--- title: "V-Ray Next" canonical: "https://documentation.chaos.com/space/VMAYA/111741112/V-Ray%20Next" format: markdown --- *Official release* **Date** - Oct 25, 2018 ## **New features** --- ### V-Ray IPR - Added support for Maya's playblast feature - Isolate selected mode in IPR will now respect selected lights - Added support for selecting node groups in isolate selected mode - Added support for transformation changes of place3d nodes in IPR - Added support for VRaySphereFade and VRaySphereFadeVolume in IPR ### V-Ray GPU - Bucket rendering now supported with Brute Force GI - Added support for dispersion ### VRayPhysicalCamera - Rolling shutter effect option ### Viewport 2.0 - Preview of VRayHairNextMtl dye color ### VRayToonMtl - Light blend intensity can now accept textures for better control and rim light effects ### VRayScene - Added support for user attribute overrides ### V-Ray - Sample C++ V-Ray plugins buildable with CMake shipped with the V-Ray SDK - Added access to vertex colors in GLSL - Added a slider for the opacity attribute of VRayLayeredTex - Added a search filter option in the Create from V-Ray Plugin menu ### V-Ray Menu - Added tutorials and documentation links in the V-Ray Menu ### V-Ray IPR/GPU - Added support for sky model change in CUDA IPR   ## **Modified features** --- ### V-Ray - Removed the _x64 suffix from environmental variables and made old variables work with a warning - Added denoise option to Object select render element - V-Ray kSolidFractal will now render the same as in V-Ray 3.6 - Improved viewport IPR performance in Maya 2016.5 - Improved loading times of large Alembic files in specific cases - Improved build time for embree dynamic geometry - Improved VRayToon normal and overlap thresholds range - Improved OptiX denoiser error messages ### Misc - Attributes added in newer V-Ray versions will now show up in older scenes - V-Ray viewport buttons will now appear at the beginning of the layout ### V-Ray GPU - Improved GPU bucket rendering performance - Better load balancing for Hybrid rendering with bucket sampler - Adaptive Lights support for Brute Force rendering with Bucket sampler - GPU-dependent UI for VRayObjectProperties - GPU-dependent UI for VRayCarPaintMtl and VRayFlakesMtl - GPU-dependent UI for V-Ray lights - GPU-dependent UI for MtlWrapper - Added device name in the kernel compilation log message ### V-Ray Displacement - Modified "Keep continuity" option to weld seams at vertices ### V-Ray IPR - Selection of sub-materials is now considered in debug shading - Refresh IPR when VRayMetaball parameters are modified ### VRayScene - Material override will now affect Instancer ### VRayScannedMtl - VRayScannedMtl now shows diffuse and bump normals render elements and works better with denoising ### VRayProxy - Proxy node's list of shaders was not available to scripts immediately after creation - Invalid XML syntax for proxy material assignment file will now print appropriate error message ### VRayToonMtl - Updated the label and value range of line width in Toon Edges Override section ### V-Ray Cloud - No layer token will be created automatically for absolute paths for cloud rendering ### MaterialSelect - MaterialSelect render element now works with nested materials   ## **Bug fixes** --- ### VRayProxy - Fixed wrong preview of flip axis on proxy sequence - Fixed wrong material export when there are gaps in the MeshMaterial shader array ### Misc - Viewport IPR buttons are not available on copied or hypershade viewport windows - VRayLayeredTex was missing a scroll bar - Orthographic Views are not working properly in IPR - Double specular highlight when rendering VRscan car-paint in GPU ### VRayFur - Fixed fur behavior when not selected in isolate selected mode ### V-Ray/V-Ray GPU - Fixed various potential issues uncovered by code analysis ### V-Ray GPU - Fixed a crash when rendering in bucket mode with no lights in the scene - Fixed a crash when deleting wrapped multi/sub- materials - Fast SSS2 now renders correctly in VRayLightSelect render element - Wrong render of VRayEdgesTex on subdivision surfaces - VRayEdgesTex renders black with "show subtriangles" enabled - VRayEdgesTex not showing in diffuse channel - Rendering with bucket sampler and no scene lights was endless - Fixed wrong GI scattering with environment fog gizmo - Fixed crash when toggling "Render as subdivision surface" on mesh with V-Ray Edges Tex texture in IPR - Fixed crash when changing alembic proxy visibility list in IPR - Fixed crash on a specific heavy scene - Fixed artifacts with adaptive lights in animation - Fixed artifacts in IPR in specific cases - Fixed VRayFastSSS2 material leaving artifacts with scatter radius is set to zero - Affect background option will now work with bucket sampler on GPU ### V-Ray GPU/GLSL - Fixed crash with specific materials ### V-Ray - DR server will now fail with an error if an asset can't be received - Using paint color in specific VRayScannedMtl was not working properly - Fixed overbright pixels with adaptive lights - Fixed different DR buckets with auto exposure - Fixed crash with VRayGLSLMtl - Fixed crash when baking to ptex - Fixed crash when an empty blendBumpTex is connected to VRayMtl ### VRayScannedMtl - Fixed crash with specific material setup - Fixed artifacts with bump multiplier ### VRayProxy/VRayDisplacement - Fixed crash with keep continuity enabled on displaced proxy ### VRayMtl - Fixed compensate exposure for self-illumination ### VRayLightSelect - Fixed GI component of matte objects missing from LightSelect element Full type ### VRayDomeLight - Fixed darker result in isolate selected mode when rendering with dome light ### VRScans - Fixed a crash with a specific scene ### VFB - Blank framebuffer when comparing images from history after effectResult is generated ### V-Ray/MDL - Fixed crash on Skylake processors ### V-Ray/Bifrost - Fixed missing velocity due to changed velocity attribute name in newer Maya versions ### V-Ray IPR - Display Camera Plane now works in isolate selected with debug shading - Fixed camera not updating in IPR in Light Cache Fly-through mode - Fixed updates on float inputs connected to certain textures' alpha - Fixed objects in groups not updating their transforms when changing frame - Fixed an error message when executing post translate python scripts in V-Ray Viewport IPR - Fixed a crash when creating new objects very quickly - Fixed a crash when creating light links in IPR - Fixed VRayMtl fog color update in IPR - Assigning a material to VRayPlane was not detected in V-Ray IPR ### V-Ray VFB - Frame stamp was not visible with output image formats with alpha channel ### V-Ray GPU/VRayProxy - Fixed crash with proxy mesh light with motion blur ### V-Ray GPU/VRayEnvironmentFog - Fixed incorrect alpha on environment fog gizmos ### V-Ray GPU/VRayDomeLight - Added support for the "Dim distance" parameter for dome lights on GPU