show map in viewport (vray 1.5 sp6 & max 2012)

[Yves Adam]

Am I doing something wrong or is something not quite working.
In max 2012 I just can't get show material in viewport working for vray materials ...
standard materials work fine ...

Is this a limitation for 1.5 with 2012 or am I missing a settings/toggle/button somewhere ?

[vlado]

It will only work in DirectX/OpenGL modes. V-Ray 1.5 does not support the Nitrous viewports; however V-Ray 2.0 does (we had to do quite a lot of work on that too).

Best regards,
Vlado

[Yves Adam]

Good to know.

Think it's about time to convince the big man to upgrade to 2.0 finally

[bzubrick]

It will only work in DirectX/OpenGL modes. V-Ray 1.5 does not support the Nitrous viewports; however V-Ray 2.0 does (we had to do quite a lot of work on that too).

Best regards,
Vlado

Some confusion about vray 1.5 not supporting Nitrous. As I understand it Nitrous is used to obtain a "close to render look" in the viewport. When you say 1.5 doesn't support Nitrous, at what level? I have Nitrous enabled and I am able to see vray materials in the viewport with 3ds max default lights, vray plane and vray sphere lights. With vray dome and vray sun/sky the materials show up as black in the viewport. any help would be greatly appreciated.