V-Ray 3.40.02 now available

[Mihail.Djurev]

An update to V-Ray 3.40 for Maya is now available for download on the Chaosgroup website!

Here's what's new in the new version, 3.40.02:

New features:
(*) VRayDenoiser: Added update button;
(*) vdenoise: Added standalone denoise tool;

Modified features:
(*) V-Ray: Support for material preview in Viewport 2.0 OpenGL core profile;
(*) VRayVolumeGrid: Support for preview in Viewport 2.0 OpenGL core profile;
(*) VRayDenoiser: Prevented the denoiser render elements from saving as separate files;
(*) VRayOSLMtl/VRayOSLTex: Sped up texture sampling;

Bug fixes:
(*) V-Ray: Fixed slow IPR updates on old scenes with undersampling enabled;
(*) V-Ray: Fixed incorrect rendering of materials with self-illumination with light cache;
(*) VRay GPU: Fixed fireflies on scene with VRayFastSSS2;
(*) VRay GPU: Highlight glossiness rendered even if Trace reflections option was disabled;
(*) VRayLightDome: Viewport representation was flipped in some Maya versions;
(*) VFB: Clicking on the white area of the scroll bar in the color corrections window scrolls by just one pixel;
(*) VFB: Toolbar icons were not stretched over the entire buttons when screen dpi is changed;
(*) VFB: Fixed wrong positioning when zooming out;
(*) VRayDenoiser: Fixed crash on OS X when hardware acceleration is enabled;
(*) VRayDenoiser: Fixed artifacts on images with fireflies;
(*) VRayDenoiser: Fixed black result on some computers with hardware acceleration;
(*) Texture Baking: Fixed occasional freezes on objects with empty UV sets;
(*) VRayStereoscopic: Fixed artifacts in the render;

Best regards,
Mihail Djurev,
V-Ray for Maya Team Lead

[rimcrazy]

Ah..... yea.... I just got the email announcement ....... but its not in the download area so somewhere a left hand is obviously not talking to the right one.....

..... just saying.

[yolov]

Try the downloads a bit later, probably not all download mirrors have finished synchronizing.

[alperenozgur]

Ah..... yea.... I just got the email announcement ....... but its not in the download area so somewhere a left hand is obviously not talking to the right one.....

..... just saying.

how we got the email annoucments when minor update is out? i never got it.

[yolov]

We send them out. We have the forum announcement in case we've missed somebody somehow.

[alperenozgur]

well.. viewport 2.0 still not working probperly for me at maya 2016.5 tried all profiles.

[t.petrov]

Does it happen with a particular scene or with every scene?
What material are you using?

[alperenozgur]

Does it happen with a particular scene or with every scene?
What material are you using?

i tried now. seems like its only happening with my substance painter vray exports. tiff images. "regular" textures from around worked correct. using standart vray material.

[t.petrov]

Does it work with the standard maya materials correctly?
Can you share a scene?

[alperenozgur]

Does it work with the standard maya materials correctly?
Can you share a scene?

lol i never thought of using standart maya materials? because of performance? can we use them while rendering? i will share the scene when i get home if it's not a UV issue like i think now after i tried new scene here

[t.petrov]

I asked if it works with Maya materials to try to find out if the problem is in the Maya or in V-Ray.
If the problem happens with a lambert material, then probably something is broken in Maya and we could no do much to fix it.
But if it happens only with the V-Ray material, then we could try to fix it (if it is not a limitation of the API).

[alperenozgur]

I asked if it works with Maya materials to try to find out if the problem is in the Maya or in V-Ray.
If the problem happens with a lambert material, then probably something is broken in Maya and we could no do much to fix it.
But if it happens only with the V-Ray material, then we could try to fix it (if it is not a limitation of the API).

i understand. will try it. but why you would waste your time for maya materials hehe.. thanks for attention.

[yolov]

Yes, you can use them with vray, there should be little to no performance loss.