Iray 3dsmax2011 installation


You will need to have an installed copy of mental ray Standalone 2011.
Copy the following 3 .dll files
cudart.dll
libiraymr.dll
libiray.dll
From: C:\Program Files\Autodesk\mrstand3.8.1-adsk2011\bin
To: C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2011
then download and install this Ctrl.Ghost like this:
mrGeomShaderObject.dlo >3ds Max 2011\plugins
ctrl_ghost_settings.mi > 3ds Max 2011\mentalimages\shaders_autoload\mentalray\include
ctrl_ghost_settings.dll > C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2011\mentalimages\shaders_autoload\mentalray\shaders
Then start 3dsmax2011 and create a basic scene with MentalRay
Create>Geometry>Mental ray> mr Shader then drag the box on the viewport
With mr Geometry Shader box selected go to Modify>Shader>none
then pick Maps>mental ray>Ctrl.Ghost.Settings(ctrl.studio)
then drag it as instance in the MaterialEditor
Progressive rendering > enable > Iray
Max samples > 1000000
Render
Tips:
If it render black, you have a Cuda problem so uou have to disable Cuda. You can do that in the graphic card control panel or by temporary renaming the nvcuda.dll in windows>system32

V-Ray Real Time for 3Ds Max (VRAY RT)





Currently the V-Ray RT technology is based on CPUs - it does NOT require any special or expensive graphics cards. All V-Ray RT needs is CPUs.

* V-Ray RT supports distributed rendering across multiple machines in the local network.
* V-Ray RT is an ActiveShade renderer in 3ds Max, separate from the production V-Ray renderer.
* V-Ray RT performs the actual rendering outside of 3ds Max itself, with the help of the V-Ray RT render server(s), which can run either locally on the same machine, or on other machine(s) in the local network. The renderer plugin in 3ds Max only relays the scene changes to the render servers and displays the final result.

Interactivity
A major feature of V-Ray RT is its ability to track changes to the scene performed by the user and automatically update the ActiveShade preview. The following scene changes are supported:

* Create/delete objects (geometry, lights, cameras, etc.);
* Modify object parameters;
* Move/rotate/scale objects;
* Apply/remove/edit object modifiers;
* Hide/unhide objects;
* Apply materials on objects;
* Modify material properties like textures, colors etc;
* Modify light properties (like position, color, etc.)
* Animation of cameras, objects, lights and materials (scrubbing the time slider);
* Render settings change;
* Camera/view orientation change;
* Modify camera/view parameters;
* Environment change (color, texture etc).

Geometry
The following geometric objects are supported by V-Ray RT

* Triangle meshes;
* All other primitives that are convertible to triangle meshes (NURBS surfaces, patches, etc.);
* VRayPlane objects.

Materials
The following materials are supported by V-Ray RT

* V-Ray materials: VRayMtl, VRayBlendMtl, VRayOverrideMtl, VRayLightMtl and VRay2SidedMtl;
* 3ds Max materials: Multi/sub-object, Standard, Shellac and Blend;
* VRayWrapperMtl material is only partially supported.

Textures
The following textures are supported by V-Ray RT:

* Bitmap textures: PNG, BMP, TGA, JPG, EXR, HDR, SGI, PIC and TIFF file formats;
* Procedural textures: Checker, Noise, Falloff, Speckle, Cellular, Gradient Ramp, Tiles etc;
* Utility textures: Output, Normal bump, Mix, Mask, RGB Multiply, RGB Tint etc;
* V-Ray textures: VRayColor, VRayCompTex, VRayEdgesTex, VRayHDRI, VRaySky and VRayBmpFilter;
* 3rd party textures: the ColorCorrect texture is partially supported (the Gamma and Source parameters).




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The LSS Toolbar created by created by Kirill is a great toolbar that combines many of Kirill’s plugins in one easy to use menu. It has been slightly overdue but now that its here it is a great addition! Kirill’s famous plugin is the SU Blend plugin that will blend or morph two faces into one object with levels (if desired).

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