Vray 3.3 slower than previous version

[vjaramillo]

Has anyone experienced rendering times being slower than previous version or is it just me?

[vlado]

Not generally. With the same settings, it usually renders either at the same speed or faster. If you have a specific scene where it is slower, I'd like to take a look at it.

Best regards,
Vlado

[NicoC]

Hello,

Not here - to us, VRay is faster than ever on both: setup time and render time.

[Alex_M]

Not here. For us 3.3 is faster. Not to mention the time saved not having to fiddle with every single subdiv parameter in materials/lights. Maybe you've got a very specific case where it might exhibit stranger behaviour but for us everything so far is faster and prettier.

[vjaramillo]

I'll have to run a test to confirm.

[padre.ayuso]

Hey Vincent, just have Vlado look at your scene. 3.3 is definitely overall faster and faster to set up. It takes me only minutes after lighting and I don't have to fiddle no more with subdivs, I have stopped worrying about that since 3.3 came out.

[hypotheticalinc]

I have a scene that's about four times slower on 3.3 - it seems to be due to using a Material Wrapper with the option for "shadows" ticked. I have versions from before and after the upgrade I can send that show the problem. I'm guessing it's related to sampling changes?

Should I open a support ticket, or PM someone here?

[vlado]

I have a scene that's about four times slower on 3.3 - it seems to be due to using a Material Wrapper with the option for "shadows" ticked.

Please, send it to me at vlado@chaosgroup.com - it's definitely something that we want to fix.

Best regards,
Vlado

[hypotheticalinc]

Great! I just sent an email with links to the before and after 3.3 conversion.

[vlado]

I got it, thanks! Just looking into it.

Best regards,
Vlado

[hypotheticalinc]

Checking in to see if there's been progress on this - does the new release (3.3.05) address this?

[vlado]

Not yet, still working on it - I will let you know when I have updates.

Best regards,
Vlado