Chaos V-Ray 7, hotfix 2 for SketchUp 21 - 25 x64 [Feb 26, 2025, ENG]

Build 5.20.04
Official release, update 2.3
Date - Jan 28, 2022
Improvements & Bug Fixes
Integration
Added support for SketchUp 2022
Added native Apple silicone support
SketchUp Ruby errors are now logged in V-Ray’s Log Window
The Decal viewport widget is updated to more clearly show the projection’s orientation
An issue causing black artifacts to appear in the image during viewport rendering, is resolved
An issue leading to incorrect results when one of the Affect Specular or Affect Reflections options of the Dome light is disabled, is resolved
Enabling Volumetric Environment or changing any of the fog options now correctly triggers an interactive rendering update
An issue preventing vrscene files import through the File/Import menu in SketchUp 2021 and 2022, is resolved
A number of issues with region rendering in VFB are resolved
UI
Progressive Caustics implemented. The new mode can be enabled in the Calculation Mode/Disk Caching rollout. In Progressive mode the caustic effect is produced during rendering (progressive image sampler has to be used). There is no additional prepass required and no photon map is stored
A number of new parameters are exposed for the Curvature texture - Mode, Radius, Ignore Bump, Output Gain, Output Lift, Output Gamma, Output Pivot, Output Clamp
Backside Projection Decal option implemented. Enable it to see the Decal effect on a backside of a surface
Deleting a large number of materials at once is optimized. Deleting all the V-Ray Library materials (more than 300), for example, now takes less than a minute
Some of the default internal GPU engine (CUDA/RTX) parameters are updated to decrease memory usage and improve performance. Scenes saved with previous V-Ray versions are automatically migrated
All NeUI errors are now correctly logged in the Log Window
In issue causing a SettingsRTEngine.gpu_light_cache warning message to appear in the render log is resolved
An issue preventing the link in the new version update popup notification to work, is resolved
An issue causing the initial state of the SettingsOptions.ray_bias V-Ray parameter to be incorrectly set by default is resolved. The internal value that V-Ray uses now always corresponds to the UI state
An issue causing errors to pop up when the Material Library or Light Gen content download is interrupted is resolved. The message type is changed to a warning
The current project name is now automatically suggested in the Export V-Ray Scene window
The Scatter’s Seed parameter tooltip is updated
An issue causing long Scatter guest names to overlap in the guests list is resolved
Vision
An issue preventing Vision from working on macOS 10.14 Mojave is resolved
Build 5.20.03
Official release, update 2.2
Date - Dec 21, 2021
Improvements & Bug Fixes
Integration
Undoing object deletion now correctly updates the scene during interactive rendering
The Decal creation user experience is improved. SketchUp’s snapping no longer interferes with the extrusion of the projector face
The Scatter preview generation is optimized leading to faster instances preview generation
Changing the texture placement or material size of an object used as a Scatter host during interactive rendering no longer leads to a crash
All V-Ray-specific Windows 10 Start Menu shortcuts are now located in a V-Ray for SketchUp Start Menu group
UI
Consecutive errors no longer cause the Log Window to pop up and take focus each time. Only the first error brings up the Log
Back to Beauty render element implemented. This is a single render element that expands to all beauty elements for the actual rendering. In the VFB, this render element creates a folder named BackToBeauty visible in the Composite output source containing all elements with their appropriate blend modes. The elements used for the beauty rebuild are - Background, Lighting, Global Illumination, Reflection, Specular, Refraction, Self Illumination, Caustics, Subsurface Scattering and Atmosphere
Ambient Occlusion render element implemented. Internally, the render element consists of an Extra Texture render element with a Dirt texture connected to it. The only difference is that its background uses the unconcluded (white) color instead of being black
An issue causing the Asset Editor to show that Custom quality is used even though all settings match one of the quality presets is resolved
Thin Mode option added to the Dirt texture. When enabled, it enhances the look of thin surfaces by casting less dirt on them. The option makes a difference only for the Inner Occlusion Mode of the Dirt
Ignore Bump option added to the Dirt texture. When enabled, bump maps are excluded from Dirt computations. The option is useful, when the bump effect is too strong and may produce undesirable effects such as holes
Streaks Density parameter added to the Dirt texture. It controls the density of the procedural streaks
The name of the Improved Sky model is changed to PRG Clear Sky
Switching the render engine from CPU to GPU and vice versa with the Interactive mode enabled no longer changes the GI engines selection
Affect Atmospherics option implemented for the Sunlight. It specifies whether the light influences the atmospheric effects in the scene. The value determines the strength of the effect
