V-Ray for Maya 2.0 beta

[soulofsound]

Apparently the V-Ray for Maya 2.0 beta is out. I asked Chaosgroup and they told me that Standalone is included and will have the 2.0 features, like GPU rendering, post-production effects. I think that really rocks.

I haven't had any time to play with V-Ray in months, but i will have time to do some testing next month. Maybe some of us can sign up for the beta and check out the possibilities with Andrey?

[Alain]

Re: V-Ray for Maya 2.0 beta

Does the script even work with the new beta 2.0 gpu ?

Kind regards
Alain

[soulofsound]

Re: V-Ray for Maya 2.0 beta

at this point i wouldn't think any of the new features are supported, but we should ask Andrey whether he already has any info on it

[bdancer]

Re: V-Ray for Maya 2.0 beta

soulofsound, currently only Dispersion is supported. Stereo and other stuff is still in stage of porting from max's V-Ray.
Btw, script now supports Spherical Harmonics.

[soulofsound]

Re: V-Ray for Maya 2.0 beta

thanks Andrey

Hoping the GPU rendering + bloom/glare will be supported soon

[geejay]

Re: V-Ray for Maya 2.0 beta

Hi Andrey,

I am thinking about upgrading to 2.0, is there some kind of list which features are supported and which are planned? Is it worth it right now? If Vray-RT works that alone would be worth the upgrade.

Thanks!

[bdancer]

Re: V-Ray for Maya 2.0 beta

is there some kind of list which features are supported

- Dispersion
- CarPaint
- Spherifical harmonics

and which are planned?

- RT realtime scene update
- add new plugins as they are ported to Standalone (not everything ported yet)

Is it worth it right now?

I can't suggest to upgrade or not.

If Vray-RT works that alone would be worth the upgrade.

RT works in 1.5 I guess too.

About realtime scene update:
- there is no easy way to do it in Standalone
- I have to code some additional program that we do this (its really complex - its like rewrite vray.exe) so it will take some time (but I already started

[Alain]

Re: V-Ray for Maya 2.0 beta

V-Ray RT with CPU oder GPU acceleration ?

Does it mean that GPU acceleration is not supported yet ?

Kind regards
Alain

[voytov]

Re: V-Ray for Maya 2.0 beta

RT works for me (I use test builds of 1.5 dated 2011). CPU or GPU, but in GPU mode I don't get V-Ray Sky texture.

Ups..
Excuse me please - didn't notice this thread is on 2.0 entirely.

[soulofsound]

Re: V-Ray for Maya 2.0 beta

voytov, that is interesting nonetheless, cause i thought i would need 2.0 to get RT capability, but it seems this is not the case.

I wonder what the advantage is at this point of upgrading to 2.0. I inquired and the price would be 100 euros. I'd rather buy vb25

[bdancer]

Re: V-Ray for Maya 2.0 beta

RT supports GPU - there is "Use OpenCL" option which turn on GPU usage.

[Alain]

Re: V-Ray for Maya 2.0 beta

Where can I download the V-Ray RT for Maya ?

In the Downloadsection of Chaosgroup there is writting "V-Ray RT for Maya Beta Program is closed. Please apply for V-Ray 2.0 for Maya Beta."
So I downloaded and installed the Demoversion of V-Ray 2.00.4 for Maya2012.
Im using the Blender V-Ray Windows 64 Buil from here: viewtopic.php?f=27&t=441

But I don't find a "Use OpenCL" option in the exportscript.


What do I do wrong ?

Kind regards
Alain

[soulofsound]

Re: V-Ray for Maya 2.0 beta

Did you get the latest export script? It seems you don't have the right vb25.

[voytov]

Re: V-Ray for Maya 2.0 beta

I wonder what the advantage is at this point of upgrading to 2.0.

Soulofsound, I was also hoping I could stick to 1.5 thanks to 2.01 core inside.
For now I can tell about one issue that makes me think about upgrading: https://github.com/bdancer/vb25/issues/30.
If that's the only one though, I will not hurry.

[Alain]

Re: V-Ray for Maya 2.0 beta

Did you get the latest export script? It seems you don't have the right vb25.

yes I did update it with "git pull".

In which register should I find the OpenCL option, in der "Render" register ?

Kind regards
Alain