Backwards compatability

[devin]

I've got a problem, I'm trying to share a file that was created with Vray 2.0 with someone who's using Vray 1.5 SP5. Needless to say it won't open, is there a way around this?

[vlado]

Why would it not open? There might be warnings if you have used some of the features which are not present in V-Ray 1.5 (like the car paint material), but these can be ignored.

Best regards,
Vlado

[devin]

It's looking for Vray RT and this person doesen't have it.

[devin]

It's not giving him any option to ignore the warning either. Can I save out my file without the RT engine?

[joconnell]

Is rt set up as the current renderer? if you have vray advanced for your main and material editor renderer then you should have no issues. In the place i currently work at I've moved vray 2.0 files back to 1.5 and they've failed very gracefully - the vray distance tex map was listed as a missing map, but it never stopped the scene file from opening or allowing me into the vray material to swap distance tex for something else.

[vlado]

Well, go the Render Setup dialog and assign the "Default scanline renderer" as the ActiveShade renderer before saving the scene and it should be fine.

Best regards,
Vlado

[devin]

Yes that was it thanks so much.