Vray renderer names for maxscript

[Klaas Nienhuis]

Hi,

I'm building a script which does texturebaking. In order to correctly support vray, I need to detect if a viable vray version has been activated. I use renderers.current to get the current renderer and compare the result with a list of allowed versions. If it matches with "V_Ray_Adv*" I'm fine. If it matches with "V_Ray_RT*" I can't do texturebaking. My client also notified me that some users might have "V_Ray_Edu*" which also does texturebaking. Now I'm wondering if there are any more flavors of these names I have to check for. Or am I covering all versions with these three names?

Thanks,
Klaas

[tashko.zashev]

V-Ray RT engine doesn't support baking. You have to use the V-Ray Advanced one.

[Klaas Nienhuis]

Yes, I found that out the hard way.
What I meant to ask is: when identifying the production renderer, are there any other flavors of vray for 3dsMax available than "V_Ray_Adv*", "V_Ray_RT*" and "V_Ray_Edu*"? I need to know I'm covering all possible vray versions and exclude the ones which can't do baking, such as RT.
Klaas

[tashko.zashev]

Hi Klaas,

There are two more choices to add V-Ray Demo and V-Ray NFR in order to complete the list.
Sorry for my misunderstanding. Hope this is what you need.

[Klaas Nienhuis]

That's exactly what I need. Thanks!
I assume the Demo and NFR (Not For Resale?) version are capable of texture baking, is that correct?
So if checking for the renderer names we've got:

• "V_Ray_Adv*"
• "V_Ray_Edu*"
• "V_Ray_Demo*"
• "V_Ray_NFR*"
• "V_Ray_RT*"

And only the RT version doesn't bake.

[tashko.zashev]

Hi,

I assume the Demo and NFR (Not For Resale?) version are capable of texture baking, is that correct?

Yes, both of them but with watermark.

And only the RT version doesn't bake.

Yes.