V-Ray Next for Unreal, update 2.5

Official Release

Date – December, 2019

New Features

Texture

• Support for Color Corrections in Unreal texture asset editor
  • Brightness
  • Brightness Curve
  • Vibrance
  • Saturation
  • RGBCurve
  • Hue

UI

• Added shortcut from V-Ray drop-down menu to in Project settings

• OptiX render mode (Experimental) in V-Ray Settings tab

• Dedicated button and dialogue window to save .vrscene file

V-Bake

• Support for generating low-quality (mobile) lightmaps when lightbaking

Modified Features

V-Ray

• Improved speed when using Unreal materials in render and lightbake

UI

• Moved VRay CUDA GPU Device Selection to V-Ray category in Project Settings

.vrscene Import

• Better .vrscene import progress reporting and monitoring

Bug Fixes

.vrscene Import

• Crash when importing meshes without normal data

V-Ray

• Bugs with Normal map input producing incorrect shading
• "Affects World" property in Unreal lights not updating in IPR
• Bug with Dome light texture rotation in interactive does not update properly
• Crash when switching levels while rendering using VRayPhysicalCamera
• Bug "Use Custom Start Frame" option in Sequencer not exporting properly
• Exposure not exporting correctly in Sequencer animation when using "3d Max Compatible" in VRayPhysicalCamera
• Exception in CORE when network error occurs and bitmaps fail to load
• Directional light renders black with certain color values
• V-Ray material thumbnail preview mesh might randomly disappear