Atmospheric Shadows option implemented for the Sunlight. When disabled, the atmospheric effects in the scene no longer cast shadows from this light source
Switching the render engine from CPU to GPU and vice versa with the Interactive mode enabled no longer changes the primary global illumination engine to Brute Force. If another engine (such as Irradiance Map) was initially active it will remain unchanged
An issue preventing the automatic adjustment of the Max Subdivs value when switching between the CPU and CUDA or RTX render engines is resolved
An issue causing UI elements to be resized and aligned incorrectly when a material layer name is too long is resolved
An issue preventing the VRay Mtl’s parameter contribution detection from functioning correctly in specific situations is resolved. The rollout expand arrow in the VRay Mtl’s properties panel will no longer appear highlighted even though all material parameters in the rollout are set to their default values
A CUDA or RTX device can no longer be deselected from the Engine Select Device/s menu if it is the only available one
Core
An issue causing a crash when changing the rendered image size during interactive rendering is resolved
An issue preventing V-Ray from utilizing more than 64 threads in specific situations on Windows 11 is resolved
Decal materials no longer render incorrectly with the GPU engine when the On-demand mipmapping Resize option is enabled
GPU kernel compilation times are reduced by up to 60%
An issue with the GPU Light Cache leading to a memory leak is resolved
Increasing the GI Depth during Interactive CUDA or RTX rendering no longer causes a crash when the On-demand mipmapping texture resize option is also active
Build 5.20.02
Official release, update 2.1
Date - Nov 18, 2021
Improvements & Bug Fixes
Integration
macOS: V-Ray no longer fails to initialize due to a restricted access to its log files’ directory
An issue preventing in-app EULA acceptance is resolved. The V-Ray installer no longer fails to create and set access to the required directories
An issue preventing rendering in specific projects with faulty Mesh Light components is resolved
An issue causing a hang during the quick creation of many assets in the Asset Editor is resolved
An issue preventing the Live Link from functioning correctly in specific projects is resolved. Scenes containing a Cryptomatte render elements can now be viewed and interacted with in both Vision and Vantage
The Scatter density is now correctly updated when the UV Placement of the density texture is changed
Proxy Scenes and other special V-Ray objects can no longer be selected as Scatter guests when using the Scatter Viewer tool. The tool no longer allows the selection of such unsupported objects as well as components containing them
The V-Ray Decal projection is now correctly overridden by the global material override. Disabling the ‘Can be Overridden’ option for the Decal material excludes it from the override effect
All Windows executable files located in the ..\V-Ray for SketchUp\extension\tools folder now correctly contain .exe in their name. This prevents issues with third party extensions that utilize the tools
An issue preventing UNC paths that start with a double backslashes (\\networkLocation\...) from being automatically resolved is fixed
UI
The system that establishes a connection between the Asset Editor and the preview render process is improved. This avoids situations in which the preview is not working because of an unstable connection
An issue causing the File Path Editor to hang in specific situations when there is a missing file in the list is resolved
The Swarm Auto-Discovery option is now disabled by default. This avoids issues causing none of the Swarm tags to be listed, making it impossible to use the Swarm manager
An issue causing unnecessary scrolling to be automatically performed in the Assets Outliner is resolved. Selecting an asset in a long list no longer causes incorrect scrolling on systems with custom UI scaling
Deleting the Bump attribute of a material no longer deletes child textures instantiated in other material slots
The Log Window’s filter source labels are improved
Vision
Auto-Exposure is now applied when a Standard image is exported
Auto-Exposure is now applied when one of the VR Camera Type output options is selected
Output file names that contain Unicode characters no longer cause the Video export to fail
V-Ray Core
The render progress is now always displayed correctly in the VFB's status bar
An issue causing a memory leak with GPU Light Cache is resolved
An issue causing a misplaced render region to be rendered after loading images directly from the VFB history is resolved
An issue leading to a crash in specific situations when a Cryptomatte render element is used in a project is resolved
A number of interactive update issues caused by the new SSS and Volumetric translucency modes of the VRay Mtl are resolved
An issue preventing Light Mix from working correctly on GPU when the camera Auto Exposure is also enabled is resolved
An issue causing material bump maps to appear reversed when viewed in reflections is resolved