ray 6, update 2 - now available!

[matanov]

Hey folks!

V-Ray 6, update 2 is now available for download from our website.

[What's new page]

Here are the spotlight videos for some of the major new features:

To keep the tradition, I've bolded the most important entries in this part of the change log (excluding bug fixes).

New Features

V-Ray

• Enscape .vrscene importer (Beta) - expect further development here
• One-click submit to Chaos Cloud - no need to wait for the export and upload to finish for submitting
• Integrate Chaos Scatter 4 in the V-Ray installer
• Render to texture support for denoising
• USD - Support for latest MaxUSD
• USD - Implement a workflow for material override
• Implement Shadow Select Render Elements
• Import IES-type lights from Cosmos
• Introduce adaptivity clamp in order to avoid high sampling in overexposed regions of the image

VRayLight, V-Ray Toolbar

• New V-Ray lister - a great new lister with a potential for new features and categories

V-Ray, VRayVRmatMtl

• Native rendering of MaterialX Material types from MaxUSD - load it through VRayVRmat, 3ds Max MaterialX node or render directly when embedded in USD files

V-Ray, MultiMatteElement, VRayScene

• Multimatte Include/Exclude list support for USDStage

V-Ray, VRayEnvironmentFog

• Add "phase function" functionality to VRayEnvironmentFog

VRayLight

• Add Directional strength parameter for blending diffuse and directional distribution for VRayLight - no more black reflections/refractions of VRayLights with directionality

V-Ray GPU

• VRayEnmesh GPU support
• V-Ray GPU bitmaps caching when rendering animations
• Multiply by opacity for VRayLightMtl in V-Ray GPU
• Support for 3Ds Max Standard light projection map on GPU
• Add support for MultiMatte Render Element on V-Ray GPU grid volume shader
• Add support for VRayCryptomatte Render Element on V-Ray GPU grid volume shader

VFB

• Post chromatic aberration in the VFB
• Add Color to the "Background" layer in VFB

VRayOSL

• Color management support in OSL

VRaySamplerInfoTex

• Additional info options in VRaySamplerInfoTex

V-Ray, V-Ray GPU

• Add support for "Color From Particle Channel"/"Color From RGB Channel" from Phoenix Particle Shader on V-Ray GPU

VRayVolumeGrid

• Add a right-click popup menu with a "Clear" action that would unlink connected objects from Node selector buttons in 3ds Max
• Optimize the rendering of many instanced V-Ray Volume Grids with V-Ray Standalone CPU
• Option to expose the streamline preview as native 3ds Max splines

vdenoise.exe

• Add the upscale option to the standalone denoiser tool

Modified Features

V-Ray

• Improve ForestPack export for a lot of instances- these three should significantly improve rendering with V-Ray GPU and Chaos Cloud, faster export and smaller file sizes
• Optimize ForestPack edge trimming export
• Improve .vrscene export of hidden geometry
• Improve geometry compiling for subdivision surface objects on high core count machines
• Download the missing asset revision used in the project (Cosmos)
• USD - 3ds Max should export assets paths with a forward slash
• Rendering deep images in progressive mode should save a non-deep image regardless
• Improvements for the V-Ray menu Set default MAX V-Ray UI setting
• Change the Render Setup's UI modes labels from "Default" to "Basic"
• Reveal all the options for the camera types in the Camera rollout
• Move VRayProxy's Object hierarchy to a separate dialog
• Add a label when there are no cameras in the scene and using the flyout render button in the VFB
• Scripting access to Override Material Settings
• V-Ray for 3ds Max Japanese localization

V-Ray, V-Ray GPU

• Add separate control for IPR Ray Bundle Size in GPU UI
• Implement edge trimming into the core for V-Ray Standalone and V-Ray GPU
• Export Color Correction settings from Forest Pro Material rollout
• Abort on missing OCIO display corrections
• VRayUVWRandomizer Flip UVs option
• Support for rendering Particle colors based on different channels

V-Ray GPU

• Improved bump mapping for small objects
• Volumetric scattering with anisotropic phase function

VFB

• Allow creation of folders in the main layer stack in VFB
• Add the ability to select and move multiple layers into a folder in VFB
• Add a link in the VFB History panel for enabling it when off
• Copy the current state to the clipboard when a mask' preview is visible as well in VFB
• Remove the ability to change the visibility of a layer by clicking the middle mouse, right-click in VFB
• Remove the middle mouse and right click as an option to select or deselect objects from a mask in VFB
• Option for adding the image alpha when copying to clipboard

VRayClipper

• Pick mesh button in VRayClipper should be disabled while creating the clipper

VRayDecal

• Width takes values greater than the ones that Bend could handle in VRayDecal
• Divide the UI of VRayDecal in groups, add lock aspect ratio button.

VRayIES

• Rearrange VRayIES UI
• Align VRayIES light's default shadow bias value to other V-Ray Lights

VRayLight

• Grey out Target distance when Mesh mode is chosen in VRayLight
• Grey out Targeted parameter when Spherical light is chosen inside VRayLight
• Draw a viewport preview for Finite Dome light's radius value
• Flip the direction of the VRayLight when Alt key is pressed
• Make "Texmap preview" in VRayLight active and able to preview a texture in the viewport
• Add a viewport indicator for VRayLights

VRayMtl

• Gray out IOR controls for metals

VRayMultiSubTex

• VRayMultiSubTex to support randomizing by Tile (BerconTile)

VRayMultiSubTex, VRaySamplerInfoTex

• Add a new mode in VRayMultiSubTex for ID generator textures

VRayPhysicalCamera

• Add Type label in VRayPhysicalCamera settings

VRayPluginNode

• New UI on VRayNoiseTex

VRayVolumeGrid

• In 3ds max, all generated splines from the streamlines preview should have their viewport visibility and render visibility enabled
• Control for automatically setting the Cache Origin and Timeline Origin to the beginning of the loaded sequence
• Move all the on/off switches for the different preview types to the top of the Preview rollout

vdenoise.exe, filter_generator.exe, lens_analyzer.exe, ply2vrmesh.exe, vrimg2exr.exe, imapviewer.exe, img2tiledexr.exe, vrmesh_viewer.exe

• New icons for the tools shipped with V-Ray

[FULL CHANGE LOG] [Wishlist forum section]

[matanov]

We've replaced the official builds on the site with newer ones that include a few urgent fixes (VRayMultiSubTex slots misplace; empty MEs in certain scenarios; crash with instancers with the Japanese version).

[yavor.rubenov]

Hey all,

We've updated the official builds to 6.20.02 with a few fixes and improvements:

Modified features

V-Ray

• Register V-Ray Lister in the V-Ray application menu
• Add MaxScript function to show the V-Ray Lister (vrayShowLister())

Bug fixes

V-Ray

• Square Artifacts with adaptive lights after updating to 6.20.00 in specific scenes
• Artifacts with Subsurface Scattering and Adaptive Lights in specific scenes
• Multiple V-Ray properties items occur in the quad menu when using 3ds Max in languages other than English
• V-Ray for 3ds Max Japanese localization - issues in the file filter when picking .IES files in V-Ray IES lights

V-Ray and Vantage

• Crash with animated ForestPro objects in 3dsMax live link

Chaos Scatter

• Fixed edge trimming for instances of hierarchical/group models (For now edge trimming requires that objects have sub elements)
• Fixed problem with high CPU load and slow viewport update on isolate selection
• Import scatter preset dialog title correction