Feature Request: Dedicated Event/Volumetric Light for V-Ray & Vantage (3ds Max)

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Hi Chaos Team,

First of all, thank you for continuously improving V-Ray and Vantage. I’ve been using V-Ray for event and exhibition design for many years, and I have a feature request that I believe would be very valuable for many visualization artists.

Feature Request

I would love to see a dedicated Event Light (Volumetric Light) added to V-Ray for 3ds Max and Vantage.

At the moment, creating visible light beams requires combining standard V-Ray lights with environment fog or aerial perspective, then adjusting multiple parameters to achieve the desired effect. While this works, it is time-consuming and often requires a lot of trial and error.

Why this would help

In event, stage, concert, and exhibition visualization, visible light beams are used in almost every project. Designers frequently need:

  • Moving head spotlight beams
  • Wash light beams
  • Narrow and wide volumetric beams
  • Haze/fog-enhanced lighting
  • Easy control over beam density, falloff, softness, and visibility
  • Fast real-time feedback in Vantage

Existing Examples

Some renderers already provide much simpler workflows:

  • D5 Render has dedicated Event Lights that instantly create realistic stage lighting.
  • V-Ray for Maya includes volumetric lighting options that are not available in the same way for V-Ray in 3ds Max.

It would be fantastic if V-Ray for 3ds Max offered a similar dedicated solution instead of requiring environment fog setups for every scene.

Benefits

This feature would:

  • Greatly simplify event and entertainment visualization workflows.
  • Save artists significant setup time.
  • Produce more consistent results.
  • Make V-Ray and Vantage even stronger for stage, exhibition, broadcast, concert, and live event rendering.

Since Vantage is becoming an increasingly important real-time visualization tool, native support for dedicated volumetric event lighting would also be a huge advantage.

I hope the development team will consider adding this feature to the V-Ray and Vantage roadmap.

I’d love to hear what other users think. Would a dedicated Event/Volumetric Light improve your workflow as well?

Thank you for considering this suggestion!

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