V-Ray Next for Unreal, beta2

Beta release

Date – October 30, 2018

New Features

Light Bake

• Initial implementation of V-Ray Bake

Materials

• Initial support for Unreal native materials

Geometry

• Support for Foliage system

Render

• Initial support for Sequencer animation

Modified Features

Installer

• Request confirmation about version being uninstalled during installation process

UI

• Reworked UI
• Integrated GPU device select tool in V-Ray Settings
• Global Shadow Bias parameter
• Fallback material for use when rendering unsupported materials
• Quick settings quality presets slider
• Export VRScene path option
• Auto Exposure and Auto White Balance options
• Undersampling option

Camera

• Support for Depth of Field in VRayPhysicalCamera

Materials

• Improve parity for VRayMtl material
• Support for SeflIllumination material
• V-Ray Materials are now included in the packaging/cooking process

Lights

• Updated VRaySunAndSky sky model
• Support for Unreal Intensity Units in Lights
• Support for 4.20 RectLight
• Support for Light Source Angle in Directional Light
• Support for default intensity unit at import for Spotlight, Omni, Sphere Light, Rectangle Light

Geometry

• Improved support for VRay Proxy (vrmesh)

Render

• Update responsiveness and speed of IPR
• Support for interactive mesh material update
• Support for interactive material parameters update
• Stop renderer when noise threshold is reached in non-interactive session

Render Elements

• Added :
  • NVidia AI Denoiser
  • Background, GI, Lighting, Reflection, Refraction, Specular, Self Illumination, Sub Surface Scattering
  • Diffuse Filter, Reflection Filter, Refraction Filter, Shadows, Atmosphere
  • RenderID
  • Normals, Bump Normals, Sampler Info, Velocity, ZDepth
  • Light Select
  • Sample Rate, Unclamped Color, Noise Level

VFB

• Dedicated button for opening the VFB
• Always on top VFB

VR

• V-Ray Teleport Blueprints separated in an additional plugin