5.1.3 — V-ray

Best for: Architects, interior designers, and 3D artists who need production-ready rendering without jumping to the latest V-Ray 6.

Support for multiple HDRIs in a single render, which can be toggled or mixed via LightMix without re-rendering.

V-Ray 5, update 1 hotfix 3 now available (5.1.3) - Chaos Forums v-ray 5.1.3

matanov. VMAX Product Manager. Join Date: Mar 2012. Posts: 2452. V-Ray 5, update 1 hotfix 3 now available (5.1. 3) 24-06-2021, 03: Chaos Forums V-Ray 5 Update 1 | What's new in the latest Vray?

The LightMix interface now supports alphabetical sorting of light channels, and values no longer reset unexpectedly during scene adjustments. Best for: Architects, interior designers, and 3D artists

The VRayVolumeGrid replaced the 'Particle Mode' with a single-sample probabilistic shade, leading to more efficient volumetric rendering.

: Resolved a crash in the compact material editor when using Shell materials. VMAX Product Manager

| Feature | 5.1.3 | V-Ray 6 | |--------|-------|---------| | Light Mix | ✅ | ✅ (improved) | | Chaos Cosmos | ✅ | ✅ (more assets) | | Enmesh | ❌ | ✅ | | Material stacking (layered materials) | Limited | ✅ Full | | Cloud rendering | ❌ | ✅ (paid) | | Stability | ✅ Very stable | ⚠️ Early builds buggy |

: New warnings identify modified texture blurriness and specific bitmap blur values during the rendering analysis stage.