Maya RT Beta vs. NightlyBuilds

[aweidenhammer]

Is there a preferred method of testing if we have access to nightlies? Should be continue using nightly builds to test RT, or use the beta install?

Andrew

[vlado]

This is as you wish; the beta builds on the site will not be updated as often.

Best regards,
Vlado

[bradon]

is it possible to install only the RT as some separate installer in the future? Reason I ask is we try to keep the core version of vray the same for all our machines because we want our workstations to match our renderfarm. now we really would love to test all the new features in the beta RT but if we keep upgrading our vray with the nightly to get access to the newest features. we worry that will cause us to constantly upgrade the renderfarm as well to prevent any sort of incompatibility issues.

[vlado]

Unfortunately it is not possible to separate them; V-Ray RT in Maya is an integral part of V-Ray for Maya itself so that it can use the same translator portion. Perhaps installing it on a few machines just for testing would be best.

Best regards,
Vlado

[varx3d]

How can we access to the night builds, where are located?

Any special thread/way to post the bugs we've discovered?

Greetings

[vlado]

You can download V-Ray RT for Maya from the download section on our site; as for bugs - please post them either here, or email them to vraymaya@chaosgroup.com

Best regards,
Vlado

[hellobard]

Will Vray RT not be compatible with Maya 2008 for Mac OS X? I don't see it in the nightlies anymore, nor in the RT builds...

[vlado]

For Mac OS X and Linux, we only support Maya 2011, since we need the V-Ray frame buffer.

Best regards,
Vlado

[aweidenhammer]

Thanks for the info Vlado. I'll mention what we are doing over here:

We are using Maya 2010 in production/farm as well as vray SP1 on said farm.
most of us have 2011 installed, but not using it for production. So we installed the beta/nightlies on 2011. Do our RT lighting there, then save the file and open in 2010 (with check version off), for production output.

I'm guessing the differences shouldn't cause problems, and so far, it has worked for me.

Andrew

[vlado]

Yes, I guess that will work too Any issues so far (other than the ones mentioned in the release notes)?

Best regards,
Vlado