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title: "1.8.3"
canonical: "https://documentation.chaos.com/space/LAV/125242657/1.8.3"
format: markdown
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*Official Release*

Date - October 26, 2022


## **Modified Features**

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### **Performance**

- <span style="color: #000000"> </span>Improved performance on the RTX 4090 GPU

### **UX/UI**

- Increased default value of "Max. sec. ray intensity" from 20 to 200.
- Grouped exposure, highlight burn and contrast in Exposure group.



## **Fixes**

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### **Live Link**

- Crash related to bump/normal mapping in a live link from V-Ray 6 for SketchUp.

### **Lights**

- Choppy sun and clouds animation for animated geolocation.

### **Materials**

- Wrong rendering of scenes that contain VRayOverride material.

### <span style="color: #333333">**Path resolver**</span>

- Incorrect assets being loaded when resolving paths.

### **UX/UI**

- Wrong resolution for 720p preset in the HQ dialog
- Missing startup scene.

### **Render elements**

- Missing render elements in EXR file.