Chaos introduces AI denoising and scene automation.
Instead of listing every micro-update, here are the most significant hotfix batches that fixed major user-facing issues: vray+all+versions+list+hot
| Version Range | Host Application | Primary Fixes |
|---------------|----------------|----------------|
| 3.40.02 – 3.40.04 | 3ds Max, Maya | Crashes when switching from RT to production renderer, bad texture filtering on proxies. |
| 3.60.03 | 3ds Max | GPU out-of-core memory paging failure. |
| 4.10.02 | SketchUp | IPR freeze on Mac OS Big Sur. |
| 4.30.03 | All hosts | .vrscene import failing with complex curves. |
| 5.00.04 – 5.00.07 | 3ds Max, Rhino | Light Mix performance drop; VFB2 undo/redo corruption. |
| 5.10.03 | Revit | Material editor slow on large models. |
| 5.20.02 | Maya | V-Ray Denoiser producing black frames with animated sequences. |
| 6.00.02 – 6.00.05 | 3ds Max | VRayDecal not rendering in distributed mode + crash with VRayProxy motion blur. |
| 6.10.02 | Houdini | Solaris / USD stage importing *.vrscene causes asset path loss. |
| 6.20.06 | All | Security hotfix: DLL hijacking vulnerability (CVE-2024-127). |
| 7.00.03 | Cinema 4D | Team Render client hanging on complex displacement maps. |
| 7.10.02 | 3ds Max | LightGen (light layout assistant) not saving configurations. | Chaos introduces AI denoising and scene automation
How to find exact hotfix documentation: Chaos maintains a “V-Ray for [Host] – Version History” page in their official documentation center (docs.chaos.com). Hotfix numbers appear as 4-digit build suffixes, e.g.,
6.00.03– the final.03denotes the third hotfix after 6.0.0. How to find exact hotfix documentation: Chaos maintains
| Version | Host App | Year | Key Feature | Status | |--------|----------|------|-------------|--------| | V-Ray 1.0 | 3ds Max 7 | 2003 | First production renderer | Legacy | | V-Ray 3.6 | 3ds Max 2018 | 2017 | Hybrid GPU/CPU | Popular | | V-Ray Next | SketchUp 2019 | 2019 | Scene intelligence | Mature | | V-Ray 5 | 3ds Max 2021 | 2020 | Light Mix, VFB2 | Stable | | V-Ray 6 | Rhino 7/8 | 2022 | Enscape bridge | Current | | V-Ray 7 | 3ds Max 2025 | 2025 | AI post‑render | Hot 🔥 |
| Version | Year | Highlights |
|---------|------|-------------|
| V-Ray 3.0 | 2013 | Unified UI, progressive rendering, V-Ray Proxy improvements. |
| V-Ray 3.1 | 2014 | VRayClipper, raw render elements, improved RT GPU. |
| V-Ray 3.2 | 2015 | VRayDenoiser (intelligent noise removal), IES light profiles inside VRayIES. |
| V-Ray 3.3 | 2015 | V-Ray Scene (.vrscene) export, support for Nuke 9. |
| V-Ray 3.4 | 2016 | VRayHairMtl, VRayALSurfaceMtl, all major host apps aligned. |
| Hotfix examples in v3.x | 2015–16 | 3.40.02, 3.40.03 (fixes for Maya/3ds Max startup crashes, GPU memory leaks). |