V-Ray

The new V-Ray build supports both 32-bit and 64-bit OS.

Added New Feature in V-Ray 1.50 SP4 is V-Ray Ambient Light.

It includes several modified features:

• Improved multithreading on multi-core machines;
• Ability to specify gizmo falloff for VRayEnvironmentFog;
• Ability to use arbitrary meshes as gizmos for VRayEnvironmentFog;
• Option to exclude the background from VRayEnvironmentFog;
• Added CIE sky models to the VRaySun and VRaySky;
• It is now possible to submit DR servers list for DR through backburner;
• Added option to not use area speculars in the VRayIES light;
• Added Kelvin temperature settings for the color of VRayLights;
• VFB history is now turned off when 3ds Max is in slave mode;
• Output .vrimg and split channel paths are listed in the Asset Tracker;
• GI cache files (irradiance maps, light cache etc) are listed in the Asset Tracker.

V-Ray RT

The V-Ray® RT 1.50 Service Pack 1 is compatible with Autodesk 3ds Max 8, Autodesk 3ds Max 9, Autodesk 3ds Max Design 2009, Autodesk 3ds Max 2010, Autodesk 3ds Max Design 2010.

The new V-Ray RT build supports both 32-bit and 64-bit OS.

The upgrade is free of charge for all current V-Ray customers of Chaos Group.

It includes the following new features:

• Support for the HSL/HSV controls of the ColorCorrect texture (as well as the map slots);
• Support for the "Additional bump" slot of the Normal bump texture;
• Some gamma workflows did not work well with the ActiveShade;
• Option to stop updating the ActiveShade window after a certain fixed amount of time;
• Support for region rendering in the ActiveShade window;
• The override material options from the standard V-Ray renderer to work properly;
• Support for environment override in VRayMtl;
• An option to manually restart V-Ray RT, without having to close and reopen the activeshade window/viewport;
• Option to pause the RT;
• Support for opacity maps of standard materials;
• Support for VRayEdgesTex in bump slot;
• Ability to directly export to a .vrscene from MaxScript without starting the ActiveShade (through the vrayExportRTScene() command);
• Access to the ActiveShade bitmap from MaxScript (through the vrayGetRTBitmap() command);
• Support for paletted PNG textures;
• Consider the "Hidden lights" switch from the standard V-Ray;
• Support for IFL file format for textures;
• Support the Shell Material in V-Ray RT.

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