Iray Manager Maxscript (updated)

UPDATED VERSION 1.4
IRay manager is a toolset to setup Iray renderer with Mental Ray Material Editor (the Iray Material Editor is too slow to update!!). The script let you choose CPU or GPU only render and let you adjust the number of GPU and CPU cores to use for rendering.

> download the maxscript (V1.2)

> v1.4 (Artur Leao) Artur enhance the script day after day :)

UPDATE!! Artur Leao completly rewrote my script and enhance is stability and functionalities!

Iray 3dsmax2011 installation

You will need to have an installed copy of mental ray Standalone 2011.
Copy the following 3 .dll files
cudart.dll
libiraymr.dll
libiray.dll
From: C:\Program Files\Autodesk\mrstand3.8.1-adsk2011\bin
To: C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2011

then download and install this Ctrl.Ghost like this:

mrGeomShaderObject.dlo >3ds Max 2011\plugins

ctrl_ghost_settings.mi > 3ds Max 2011\mentalimages\shaders_autoload\mentalray\include

ctrl_ghost_settings.dll > C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2011\mentalimages\shaders_autoload\mentalray\shaders

Then start 3dsmax2011 and create a basic scene with MentalRay

Create>Geometry>Mental ray> mr Shader then drag the box on the viewport

With mr Geometry Shader box selected go to Modify>Shader>none

then pick Maps>mental ray>Ctrl.Ghost.Settings(ctrl.studio)

then drag it as instance in the MaterialEditor

Progressive rendering > enable > Iray

Max samples > 1000000

Render

Tips:

If it render black, you have a Cuda problem so uou have to disable Cuda. You can do that in the graphic card control panel or by temporary renaming the nvcuda.dll in windows>system32

Iray

Iray is out on MentalRay Standalone 3.8.1. For those who own a license you can try Iray on Maya and 3dsmax2011 by copying somme dll. Check the thread about this

Some people like me encounter black render problem because of Cuda problem. You can use the CPU only Iray by renaming the nvcuda.dll in C:\Windows\System32. For now I can't use textures map for some reason...
some test Ive done (CPU only):

win7 64 / Phenom II X6
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