# Deactivating Render Elements **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [March 7, 2017, 9:55am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/deactivating-render-elements/62732 "2017-03-07T09:55:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fikret](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@Fikret](https://forums.chaos.com/u/Fikret)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2017, 9:55am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/deactivating-render-elements/62732/1 "2017-03-07T09:55:24Z")
hi! Is there a possibility to temporarily deactivate an render element? The AO takes long to render and I would like to just deactivate for test rendering without deleting it. cheers fikret ---
**Author:** ![yavor.rubenov](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/yavor.rubenov/32/2946_2.png) [@yavor.rubenov](https://forums.chaos.com/u/yavor.rubenov)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2017, 10:10am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/deactivating-render-elements/62732/2 "2017-03-07T10:10:31Z")
Hello, You can turn off all elements with the “Elements Active” checkbox and if you want to turn off individual elements - you can use their “vrayVFB” checkbox: Best regards, Yavor ![screen.png](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/original/3X/b/d/bd44128a8b9df30898add460199eaf7269e0c8dc.png) ---
**Author:** ![Dariusz\_Makowski\_Dadal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c4cdca/32.png) [@Dariusz\_Makowski\_Dadal](https://forums.chaos.com/u/Dariusz_Makowski_Dadal)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2017, 11:00am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/deactivating-render-elements/62732/3 "2017-03-07T11:00:51Z")
Heh I asked that like 2 days ago o.O Can Vray maybe take the Max Enabled tick instead of overriding it with his own or its too max bound ? Could save some duplicate threads o.O ---
**Author:** ![Fikret](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@Fikret](https://forums.chaos.com/u/Fikret)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2017, 12:43pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/deactivating-render-elements/62732/4 "2017-03-07T12:43:49Z")
Thank you Yavor for the answer. But turning the AOV off with vrayVFB doesnt prevent it from being calculated. And I would need the other AOVs, so turning off Elements Active doesnt help. ---
**Author:** ![yavor.rubenov](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/yavor.rubenov/32/2946_2.png) [@yavor.rubenov](https://forums.chaos.com/u/yavor.rubenov)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2017, 12:49pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/deactivating-render-elements/62732/5 "2017-03-07T12:49:20Z")
That is strange - in my simple tests turning off with the vrayVFB checkbox works as expected. Can you share a simplified scene in which it doesn’t? Best regards, Yavor ---
**Author:** ![Fikret](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@Fikret](https://forums.chaos.com/u/Fikret)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2017, 1:23pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/deactivating-render-elements/62732/6 "2017-03-07T13:23:09Z")
You are right it works, thank you Yavor! ---
**Author:** ![henning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecae2f/32.png) [@henning](https://forums.chaos.com/u/henning)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2017, 4:04pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/deactivating-render-elements/62732/7 "2017-03-09T16:04:19Z")
this might also help: > **[V-Ray Elements Switcher | ScriptSpot](https://scriptspot.com/3ds-max/scripts/v-ray-elements-switcher)** > > The community archive of 3ds Max scripts, plugins, MCG tools and tutorials — every script, forum thread and comment since 2000. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Dariusz\_Makowski\_Dadal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c4cdca/32.png) [@Dariusz\_Makowski\_Dadal](https://forums.chaos.com/u/Dariusz_Makowski_Dadal)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2017, 4:24pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/deactivating-render-elements/62732/8 "2017-03-09T16:24:54Z")
> [@Huge delay on render end when elements enabled](https://forums.chaos.com/t/huge-delay-on-render-end-when-elements-enabled/54409/5): > > this might also help: > [V-Ray Elements Switcher | ScriptSpot](http://www.scriptspot.com/3ds-max/scripts/v-ray-elements-switcher) > 😉 O man you are a legend! Thanks! I spend around 1-2h the other day on dealing with state sets and render elements. This would’ve been 5 min job with this script! Thanks buddy! ---
**Author:** ![Morbid\_Angel](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/morbid_angel/32/21272_2.png) [@Morbid\_Angel](https://forums.chaos.com/u/Morbid_Angel)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2017, 1:03am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/deactivating-render-elements/62732/9 "2017-03-10T01:03:23Z")
you can actually create a scripted state which turns off render elements per state. But really, I would love to have this option working with state sets in regular render elements tab as it should. ---
**Author:** ![Fikret](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@Fikret](https://forums.chaos.com/u/Fikret)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2017, 8:52am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/deactivating-render-elements/62732/10 "2017-03-10T08:52:50Z")
Thank you very much Henning, thats a very useful script! ---
**Author:** ![Morbid\_Angel](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/morbid_angel/32/21272_2.png) [@Morbid\_Angel](https://forums.chaos.com/u/Morbid_Angel)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2017, 1:43am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/deactivating-render-elements/62732/11 "2017-03-11T01:43:51Z")
> [@Object ID & aliasing & usage within comp program](https://forums.chaos.com/t/object-id-aliasing-usage-within-comp-program/54378/2): > > you can actually create a scripted state which turns off render elements per state. But really, I would love to have this option working with state sets in regular render elements tab as it should. I take this back, actually state sets now support vray vfb on / off by default!