# Maya 2019 Release **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [January 15, 2019, 4:58pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/maya-2019-release/92288 "2019-01-15T16:58:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![daviddeacon](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/daviddeacon/32/67983_2.png) [@daviddeacon](https://forums.chaos.com/u/daviddeacon)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2019, 4:58pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/maya-2019-release/92288/1 "2019-01-15T16:58:18Z")
Hi Looks like Maya 2019 just dropped. I’m hoping you guys have a VRay build ready to go, as we have been stuck on Maya 2018, with VRay 3.6 for what feels like forever. We wanted to make a clean break to 2019 and VRay next, as not to break any legacy projects. Can you share an ETA yet? Thanks, David. ---
**Author:** ![oglu](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/oglu/32/41090_2.png) [@oglu](https://forums.chaos.com/u/oglu)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2019, 8:07am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/maya-2019-release/92288/2 "2019-01-16T08:07:01Z")
Same question here. ---
**Author:** ![yolov](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/yolov/32/11920_2.png) [@yolov](https://forums.chaos.com/u/yolov)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2019, 11:03am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/maya-2019-release/92288/3 "2019-01-16T11:03:44Z")
We’re working on it, but we don’t have an ETA on when there will be VRay builds for Maya 2019. ---
**Author:** ![stezza](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/stezza/32/39485_2.png) [@stezza](https://forums.chaos.com/u/stezza)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2019, 3:00pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/maya-2019-release/92288/4 "2019-01-16T15:00:21Z")
Must say I’m pretty disappointed with the new 2019 release - responsive viewport good but thats about it! ---
**Author:** ![Mihail.Djurev](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/mihail.djurev/32/71038_2.png) [@Mihail.Djurev](https://forums.chaos.com/u/Mihail.Djurev)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2019, 5:56pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/maya-2019-release/92288/5 "2019-01-16T17:56:07Z")
We’ll have 2019 support in the nightlies quite soon. An official release would require some more time to make sure everything is stable. ---
**Author:** ![snivlem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e99b99/32.png) [@snivlem](https://forums.chaos.com/u/snivlem)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2019, 1:04am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/maya-2019-release/92288/6 "2019-01-17T01:04:23Z")
> [@stezza](#): > > Must say I’m pretty disappointed with the new 2019 release - responsive viewport good but thats about it! Yes, was expecting something…new since there was a 6 month delay. Bug fixes are good though I guess. ---
**Author:** ![smbell](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/smbell/32/53129_2.png) [@smbell](https://forums.chaos.com/u/smbell)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2019, 12:34am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/maya-2019-release/92288/7 "2019-01-18T00:34:35Z")
> [@snivlem](#): > > Yes, was expecting something…new since there was a 6 month delay. > > Bug fixes are good though I guess. Bug fixes are great, but I wish they could do what sideFX and many other companies do and have more readily available nightly releases without having to be a studio of 1000 artists. We should not have to wait till a major release for bug fixes period. Even weekly bug fix releases would be better than what they are doing now. ---
**Author:** ![olaf3de](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/b3f665/32.png) [@olaf3de](https://forums.chaos.com/u/olaf3de)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2019, 12:55am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/maya-2019-release/92288/8 "2019-01-23T00:55:16Z")
…and please dont forget to deploy V-ray 3.6.5 or 3.6.6 ( not only Next edition) for Maya 2019. Some studios still need to use 3.6 because of hardware problems (sse 4.2 needed for cpu!). Cheers Olaf www.3de.com.pl ---
**Author:** ![oglu](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/oglu/32/41090_2.png) [@oglu](https://forums.chaos.com/u/oglu)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2019, 1:39pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/maya-2019-release/92288/9 "2019-01-25T13:39:14Z")
> [@Mihail.Djurev](#): > > We’ll have 2019 support in the nightlies quite soon. An official release would require some more time to make sure everything is stable. Is it possible to get nightlies access.? I contacted the support but got no answer. Ticket number is: \*\*725-430-418 \*\* Cheers Chris Lighting TD RABACAT Vienna ---
**Author:** ![oglu](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/oglu/32/41090_2.png) [@oglu](https://forums.chaos.com/u/oglu)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 2:16pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/maya-2019-release/92288/10 "2019-01-29T14:16:08Z")
Got now access to the Next nightlies. Thanks. Now waiting for Maya2019 version. ---
**Author:** ![oglu](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/oglu/32/41090_2.png) [@oglu](https://forums.chaos.com/u/oglu)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2019, 10:24am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/maya-2019-release/92288/11 "2019-02-01T10:24:53Z")
Any news here? We are starting the next project on Maya 2019. ---
