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This page provides details on the V-Ray for Unreal UI and how it is integrated into the Unreal interface.

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Overview

The V-Ray for Unreal toolbar gives you access to all of the settings and options available in V-Ray.

 

 

 

V-Ray Toolbar

The V-Ray toolbar allows you to render using V-Ray’s Interactive renderer and bake lighting with V-Ray Bake. From the V-Ray drop-down menu you can access the V-Ray frame buffer, open the V-Ray Settings tab, open the V-Ray Project Settings and open the VRScene Export Options. From the V-Ray Bake drop-down you can access the V-Ray Bake Settings tab.

 

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 Button States

The V-Ray button and V-Ray Bake button have five states depending on the process that is currently running:

 

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Idle/Neutral

V-Ray is in idle mode, not processing or rendering the scene.

 

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Preparing

V-Ray is preparing the scene for rendering. Meshes, textures, materials and lights are cached into memory.

 

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Rendering

V-Ray is rendering the scene. Click on the button to stop rendering at any time.

 

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Busy

V-Ray is unloading resources and exits rendering.

 

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Finished

V-Ray has reached specified parameters in V-Ray Settings.

 

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Idle/Neutral

V-Ray is in idle mode, not processing or rendering the scene.

 

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Preparing

V-Ray is preparing the scene for baking. Meshes, textures, materials and lights are cached into memory.

 

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Rendering

V-Ray is baking the scene. Click on the button to stop rendering at any time.

 

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Busy

V-Ray is unloading resources, exits rendering and processes lightmaps.

 

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Finished

V-Ray has finished baking all atlases and lightmaps.

 

 

 

V-Ray Assets Category

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The V-Ray Assets category in the Modes tab allows you to quickly create V-Ray related actors:

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V-Ray Settings

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V-Ray Settings provide access to all render options available in V-Ray for Unreal. For more information, see the V-Ray Settings page.

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V-Ray Project Settings

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In V-Ray Project Settings you set global option for the entire Unreal project. For more information, see the V-Ray Project Settings page.

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V-Ray Bake Settings

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V-Ray Light Bake or just V-Ray Bake is the process of creating lightmaps with complex light interactions and diffuse interreflection using the V-Ray render engine and it's GI and Lighting calculations. For more information, see the V-Ray Bake Settings page.

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Import vrscene Dialogue

The V-Ray Scene Import Options window appears when you are importing .vrscene files into Unreal.

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For more information, see the Import a VRayScene page.

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Exporting vrscene Dialogue

The V-Ray Scene Export Options window appears when you export .vrscene files from Unreal.

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For more information, see the Exporting a VRayScene page.

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