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V-Ray 1.5 for 3ds Max Installation Guide

V-Ray 1.5 for 3ds Max Installation Guide
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Table of Contents
Preparing the installation.........................................................................................................................................1 Systemrequirements............................................................................................................................................1 Obtaining an installer for the new version...................................................................................................2 Obtaining a hardware lock (dongle) for the new version.......................................................................2 Upgrade from an existing V-Rayinstallation.....................................................................................................2 Upgrading from version 1.5 RCx to a newer version................................................................................3 Upgrading from version 1.47.03 and earlier...............................................................................................3 Cleaninstallation of V-Ray 1.5................................................................................................................................3 Installing version 1.5 with hardware lock (dongle)..................................................................................3 Workstation installation of V-Ray 1.5 with hardware lock (dongle)............................................4 Renderslave installation of V-Ray 1.5....................................................................................................12 Uninstalling V-Ray 1.5..............................................................................................................................................15Appendices...................................................................................................................................................................16 Reprogramming a V-Ray dongle for a different number of licenses................................................16 Creating a dongle remote programming context file (.wbc).........................................................17 Updating the contents of the dongle with a remote programming file(.rtu).........................17 Checking if the dongle has been reprogrammed correctly............................................................18 Troubleshooting...................................................................................................................................................19 V-Ray renderer user interface is missing in 3dsMax.......................................................................19 The license service does not start because no dongle is found...................................................22 After working properly for a while, the dongle is no longer detected......................................23 The license service is running properly, but there is no icon in the TaskBar.........................24

Preparing the installation
Before you install a newversion of V-Ray for 3ds Max, please make sure you have followed these steps.

System requirements
Please make sure that your system fulfills these requirements before installing V-Ray.

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V-Ray 1.5 for 3ds Max Installation Guide Requirement Processor RAM Operating system Minimum value/Other notes Pentium IV or equivalent with SSE2 support. 1 GB Windows NT with service pack 4; or Windows...