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This page provides a table of currently supported features by V-Ray for Unreal.

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Overview

These features are supported by V-Ray for Unreal. Currently supported versions of Unreal Engine are 4.19.2, 4.20.3 and 4.21.12.

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For best results when importing vrscene files make sure your scenes are authored and optimized for V-Ray GPU Next or V-Ray GPU 3.6.

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All supported features from Unreal Engine are listed in the Rendering table below.

Only Render nodes for V-Ray Next are supported.

V-Ray for Unreal only supports normal maps in tangent space.

V-Ray for Unreal uses only the V-Ray Hybrid engine.

 

Supported Features

Import and Rendering

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Importing vrscene files
Cameras

3ds Max Physical Camera:

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  • Film/Sensor - Preset; Width
  • Lens - Focal Length; Specify FOV; Aperture; Custom Focus Distance
  • Shutter - Type 1/seconds; Duration
  • Exposure Gain - Manual
  • White Balance Custom

VRay Physical Camera

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  • Focus Distance; Target Distance; Field of view; Film gate; Focal length; Film Speed (ISO); F-number; Shutter speed(s^-1); Exposure; Custom White balance
Geometry
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  • Triangle meshes
  • VRayProxy - initial support, no animated meshes
  • UV channels 0, 1, 2, 3
  • Initial support for displaced/smoothed meshes
Lights
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  • Standard
    • Spotlight - Light - On/Off; Shadows - On/Off; Multiplier; Decay type - None, Inverse Square; Hotspot; Falloff
    • Omni - Light - On/Off; Shadows - On/Off; Multiplier; Decay type - None, Inverse Square
    • Direct - Light - On/Off; Shadows - On/Off; Multiplier
  • Photometric
    • Photometric web - Light - On/Off; Shadows - On/Off; Photometric Web profile; Filter Color; Intensity in lumens
  • V-Ray
    • Dome light - Light - On/Off; Units - Default image; Multiplier; Color; Texture
    • Sphere light - Light - On/Off; Color; Units - Default image, Luminous power; Multiplier; Cast Shadows - On/Off
    • Rectangle light - Enabled - On/Off; Light color; Intensity multiplier; Units - Default image, Lumens; Shadows - On/Off
    • IES light - Enabled - On/Off; IES file; Cast shadows - On/Off; Color; Intensity type - lumens
    • Sun - Enabled - On/Off; Turbidity; Sky model - Hosek et al.
Materials
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  • VRayMtl
  • VRay2SidedMtl
  • VRayBumpMtl
  • VRayLightMtl
Textures 
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  • Bitmap
  • VRayHDRI
  • VRayNormalMap

Textures with file format:

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  • .bmp
  • .png
  • .tga
  • .jpg
  • .hdr
Other
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  • 3ds Max Exposure Control
  • VRay Exposure Control
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Importing vrscene files
Cameras

VRay Physical Camera

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  • Focus Distance; Target Distance; Field of view; Film gate; Focal length; Film Speed (ISO); F-number; Shutter speed(s^-1); Exposure; Custom White balance
Geometry
Fancy Bullets
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  • Triangle meshes
  • VRayProxy - initial support, no animated meshes
  • UV channels 0, 1, 2, 3
  • Initial support for displaced/smoothed meshes
Lights
Fancy Bullets
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  • V-Ray
    • Dome light - Enabled - On/Off; Light color; Intensity multiplier; Dome Tex
    • Sphere light - Enabled - On/Off; Light color; Intensity multiplier; Units - Default image, Lumens; Shadows - On/Off
    • Rectangle light - Enabled - On/Off; Light color; Intensity multiplier; Units - Default image, Lumens; Shadows - On/Off
    • IES light - Enabled - On/Off; IES File Name; Light color; Intensity; Shadows - On/Off
    • Sun - Enabled - On/Off; Turbidity; Sky Model - Hosek et al.

 

Materials
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  • VRayMtl
  • VRay2SidedMtl
  • VRayBumpMtl
  • VRayLightMtl
Textures 

3ds Max

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  • Bitmap
  • VRayHDRI
  • VRayNormalMap
Maya
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  • File
  • Gamma

Textures with file format:

Fancy Bullets
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  • .bmp
  • .png
  • .tga
  • .jpg
  • .hdr
Other
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3ds Max
  • VRay Exposure Control
VRay Exposure Control
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Rendering
Cameras

Unreal

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  • Camera Actor - Transformations
  • Cine Camera Actor - Transformations

VRay

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  • VRayPhysicalCamera BP
    • Current Camera Settings - Sensor Width, Sensor Height; Focus Method; Manual Focus Distance; Current Focal Length
    • V-Ray Physical Camera Settings - 3ds max Compatible; Enable Exposure; Film Speed(ISO); Shutter Speed S^-1; F-number; White Balance
    •  Color Mapping - Reinhard Burn Value
Geometry
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  • Static Meshes
  • Blueprint Actors with Static Meshes
  • Foliage
Lights
Unreal
Fancy Bullets
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  • Point Light - Intensity; Light Color; Intensity Units - Unitless, Candelas, Lumens; Source Radius; Affects World; Cast Shadows; Use Inverse Squared Falloff
  • Spot Light - Intensity; Light Color; Intensity Units - Unitless, Candelas, Lumens; Inner Cone Angle; Outer Cone Angle; Source Radius, Affects World; Cast Shadows; Use Inverse Squared Falloff; IES Texture
Directional
  • Rect Light - Intensity; Light Color; Intensity Units - Unitless, Candelas, Lumens; Source Width;Source Height; Affects World; Cast Shadows
; Light Source Angle

