V-Ray Standalone on Linux with 3DS Max plugins: GrowFX, Phoenix, ForestPackPro

[bhouston]

Hi all,

I was wondering whether it is possible to combine the use of V-Ray Standalone used a DR Slaves on Linux with Windows-based 3DS Max scenes that use plugins like Phoenix FD and GrowFX and Forestpack Pro. Is the geometry/material representations created by GrowFX and Forestpack Pro able to be represented in the *.vrscene file that is transfered to the Linux machines?

Is there someplace that discusses the limitations of what can be rendered using V-Ray Standalone?

I think that because Phoenix FD is a ChaosGroup product, one can likely install the Phoenix FD plugin on the V-Ray Standalone nodes?

V-Ray DR is so awesome, and I know it generally works cross-platform, but does it work even with these types of 3DS Max plugins like these?

Thanks for any help.

Best regards,
Ben Houston

[vlado]

You can easily check by rendering those effects in V-Ray RT CPU. Whatever renders in RT, can be rendered 1:1 by the standalone. Plugins like ForestPro, RailClone and MultiScatter are supported as far as geometry is concerned, but their specific textures will not render. Phoenix will generally translate, but you need a newer version of V-Ray and Phoenix. GrowFX, if it produces regular 3ds Max meshes in the end, should translate fine.

Best regards,
Vlado

[bhouston]

Thanks so much for the accurate and helpful answer!
-ben