OK, seriously what's going on with Vray for Maya 2016

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I know I know, it’s THAT thread that everyone, myself included, groans about. But seriously guys, back on May 10th Vlado said:

It’s a few weeks away. There were some changes between the last beta and the official release that we needed to take care of.

I don’t want to be THAT guy, but come on. It’s been more than 6 weeks. This is really holding us back from some awesome new Maya features.

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Can I be that guy who says “it’ll be ready when it’s ready, and I doubt they are sitting on their arses doing nothing ;)”

Plus, I think 6 could still be classed as " a few"

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If you email me to vlado@chaosgroup.com, we can get you access to the nightly builds which include 2016 versions.

Best regards,
Vlado

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Thanks Vlado, and again sorry to harass you guys I know you’re working hard. I HATE being “that guy” but I’m getting impatient to work with Maya’s new hypershade and sculpting tools, etc.

I WAS given access to the nightlies at one point, but it caused Vray for 2015 to stop functioning and the advice I was given on how to fix this sounded ridiculously complex, risky and not worth the hassle. I’m actively working in 2015 every day for work and can’t do anything that even remotely puts that at risk.

Is there a clean, easy way to have both running?

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Hm, which OS is that? I don’t think there are any issues of running V-Ray for Maya 2015 and 2016 together. I also don’t see how installing one would affect the other in any way… but I can probably look at the support ticket.

Best regards,
Vlado

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My apologies, but I just re-installed the last nightly I have and it did work as expected. I think the last time around I let it register itself as a service and that was causing a problem.

Having said that, the nightly I currently have is 30504. Is there a more recent one available?

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Yes this is the last version that is available so far.

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In fact this number (30504) means close to nothing, because it doesn’t change often.
When you start Maya or Standalone you should see the revision number.
This is the really important number and there are new builds almost every night where this number is different.

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Hi to all.
I need to ask. Any info from you guys will be very important for our plan that we have.
Do you have a lot of trouble to give a formal stable version for Maya 2016?
In my situation, linux version.
As I wrote in another post currently we are still waiting only for the Vray 3 for Maya2016 as salvation.
Over 80 render nodes and 20 workstations is waiting for installation of a new Maya2016 but without Vray 3
it will be useless for us. Do you see any bright light when should be ready? Days, weeks, more?
Cheers Olaf

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Email our support guys at support@chaosgroup.com, they will get you a build.

Best regards,
Vlado

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Great. I will contact them. Thanks Vlado.

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i send mail to Vlado a and support 2 days back but got no response :-/

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I got that, sorry for the delay. It was addressed to me only though. I forwarded the email to our support guys.

Best regards,
Vlado

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Hi Vlado, could you elaborate on that please? At one point we were given access to the nightlies and have been checking since for Maya 2016 releases. The last version we see is almost a month old and not available for 2016…

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Hi,

Can you email us at support@chaosgroup.com by providing your login details and we will see if there is something wrong with your access rights.

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Thanks for the quick reply, Tashko. (The always great!) support already got back to me - and sorry for derailing the thread.
Best, J

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Glad to hear that.

About > The last version we see is almost a month old
Some issues had to be fixed before the new stable 3.x for Maya builds to be compiled. New builds will be uploaded soon.

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Thanks for the info! That’s all I was really looking for, some kind of update beyond “soon.”

So far, the current build has worked perfectly for me in 2016, so I can only imagine the next build will be great!

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Any update guys? When I bought this the sales person told me to expect an official release for Maya 2016 in late May or early June of 2015. Now, we’re at the end of July and still nothing. Yes, I’m using the beta but would prefer the official release promised at time of purchase. Thanks for your anticipated response!

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Well, the builds themselves done, we are working on updating the EULAs (there are some additions concerning the scanned material shader), the installer PDF guides and packaging the final downloads.

Best regards,
Vlado