V-Ray

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  • VRaySunAndSky BP - Auto Update; Elevation; Azimuth; On; Turbidity
  • VRayLightDome BP - On; Use Dome Tex; Dome Tex; Dome Tex Rotation; Dome Color; Intensity; Auto Update
  • VRayLightRect BP - Enable, Is Disc, Length/Radius, Width, Multiplier, Cast Shadows, Color, Invisible
Materials
  • Directional Light - Intensity; Light Color; Affects World; Cast Shadows; Light Source Angle
Materials

Supported

Unreal Materials supported

expressions:

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  • Constant
    • Constant
    • Constant2Vector
    • Constant3Vector
    • Constant4vector
    • ViewProperty
  • Coordinates
    TextureCoordinate
      • Panner
      • Rotator
      • ScreenPosition
      • TextureCoordinate
    • Functions
      • FunctionInput
      • FunctionOutput
      • MaterialFunctionCall
      • StaticBool
      • StaticSwitch
    • Material Attributes
      • BreakMaterialAttribute
      • MakeMaterialAttribute
    • Math
      • Abs
      • Add
      • AppendVector
      • Ceil
      • Clamp
      • ComponentMask
      • Cosine
      • CrossProduct
      • Divide
      • DotProduct
      • Floor
      • Fmod
      • Frac
      • If
      • LinearInterpolate
      • Max
      • Min
      • Multiply
      • Normalize
      • OneMinus
      • Power
      • Round
      • Saturate
      • Sign
      • Sine
      • SquareRoot
      • Subtract
      • Truncate
    • Parameters
      • ScalarParameter
      • StaticBoolParameter
      • StaticSwitchParameter
      • VectorParameter
      • TextureObjectParameter
      • TextureSample2DParameter
    • Texture
      • TextureObject
      • TextureSample
    • Utilities
      • BumpOffset
      • ConstantBiasScale
      • DDX
      • DDY
      • Desaturate
      • Distance
      • Fresnel
      • SphereMask
    • VectorOps
      • CameraPositionWS
      • CameraVectorWS
      • PixelNormalWS
      • ReflectionVectorWS
     
      • Transform
     
      • VertexNormalWS
    Unreal Materials supported

    Supported Inputs:

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    • Base Color
    • Metallic
    • Specular
    • Roughness
    • Emissive Color
    • Opacity
    • Opacity Mask
    • Normal
    • Clear Coat
    • Clear Coat Roughness
    • Clear Coat Bottom Normal
    Unreal Materials supported

    Supported Blend Modes:

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    • Opaque
    • Masked
    • Translucent
    • Alpha Composite

    Supported

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  • VRayMtl
  • VRayCarpaintUberMtl
    • VRayPBRMtl

    Shading Modes:

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    • Unlit
    • Default Lit

    Material Instances, V-Ray Material Instances with V-Ray Parent Materials:

    • Clear Coat
    Textures 

    Texture with Compression Settings:

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    • Default
    • Normalmap
    • Grayscale
    • HDR

    Textures with file format:

    Fancy Bullets
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    • .bmp
    • .png
    • .tga
    • .jpg
    • .hdr
    Other
    Fancy Bullets
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    • Sequencer animation with Static Meshes
    • Project packaging/cooking into a standalone application
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    Cameras
    Fancy Bullets
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    • VRayPhysicalCamera BP
      • Current Camera Settings - Sensor Width, Sensor Height; Focus Method; Manual Focus Distance; Current Focal Length
      • V-Ray Physical Camera Settings - 3ds max Compatible; Enable Exposure; Film Speed(ISO); Shutter Speed S^-1; F-number; White Balance
      •  Color Mapping - Reinhard Burn Value
    Lights
    Fancy Bullets
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    • VRaySunAndSky BP - On, Azimuth, Elevation, Turbidity, Ozone, Intensity Multiplier, Size Multiplier, Set fo Light Bake
    • VRayLightDome BP - On, Use Dome Tex, Dome Tex, Dome Tex Rotation, Dome Color, Intensity, Invisible, Set for Light Bake
    • VRayLightRect BP - Enable, Is Disc, Length/Radius, Width, Multiplier, Cast Shadows, Color, Invisible, Set for Light Bake
    Materials
    Material Instances, V-Ray Material Instances with V-Ray Parent Materials:

     

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    • VRayMtl
    • VRayCarpaintUberMtl
    • VRayPBRMtl
    Render Elements
    Fancy Bullets
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    • Denoiser (NVidia Ai, V-Ray)
    • Background, GI, Lighting, Reflection, Refraction, Specular, Self Illumination, Sub Surface Scattering 1
    • Diffuse Filter, Reflection Filter, Refraction Filter, Shadows
    • RenderID
    • Normals, Bump Normals, Sampler Info, Velocity, ZDepth
    • Light Select
    • Sample Rate, Unclamped Color, Noise Level
    Other
    Fancy Bullets
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    • Sequencer animation with Static Meshes

     

     

     

     

    Unreal
    Baking
    Fancy Bullets
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    Project packaging/cooking into a standalone application
    • Light bake with V-Ray Bake

     

     

    Footnotes

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    1 – Only for materials that have "Render materials from .vrscene" option enabled