V-Ray 3.0 for 3ds Max Beta Open!

[super gnu]

but do i understand correctly.. no more free network rendering?! you have to pay an extra 250 euros a node?! does this include for DR?


if so thats the first thing chaosgroup have ever done that i dont approve of.

[alexyork]

upgrade price info

http://vray.info/news/article.asp?ID=557

"Customers upgrading from V-Ray 1.5 and V-Ray 2.0 will have several cost effective options. V-Ray 1.5 upgrades start at $980/€700; while V-Ray 2.0 upgrades start at $420/€300. Users who purchased V-Ray 2.0 for 3ds Max between 4 August 2013 and the V-Ray 3.0 for 3ds Max official release date will be eligible for a free upgrade."

Upgrade price seems very reasonable indeed for what we're getting. Excellent news.

[sandykoufax]

upgrade price info

http://vray.info/news/article.asp?ID=557

"Customers upgrading from V-Ray 1.5 and V-Ray 2.0 will have several cost effective options. V-Ray 1.5 upgrades start at $980/€700; while V-Ray 2.0 upgrades start at $420/€300. Users who purchased V-Ray 2.0 for 3ds Max between 4 August 2013 and the V-Ray 3.0 for 3ds Max official release date will be eligible for a free upgrade."

detailed info about prices
http://www.chaosgroup.com/en/2/vray3_beta.html#tab3

[super gnu]

so how di you have it if youve not found your "wbc" file? its asking me for it to register...

[alexyork]

well of course im trying to sign up on the spot, but where the hell do i find my dongle WBC file?

Yes I've no idea where this is?

[alexyork]

Question for the team: is it possible to run this beta alongside 2.4 safely?

[super gnu]

well of course im trying to sign up on the spot, but where the hell do i find my dongle WBC file?

[alexyork]

http://www.v-ray.com/features/faster-ray-tracing/

Did I just witness dynamically shrinking bucket sizes as a render progressed? Yes I did! And what an amazing speed improvement too....

Can't see a preview of the new Render Subset though... hope it made it to the beta? The Render Mask feature looks excellent though.

[sandykoufax]

http://www.v-ray.com/

At finally more official information!