V-Ray is a series of professional rendering plugins/standalone apps developed by Chaos Group company. Of which, V-Ray for Maya provides high-quality graphics and animation rendering capabilities for the excellent 3D modeling software Maya. Beyond that, V-Ray also can be run as a separate renderer, which is convenient for users to render various images.

The biggest improvement of V-Ray for Maya 3.3 is its running speed. The rendering speed of most scenes was promoted by 20-50%. In addition, this version also introduced the final frame production GPU rendering feature, which is a major update of V-Ray RT in Maya. As to V-Ray for Maya 3.4, it came with more powerful new features. And more.

This is a collection type of post intended to collect and share the official full installers and working unlocked DLL files of V-Ray for Maya. These resources cover all versions (2015 ~ 2020) of V-Ray for Maya on Windows 64-bit only.

// System Requirements //

• Windows 64-bit only

// Edition Statement //

AppNee provides the V-Ray for Maya multilingual full installers and unlocked files for Windows 64-bit only.

// Installation Notes //

for vv6.00.02:

1. Delete any previous unlocked files you used, like vray_vxxxxx_maya_fix.dll, vrayformayapatch.mll, zray.mll, vray_zzz.dll, etc.
2. Download and install V-Ray for Maya (there is no need to install the License Server, select the Remote option)
3. Copy the unlocked file ‘vray_vxxxxx_maya_fix.dll‘ to the following path:
   • X:\Program Files\Chaos Group\V-Ray\Maya 20xx for x64\maya_vray\vrayplugins\
4. Done

for v4.04.03/v4.12.0x/v4.30.0x/v5.00.22+:

1. Delete any previous unlocked files you used, like vray_vxxxxx_maya_fix.dll, vrayformayapatch.mll, zray.mll, vray_zzz.dll, etc.
2. Download and install V-Ray for Maya (there is no need to install the License Server, select the Remote option)
3. Copy the unlocked file ‘vray_vxxxxx_maya_fix.dll‘ to the following path:
   • C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Maya 20xx\vray\vrayplugins\
4. Done

*** If you get a “No license” error, there may be two reasons:

• The patch is not loaded. You put it in the wrong place, or it’s blocked by your Antivirus software.
• The previous patch is still there, and it prevents the new one from working.

for v3.60.04:

1. Uninstall any previous versions of vray or phoenixFD plugin
2. Download and install vray plugin
3. Copy the unlocked file (vrayformayapatch.mll) to “X:\Program Files\Autodesk\Maya201x\vray\plug-ins\” and overwrite
4. Load “vrayformayapatch.mll” in Maya’s Plug-ins Manager and set “Auto Load” option
5. Done

for v3.60.01:

1. Download and install the corresponding version of Vray plugin
2. Copy the unlocked file (zray.mll) to “X:\Program Files\Autodesk\Maya201X\vray\plug-ins\” and overwrite
3. Open Maya, enter “Windows -> Settings/Preferences -> Plugin Manager”, load plugins, and check “Load” and “Auto Load” options
4. Restart Maya
5. Done

for v3.52.03:

1. Download and install vray_adv_35203_maya201x_x64.exe
2. Copy the unlocked file ‘vrayformaya.mll‘ to “C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Maya201x\vray\plug-ins” and overwrite
3. Load V-Ray plugin in Maya’s “Plug-in Manager” menu (Windows -> Settings/Preferences -> Plug-in Manager
4. Done, enjoy!

for v3.40.05:

1. First of all, exit Maya 2016
2. Download and install vray_adv_34005_maya2016_x64.exe
3. Copy the unlocked file ‘BS_VRAY.mll‘ to “C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Maya2016\vray\plug-ins\” and overwrite
4. Copy the unlocked file ‘BlackStorm.dll‘ to “C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Maya2016\bin” and overwrite
5. Copy the unlocked file ‘cgauth.dll‘ to “C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Maya2016\vray\bin” and overwrite
6. Run ‘setvrlservice.exe‘ under “C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Maya2016\vray\bin\”
7. Set all values of ‘License server‘ and ‘Connection port‘ fields to ‘0’, click ‘OK’
8. Run Maya 2016
9. Open the ‘Plug-in Manager’ and load all plugins
10. Restart Maya 2016, all done!

for v3.30.01:

• See the ‘notes.txt’ file for details.

for v3.10.01 and lower:

1. Install vray_adv_31001_maya20xx_x64.exe
2. Copy all contents of ‘Unlocked Files’ folder, and paste them to your Maya’s root folder and replace existing folders (eg:- C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Maya20xx\)
3. Run Maya, load plugin from your “Plug-in Manager”, that’s it!

// Download URLs //

Version	Support for (64-bit only)	Download
v6.00.03	V-Ray Next for Maya 2019 V-Ray Next for Maya 2020 V-Ray Next for Maya 2022 V-Ray Next for Maya 2023
v5.20.02	V-Ray Next for Maya 2018 V-Ray Next for Maya 2019 V-Ray Next for Maya 2020 V-Ray Next for Maya 2022 V-Ray Next for Maya 2023
v5.00.22	V-Ray Next for Maya 2017	reserved
v4.30.02	V-Ray Next for Maya 2017 V-Ray Next for Maya 2018 V-Ray Next for Maya 2019 V-Ray Next for Maya 2020
v4.30.00	V-Ray Next for Maya 2016 V-Ray Next for Maya 2016.5	reserved reserved
v4.12.01	V-Ray Next for Maya 2015	reserved
v3.60.04	V-Ray for Maya 2018	reserved
v3.60.01	V-Ray for Maya 2015 V-Ray for Maya 2016 V-Ray for Maya 2016.5 V-Ray for Maya 2017	reserved reserved reserved reserved
v3.10.01	V-Ray for Maya 2014	reserved
v2.40.2	V-Ray for Maya 2014 V-Ray for Maya 2015

(V-Ray | Chaos Software)