Is it time to upgrade from 1.05 to 1.49.01 ?

fuzzion

Any view on this matter is greatly appreciated

andybot

Yes, here are some improvements that I would not trade back to 1.05 for:

texture processing is much faster - no longer have to remove textures from components
smoothing of geometry is processed (in 1.05, everything is faceted.)
greatly enhanced vray material editing

Some things were broken in the earlier 1.48 releases, like DOF and displacement, but most things are working now.

fuzzion

Yes, here are some improvements that I would not trade back to 1.05 for:

texture processing is much faster - no longer have to remove textures from components

smoothing of geometry is processed (in 1.05, everything is faceted.)

greatly enhanced vray material editing

Some things were broken in the earlier 1.48 releases, like DOF and displacement, but most things are working now.

Cheers for that.
I guess its time to donate my buckaroos to Chaos Group.

Edit: What things are not working now?

andybot

The biggest issue right now (for me at least) is that vray material properties get lost when copying geometry from one SU file to another or loading components. Hopefully they'll have a fix out soon for that.
Another minor issue is that vray raw image format is messed up, though you can save raw as exr format and that works.

fuzzion

Here is an email i got from Chaos Group. Very promising

My original question

Hi,

I would like to purchase Vray for SU. But i have a few question before I make
up my mind.

I am buying this software for hobby use. So I have 2 computers. One is a laptop and the other is a PC. They both belong to me. Can I buy one license and use it on both of my computers that belong to me? Or do i have to buy a second license!? If so how much extra is it going to cost me.

2)When the next version of VFSU comes out, will it be free if the next version is simply a fix for Bugs present in the current version? Or do i have to keep paying for the newer versions , even minor updated versions? And if so, how much do they generally cost.

3)Does the current version of VFSU work with the most up to date version of Sketchup?

Kindest regards
Josh

Reply from Chaos Group

Hi Josh,

Thank you for the interest in V-Ray rendering solution! Here are the answer you need:

One purchase, one serial number. However, since you are an individual user, we will give you a laptop activation as an exception. It's the same SN, with one extra activation.

2.) Eventually there will be plans to upgrade VfSU to version 2.0, which will be a paid upgrade. This product is not yet in development yet. A version upgrade will include significant additions to the product. We are always improiving the current version to work as best as it can. New versions are posted on our site about once a month, and they addess certain compatibility issues that arise, minor bugs, etc. As a V-Ray owner, you can always download these for free.

3.) Yes. The current installer works with both SU7 and SU8. There is a different installer for Mac and PC though. Please note that if you have BOTH SU7 and SU8 on your computer at the same time, the installer will default to SU7. In order to install with SU8 as well, you will need to change the path of the folder installation to SU8 destinations.