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We've released V-Ray 5, Update 2.1 with a number of improvements and bug fixes.
The builds are available to download on the Chaos website.
On the USD side, V-Ray 5 for Maya, Update 2.1 brings you support for both exporting light texture files as well as for exporting VRayDisplacement.
Additionally, we’ve added an option for controlling whether to project on the back side of your model in VRayDecal and added support for the texture mode of the lens distortion option in Physical Camera on V-Ray GPU. We have also updated the local anisotropy axis for VRayMtl in Viewport 2.0, improved the Cryptomatte implementation to be more precise and added many more improvements and bug fixes.
Here's the full changelog:
New features:
(*) V-Ray GPU: Support for the texture mode of the lens distortion option in Physical Camera;
(*) VRayDecal: Added an option for back side projection in VRayDecal;
Modified features:
(*) Cryptomatte: New more robust Cryptomatte implementation;
(*) Material importer: Added support for real world scaling when importing Cosmos materials;
(*) Chaos Cloud: Changed defaults for cloud submit window to be single camera and single layer;
(*) V-Ray GPU: TotalLight Render Element now available with V-Ray GPU;
(*) V-Ray: Changed the default Compensate Energy in VRayHairNextMtl to OFF;
(*) USD: Improved the V-Ray chaser UI;
(*) USD: Support for exporting VRayDisplacement via chaser now available in the UI;
(*) USD: Support for exporting light texture files to USD;
(*) V-Ray GPU: Reduced kernel compilation times by up to 60%;
(*) VRayLightDome, VrayLightIES, VRayMeshLight: Show Atmospheric contribution controls in GPU UI for V-Ray lights;
(*) Viewport 2.0: Updated the local anisotropy axis for VRayMtl in Viewport 2.0;
(*) Chaos Cosmos: Proxies from assets are now with a nicer name;
Bug fixes:
(*) V-Ray: Fixed V-Ray not utilizing more than 64 threads in some cases on Windows 11;
(*) V-Ray: Fixed reversed bump in reflections;
(*) V-Ray: Support UDIM textures with more than 99 tiles in one dimension;
(*) VRayScene: Fixed Preview for Node not supported error when loading vrscene;
(*) Installer: Fix font style in the installer on MacOS;
(*) VFB: Fixed crash with VFB Clear log when a search is open;
(*) VFB: Fixed crash with IPR rendering and VFB Log set to All when using High DPI scaling;
(*) VFB: Fixed VFB2 log verbosity level resetting to 0 after crash;
(*) Chaos Cosmos: Fixed assets imported with wrong offset and translate frame placement attributes;
(*) Chaos Cosmos: Fixed materials category in Cosmos disappearing when multiple Maya sessions are open;
(*) Chaos Cosmos: Fixed button for minimizing of the Cosmos Browser disabled on Linux and macOS;
(*) Chaos Cosmos: Fixed Drag and Drop of Cosmos assets to the Maya Viewport on Linux and MacOS;
(*) USD: Fixed rendering an anonymous USD layer;
(*) USD: Fixed error when rendering empty USD layer;
(*) USD: Fixed crash when rendering different USD files with VRayScene and mayaUsdProxy in the same scene on Linux/MacOS (regression);
(*) V-Ray GPU: Fixed black Light Cache prepass on high resolution renders;
(*) V-Ray GPU: Fixed standalone from Maya installation failing to render with GPU;
(*) V-Ray GPU/LPE: Fixed LPE not capturing scattered self illumination of EnvironmentFog or VolumeGrid;
(*) V-Ray GPU: Fixed crash with multiple instances of VRayDecal;
(*) V-Ray GPU: Fixed crash in V-Ray GPU IPR when moving camera;
(*) V-Ray GPU: Fixed memory leak with Light Cache Subdivs;
(*) V-Ray GPU, VRayDirt: Fixed VRayDirt objects casting shadows even with shadows disabled;
(*) VRayHairNextMtl, V-Ray GPU: Fixed different GI results with enabled/disabled render elements and HairNextMtl;
(*) V-Ray: Fixed unnecessary prompt for EULA in Maya 2018;
(*) V-Ray GPU: Textured VRayDecal does not work with on-demand-mip-mapped mode;
(*) V-Ray GPU: The Light Mix render element does not work correctly on GPU when Auto Exposure is enabled;
(*) V-Ray: Fixed drag and drop of Cosmos assets to the Maya Viewport on Linux and MacOS;
(*) V-Ray: Materials category in Cosmos disappears when multiple Maya sessions are open;
(*) V-Ray: Crash when rendering different USD files with VRayScene and mayaUsdProxy in the same scene;
The builds are available to download on the Chaos website.
