VRay version & maxscript.

[3DZver]

Help me, please, how to check up version of VRay with maxscript?

(sorry for my bad English)

[dbuchhofer]

the var/command/whatever:
renderers.current

returns this:
VRay_Adv_1_09_03n:VRay_Adv_1_09_03n

you can get it as a string with the (renderers.current as string)..
and you can search it for say Adv by using the

findstring (renderers.current as string) "Adv"

from there you can check it like..

If (findstring (renderers.current as string) "Adv") != undefined then
(
--do whatever you wanted to lock only to the Adv version here..
)

good luck.

[3DZver]

Big thank, dbuchhofer You have very much helped me!

I tried to receive version VRay with fallowing command:

vray ()

For what it is intended and in what cases of her it is possible to apply?

[3DZver]

If (findstring (renderers.current as string) "Adv") != undefined then
(
--do whatever you wanted to lock only to the Adv version here..
)

It shows the version current renderer. How it is possible to receive version VRay if it is not chosen as current renderer? Whether how to receive it is installed VRay and if it is installed - what his version? Excuse for additional questions.

[C00PER]

Hi 3dZver nice to see you here. You can find out whether Vray is installed by finding any vray-related file, for example VRender60.dlr in Plugins directory

[dbuchhofer]

to see which vray is installed i believe you do something like this (I may be wrong.. can check once i get back to work.) anyway, searching for a few of these terms in the maxscript help will set you on the right track.

rendererlist = rendererClass.classes 
-- returns all the installed renderers as an array

for i = 1 to rendererlist.count where (findstring (rendererlist[i] as string) "Vray") != undefined do vrayClass = i
 -- loop through the array until it finds a rendererclass that is Vray.. and mark down that  index..

rendererlist [vrayClass] 
-- that will be the last entry in the list that has the word "Vray" inside it.

[3DZver]

Hi COOPER! I too am glad to see you here. Thank for your advice, but it is a little not that it is necessary for me. dbuchhofer has understood me correctly and has very much helped me.

Many thanks to you dbuchhofer!

The most simple way to receive the version installed VRay:

vray ()

[dbuchhofer]

Yea, I think i misunderstood the question But mabye it'll help someone someday to apply vray as the renderer through maxscript.. Hehe.