Phoenix 5.24 does not work with Maya 2026.3 with V-Ray 7 for Maya, update 2 DR2

Phoenix Phoenix :: Issues
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We need a working phoenix for latest V-Ray 7 for Maya, update 2 DR2 - for Maya 2026.3

I get this error in Maya
// Error: file: c:/program files/Autodesk/Maya2026/scripts/others/pluginWin.mel line 316: Unable to dynamically load : O:/Global/Software/Phoenix/52402_Vray7_maya2026/maya_phoenix/plug-ins/phoenixfd.mll
// The specified module could not be found.
// Error: file: c:/program files/Autodesk/Maya2026/scripts/others/pluginWin.mel line 316: The specified module could not be found.
// (phoenixfd)

2

Hey,

Can you give us a bit more details which OS are you using?

Thank you!

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Ahh sorry - Windows 10

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How about if you do a clean install? Uninstall both V-Ray and Phoenix, then install again V-Ray and then Phoenix?

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Its the same Error when we try on another computer at work

We are getting both Vray and Phoenix from a shared drive, portable installation

We try to download vray again to see if something went wrong but Its been working fine so far until I tried to load Phoenix…

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We managed to reproduce the error, and it seems related to the portable PhoenixFD installation in conjunction with the latest V-Ray for Maya release. Could you try installing PhoenixFD with the default installer to confirm? Don’t forget to remove the PhoenixFD-associated environment variables beforehand.

EDIT: We found a quick and easy workaround:

Add this to the PATH environment variable in the Windows env variables:
PATH = D:\phoenix_builds\my_version\maya_root\bin\

Or if you are using a .bat file:
set PATH=D:\phoenix_builds\my_version\maya_root\bin;%PATH%

Tested this and it seems to work as expected. Tell me how it goes on your end.

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Yes it works - thank you !