On the USD side, V-Ray 5 for Maya, Update 2.1 brings you support for both exporting light texture files as well as for exporting VRayDisplacement.
Additionally, we’ve added an option for controlling whether to project on the back side of your model in VRayDecal and added support for the texture mode of the lens distortion option in Physical Camera on V-Ray GPU. We have also updated the local anisotropy axis for VRayMtl in Viewport 2.0, improved the Cryptomatte implementation to be more precise and added many more improvements and bug fixes.
Here's the full changelog:
New features:
(*) V-Ray GPU: Support for the texture mode of the lens distortion option in Physical Camera;
(*) VRayDecal: Added an option for back side projection in VRayDecal;
Modified features:
(*) Cryptomatte: New more robust Cryptomatte implementation;
(*) Material importer: Added support for real world scaling when importing Cosmos materials;
(*) Chaos Cloud: Changed defaults for cloud submit window to be single camera and single layer;
(*) V-Ray GPU: TotalLight Render Element now available with V-Ray GPU;
(*) V-Ray: Changed the default Compensate Energy in VRayHairNextMtl to OFF;
(*) USD: Improved the V-Ray chaser UI;
(*) USD: Support for exporting VRayDisplacement via chaser now available in the UI;
(*) USD: Support for exporting light texture files to USD;
(*) V-Ray GPU: Reduced kernel compilation times by up to 60%;
(*) VRayLightDome, VrayLightIES, VRayMeshLight: Show Atmospheric contribution controls in GPU UI for V-Ray lights;
(*) Viewport 2.0: Updated the local anisotropy axis for VRayMtl in Viewport 2.0;
(*) Chaos Cosmos: Proxies from assets are now with a nicer name;
Bug fixes:
(*) V-Ray: Fixed V-Ray not utilizing more than 64 threads in some cases on Windows 11;
(*) V-Ray: Fixed reversed bump in reflections;
(*) V-Ray: Support UDIM textures with more than 99 tiles in one dimension;
(*) VRayScene: Fixed Preview for Node not supported error when loading vrscene;
(*) Installer: Fix font style in the installer on MacOS;
(*) VFB: Fixed crash with VFB Clear log when a search is open;
(*) VFB: Fixed crash with IPR rendering and VFB Log set to All when using High DPI scaling;
(*) VFB: Fixed VFB2 log verbosity level resetting to 0 after crash;
(*) Chaos Cosmos: Fixed assets imported with wrong offset and translate frame placement attributes;
(*) Chaos Cosmos: Fixed materials category in Cosmos disappearing when multiple Maya sessions are open;
(*) Chaos Cosmos: Fixed button for minimizing of the Cosmos Browser disabled on Linux and macOS;
(*) Chaos Cosmos: Fixed Drag and Drop of Cosmos assets to the Maya Viewport on Linux and MacOS;
(*) USD: Fixed rendering an anonymous USD layer;
(*) USD: Fixed error when rendering empty USD layer;
(*) USD: Fixed crash when rendering different USD files with VRayScene and mayaUsdProxy in the same scene on Linux/MacOS (regression);
(*) V-Ray GPU: Fixed black Light Cache prepass on high resolution renders;
(*) V-Ray GPU: Fixed standalone from Maya installation failing to render with GPU;
(*) V-Ray GPU/LPE: Fixed LPE not capturing scattered self illumination of EnvironmentFog or VolumeGrid;
(*) V-Ray GPU: Fixed crash with multiple instances of VRayDecal;
(*) V-Ray GPU: Fixed crash in V-Ray GPU IPR when moving camera;
(*) V-Ray GPU: Fixed memory leak with Light Cache Subdivs;
(*) V-Ray GPU, VRayDirt: Fixed VRayDirt objects casting shadows even with shadows disabled;
(*) VRayHairNextMtl, V-Ray GPU: Fixed different GI results with enabled/disabled render elements and HairNextMtl;
(*) V-Ray: Fixed unnecessary prompt for EULA in Maya 2018;
(*) V-Ray GPU: Textured VRayDecal does not work with on-demand-mip-mapped mode;
(*) V-Ray GPU: The Light Mix render element does not work correctly on GPU when Auto Exposure is enabled;
(*) V-Ray: Fixed drag and drop of Cosmos assets to the Maya Viewport on Linux and MacOS;
(*) V-Ray: Materials category in Cosmos disappears when multiple Maya sessions are open;
(*) V-Ray: Crash when rendering different USD files with VRayScene and mayaUsdProxy in the same scene;
