Vray NEXT Trial

[blueskydesigngroup]

Hi There.
We have the latest VRay but i wanted to try the Vray NEXT that was just released as a trail to see before upgrading.
However when the installation is complete (trial version) it says it cant obtain a vray GUI license.

Tried uninstalling and re-installing a few times but no luck.....

Please advise

Cheers

Bluesky

[Jonish]

Hi,
have you registered for the trial first?

J.

[Peter.Chaushev]

Hello, Bluesky,

Could you please visit https://www.chaosgroup.com/trial/vray-rhino and register for the trial first?

Kind regards,
Peter

[blueskydesigngroup]

I followed the link in the newsletter.....signed in and then received an email with a download link.....downloaded the trail installer and installed....no section to activate trail though...still stuck with cannot obtain GUI ?

[Peter.Chaushev]

Thank you for your reply!
Please make sure you are logged in the Online License Server (OLS) with the same username you've used when registering. To access your license server open the Start menu and start typing in "Manage Chaos License Server" (without quotes).
If you are already logged in with the correct account but the issue persists, please send us an email at support@chaosgroup.com and my colleagues will provide you with live assistance!

Kind regards,
Peter

[Chita]

Hello,
is possible to install VRay Next trial without uninstalling previous Vray 3 (have both on one machine)

Thank you.

[Peter.Chaushev]

Hello,

It is not possible to use V-Ray Next for SketchUp and other previous versions simultaneously. Upon installing V-Ray Next, V-Ray 3 will be uninstalled. This applies the other way around as well - to get V-Ray 3 back, you would first need to uninstall V-Ray Next and then reinstall V-Ray 3.
To access older installers, visit https://download.chaosgroup.com/?platform=56 and check "Show older versions".
Keep in mind V-Ray is not forward-compatible, meaning V-Ray 3 is not guaranteed to work properly with scenes saved using V-Ray Next.
On a side note, if you purchase a V-Ray Next license it will work with V-Ray 3, allowing you to complete unfinished projects with V-Ray 3 if needed.

Kind regards,
Peter

[Jonish]

Hi Peter,
I'm using your workaround with registry edit for switching between V-Ray 3 and 4 and it works just fine. (Only I can't find it atm)

Cheers
Jonas

[Peter.Chaushev]

That workaround was suitable for beta testing. As noted in the disclaimers I've posted in the beta forum, we cannot recommend switching registry data for commercial users.

Kind regards,
Peter

[kostenurka]

Looking so much forward to see the webminar on vray next from today. Hope will be published soon

Best

[Peter.Chaushev]

The V-Ray Next for Rhino webinar is now available on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUi2cHrcbKo