**Author:** ![BeneZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/df788c/32.png) [@BeneZ](https://forums.chaos.com/u/BeneZ)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2019, 5:54pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/maya-2019-release/92288/12 "2019-02-02T17:54:35Z")
Access to Nightlies over the email support? Thanks p.s. Maya2019 is for me a great update! I couldn’t believe my eyes: working on animation scene, that is about playing 14times faster than in maya 2018 and possible scrubbing in realtime, where the old crashed. So this is the most urgent needed vray update for me. It would be stupid to work anymore in maya2018 with animation… ---
**Author:** ![oglu](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/oglu/32/41090_2.png) [@oglu](https://forums.chaos.com/u/oglu)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2019, 10:03am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/maya-2019-release/92288/13 "2019-02-04T10:03:24Z")
Yes the animation caching is also the reason for us. ---
**Author:** ![yolov](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/yolov/32/11920_2.png) [@yolov](https://forums.chaos.com/u/yolov)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2019, 8:45am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/maya-2019-release/92288/14 "2019-02-05T08:45:07Z")
We already have internal builds that we want to test some more before giving them out. We’ll be releasing official support for 2019 very soon. ---
**Author:** ![daviddeacon](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/daviddeacon/32/67983_2.png) [@daviddeacon](https://forums.chaos.com/u/daviddeacon)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2019, 1:14pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/maya-2019-release/92288/15 "2019-02-15T13:14:09Z")
> [@yolov](#): > > We already have internal builds that we want to test some more before giving them out. We’ll be releasing official support for 2019 very soon. Hi Alex, I realise it is difficult to pin down release dates when testing is on going, but do you have a ball park estimate? Are we looking days or weeks, maybe? We just upgraded to V-Ray Next to use with a new project and ideal want to start fresh with Maya 2019. Thanks, David. ---
**Author:** ![Alvaro\_Letelier](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/alvaro_letelier/32/14103_2.png) [@Alvaro\_Letelier](https://forums.chaos.com/u/Alvaro_Letelier)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2019, 7:32am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/maya-2019-release/92288/16 "2019-02-18T07:32:58Z")
Maya 2019 is what many of us animators were waiting for. Animation cached frames real time ! Pure gold ! ---
**Author:** ![stezza](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/stezza/32/39485_2.png) [@stezza](https://forums.chaos.com/u/stezza)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2019, 1:29pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/maya-2019-release/92288/17 "2019-02-19T13:29:31Z")
What do we want? “VRay NEXT for 2019”! When do we want it? NOW!! all together now!! ---
**Author:** ![Muhammed\_Hamed](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/muhammed_hamed/32/73779_2.png) [@Muhammed\_Hamed](https://forums.chaos.com/u/Muhammed_Hamed)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2019, 1:37pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/maya-2019-release/92288/18 "2019-02-19T13:37:57Z")
> [@yolov](#): > > We already have internal builds that we want to test some more before giving them out I mean we can help you guys with testing if you release it 😉 😄 ---
**Author:** ![yolov](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/yolov/32/11920_2.png) [@yolov](https://forums.chaos.com/u/yolov)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2019, 3:00pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/maya-2019-release/92288/19 "2019-02-27T15:00:16Z")
I would recommend you check our progress report on 2019 support in this thread: [Progress report - V-Ray for Maya 2019 - Announcements - Chaos Forum](https://forums.chaosgroup.com/forum/v-ray-for-maya-forums/v-ray-for-maya-announcements/1027329-progress-report-v-ray-for-maya-2019) As a note - we’ve ported 2019 support to the stable builds, so if you have access to those, you can get a build and start testing. Just keep in mind the issues with the sets, as described in the progress report thread, because you’ll run into it and we can’t fix it without help from Autodesk: “”" **Outliner issue with sets** _Summary:_ Set objects disappear from the outliner. _Description:_ Creating V-Ray objects of type ‘set’ (like the LightSelect RE, VRayDisplacement, etc) will not show up in the outliner. The same behavior is observed with other ‘set’ objects, including objects created by other plugins and native Maya set objects. Sets can also appear multiple times in the outliner or they can disappear after creating another object. The issue does not affect the scene itself - only the list of objects in the Outliner is affected. Many V-Ray workflows rely heavily on sets and this bug seems to be a significant impediment for users’ workflows. _Workaround:_ Force-refreshing the outliner can be used as a workaround. For example - applying a filter in the outliner and then removing it. “”" Once we’ve solved this (and anything else that’s critical and potentially comes up) we’ll officially release V-Ray for Maya 2019.