Requirements
Supported versions of 3ds Max and 3ds Max Design
Our plugins support the following 3ds Max 64 bit versions.
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | |
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= Unofficially Supported. Due to Autodesk licensing policy Forest Pack is only able to officially support 3ds Max 2017 to 2022. The installer also includes versions of Forest Pack for 3ds Max 2013 to 2016 which should install and work as expected, but we are unable to test them.
Supported Renderers
RailClone supports native instancing in the renderers and versions listed below
Mental Ray support in Max 2017 and 2018
From 3ds Max 2017 Mental Ray was an optional installation. RailClone for Max 2017 still has many dependencies on the Mental Ray libraries and is required by our plug-ins to operate correctly. Please make sure that Mental Ray is installed for 3DS Max 2017, even if you don't intend to use it to avoid errors.
From 3ds Max 2018 Mental Ray is no longer included, as a consequence RailClone's native instancing features are not supported for Mental Ray in Max 2018.
- Arnold 5.1 and above is supported from 3ds Max 2018 onwards. Please make sure the MaxToA plugin is up to date. You can download the most recent version from the Solid Angle website.
- Mental Ray is supported in version 2012 - 2017 only.
- V-Ray and V-Ray RT supported versions are 2.5 or greater for V-Ray 2, and 3.7 or greater for V-Ray 3, V-Ray Next and V-Ray GPU update 1.1 or above
- Thea Render 1.3 and onwards.
- Corona Renderer 1 and onwards.
- Redshift 2.6.24 or above
For unsupported renderers it is still possible to use RailClone using RailClone Tools to convert the objects to standard Max instances.
Feature Compatibility
Due to technical limitations, feature support varies between renderers. The table below illustrates the compatibility of RailClone's key features with each render engine.
Fully compatible features are marked with 
and highlighted in green
Supported in Arnold by enabling Legacy 3DS Max Map Support are marked with a * and highlighted in green
Partially supported features are marked with a * and highlighted in yellow. These can be enabled by turning off the instancing engine.
and highlighted in red| Standard | V-Ray | V-Ray RT/GPU | Arnold | Mental Ray | Corona | Thea | Octane | Maxwell | Moskito | Arion | Redshift | FStorm | |
| Native Instancing |
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| Create Instances using RailClone Tools |
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| Automatic UVW Mapping |
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| Debug Mode |
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| RailClone Colour |
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| Use Segment Materials |
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| Presets with compatible materials |
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Spline |
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| Surface |
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| Constant |
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| Conditional |
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| Randomise |
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| Sequence |
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| Selector |
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| Compose |
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| Reverse |
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| Transform |
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| Mirror |
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| Arithmetic |
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| UVW XForm |
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| Macros |
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| Notes |
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License Manager
For network licenses, you will need to install the license manager on a networked PC. The license manager has the following OS requirements:
Microsoft® Windows:
- Windows 10 (32-bit and 64-bit)
- Windows 8/8.1 (32-bit and 64-bit)
- Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit)
Microsoft Windows Server:
- Windows Server 2019 (64-bit)
- Windows Server 2016 (64-bit)
- Windows Server 2012 R2 (64-bit)