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If you experience any problems, please check the Installation Troubleshooting page. 

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In order to run Phoenix FD for Maya, you need to have V-Ray for Maya and access to the License Server (installed on your machine or a connection to one over your network).

 

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System requirements

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Please make sure that your system fulfills these requirements before installing Phoenix FD. Note that Phoenix FD is only supported for 64 bit operating systems and 64 bit versions of Maya. 

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Phoenix FD for Maya comes in 2 build types - compatible with V-Ray 3 and V-Ray Next. If you don't have V-Ray, it does not matter at all which one you install - Phoenix would still be able to simulate, load, save and preview caches. If you do have V-Ray 3 or V-Ray Next, please take care to install a matching Phoenix build.

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Phoenix for vray3 requires V-Ray 3.6 or later; Phoenix for vray4 requires V-Ray Next 4.0 or later, 64-bit versions only
ProcessorIntel® Pentium ® IV or compatible processor with SSE4.2 support.
RAM8 GB RAM and 8 GB swap minimum – recommended 32 GB or more RAM, 32 GB or more swap fileV-Ray for Maya
USB portRequired for dongle licensing, USB 2.0 or newer
TCP/IPOnly IPv4 is supported. IPv6 is currently not supported.
Chaos License Server4.5.1 or later

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V-Ray for Maya 3.6 or later, 64-bit versions only
ProcessorIntel ® Pentium ® IV or compatible processor with SSE4.2 support.
RAM8 GB RAM and 8 GB swap minimum – recommended 32 GB or more RAM, 32 GB or more swap fileV-Ray for Maya
USB portRequired for dongle licensing, USB 2.0 or newer
TCP/IPOnly IPv4 is supported. IPv6 is currently not supported.

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Before running the installation, make sure your Windows account has administrative privileges and the dongle is not plugged in.

Windows

Run the installer.

1. Upon the start of the installation, Windows may ask you for permission to run the installer with administrator privileges. Please confirm.

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