Announcement

**konstantin_chaos** · 24-01-2024, 09:53 AM

Improvements & bugfixes

Adaptivity Clamp control is introduced in the Render Parameters' Optimizations section. It can be used to avoid excessive sampling of overexposed areas.
Scatter Area Modifiers are now inactive when using '1D - On Splines' scattering mode to reflect that they have no effect on it.
Fixed an issue preventing Scatter's 'Normal Alignment' rotation option from accepting negative values. Scatter instances can now be aligned towards the vertical down (-Z) axis
Scatter guests with V-Ray Fur are no longer omitted from being rendered
Improved Scatter UV Grid surface mode handling of host objects with different mapping channels
Fixed an issue where Scatter's points previews are not drawn on the host's surfaces when Bounding box volume center guest origin is selected
Fixed an issue causing removal of V-Ray special objects from a Scatter's guest to delete all instance previews from the viewport
Added a 'Submit New' button to the Chaos Cloud window. Submitting multiple Cloud rendering jobs is now possible without having to close and reopen the window each time.
Fixed an issue preventing the Cloud window from reloading automatically after updated Chaos Cloud application
An issue causing updates of the Chaos Cloud application to produce errors is resolved
Implemented safeguard logic preventing V-Ray log files from reaching abnormal size
An issue causing an incorrect state of the Export button in the Export V-Ray Proxy window is resolved
Export V-Ray Scene window now always uses the current project's name in its File Path field
A valid default file path is now used in the Export V-Ray Proxy window
Export V-Ray Proxy window now consistently provides the same output file name when being opened multiple times
Fixed an issue preventing V-Ray windows from closing when opening a new project file
Fixed an issue causing the Animation Frame sliders to disappear in specific situations
An issue causing the V-Ray UI to crash in rare situations is resolved
Added support for edge softening adjustments during Interactive rendering in Rhino 8
Added support for Rhino 8 Blend materials
Added access to the Sun creation window via the V-Ray toolbar's Sun icon in Rhino 8
Added support for Rhino's native Clipping Plane inclusion and exclusion list in Rhino 8. A migration for preexisting scenes is implemented to ensure synchronization between the V-Ray and Rhino lists
V-Ray properties tab no longer appears empty in Rhino 8.3
Unassigned materials from vrscene files are no longer imported via the V-Ray Scene Importer
An issue leading to material loss when importing a linked block with other nested blocks is resolved
IES lights contained within Cosmos assets now produce the same illumination after asset merge
An issue producing artifacts in subsurface scattering materials when adaptive lights are used is resolved
The Environment Background multiplier now affects Sky texture's procedural clouds when rendered with V-Ray GPU
Rhino render resolution is now synchronized with V-Ray upon V-Ray activation
Grasshopper: Added viewport preview options for V-Ray Proxy Meshes, Proxy Scenes, and Cosmos Assets. The preview modes are: a simplified mesh, whole mesh, a bounding box or a point
Grasshopper: Instancer component plugged in an Infinite plane component is now considered for calculating the automatic Z Offset
Grasshopper: An issue causing data loss after upgrading Light Rig components from older versions is resolved
Grasshopper: Fixed an issue with incorrect Surface Scattering Slope Limitation and Slope Angles values in specific situations after upgrading Scatter components created with previous versions
Grasshopper: Fixed a crash when adding a Proxy Scene as a Scatter Guest

Announcement

V-Ray 6 for Rhino, update 2.2 is now available!

V-Ray 6 for Rhino, update 2.2 is now available!

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