V-Ray 3.0 for 3ds Max Beta Open!

[Markus]

man this really sucks!
we still have a decent amount of older renderslaves, which are still good if you have smaller, less memory consuming jobs to render.
now, it doesnt make sense to use them anymore with vray3, because spending extra money for the render-lic doesnt make sense on those older machines.

not sure if this was a smart move chaos group....
Also, I think the amount of render-lics that comes with the main vray lic is way too low. 1 is nothing. why not 10 (like the DR was) or at least 5 lics like you get with maxwell...

I like the idea of the unified model for the slaves to be used from max, maya, etc. But whats with the user version of vray? Does my vray for max grant me to use vray in maya too with vray3.0 ?

[Mokiki]

@PIXELBOX_SRO
On Page 2 vlado said:

The new license server is fully backward compatible with previous V-Ray versions and will work fine. But on the other hand, if you feel uncomfortable, maybe it's better to wait for a few days to see if anything comes up.

So I guess you should be good to go.

[PIXELBOX_SRO]

ah...i remember that post...its very likely concerning those AMDs only

[joconnell]

Yeah you're quite right Martin, one physical machine = 1 license. What Vlado has said though is for machines with more and more cores, there's different builds of vray that can use the cores more efficiently. It might be some of the amd machines where you've got 4 cpus with lots of cores as an example.

[PIXELBOX_SRO]

just summing up if i understand things properly...

when i receive the updated dongle info and install the vray 3.0 alongside the 2.4, it will work and all my nodes shoudl be workging properly with it even if i leave 2.4 vray on them (provided i tend to use vray 3 beta only on my workstation)
can someone confirm this please???

tHANKS!

[PIXELBOX_SRO]

A machine, so it's not per cpu or per core, so you can have a lot of processors in one machine but it'll only take up a single license. With machines that have a lot of cores though (16 upwards maybe?) there's other vray versions that can make better use of them.

what do you mean by those other vray versions John? you got me lost there. Weve got plenty of machines here that have 24 cores....its always takes 1 licence.

[askhamdesign]

Just wondered does it support MultiScatter? Crashes max for me http://rendering.ru/ru_en/plugins/multiscatter.html

[joconnell]

A machine, so it's not per cpu or per core, so you can have a lot of processors in one machine but it'll only take up a single license. With machines that have a lot of cores though (16 upwards maybe?) there's other vray versions that can make better use of them.

[Mats_O]

Might be a stupid question, but please define "a render node".

[michaelwbell]

"V-Ray 2.x licenses will remain active for a 6-month grace period from the date of upgrade to V-Ray 3.0.
A special V-Ray 2.4 build will be available to provide compatibility with V-Ray 3.0 licenses."

Does the mean that after the upgrade even my "old" 2.4 lics are not unlimited rendering anymore?

This is a very, very good question.

[voltron7]

I'm still waking up I suppose! My license server was not running when I tried the first time...worked fine after I turned it on.
Thanks for the answers guys.

[PIXELBOX_SRO]

https://www.google.cz/search?q=repro...Co_H7Aa_yIDACg

second link

[vlado]

Yes, someone already posted how, but it did not work for me...but how do you extract a Wbc file from the dongle?

Open the license server web page in a browser (f.e. if it is running on the same machine, it would be http://localhost:30304 or http://127.0.0.1:30304) and scroll to the bottom of the license server status web page. You will see a link that says "To upgrade your licenses click here" - click on that and follow the instructions on the next pages.

Best regards,
Vlado

[voltron7]

Wbc File

Yes, someone already posted how, but it did not work for me...but how do you extract a Wbc file from the dongle?

[askhamdesign]

Sad to see after using vray since 2003 that we will have to pay out for render nodes, this will make or break the upgrade for me being a small studio

But cant wait to try the Beta!