After the updates I did yesterday, I no longer have iray listed in my plugins but I do have AI Render.
According to the RL HUB, iray is installed (I tried uninstalling and re-installing) but didn’t make a difference, iray is gone from plugin list.
So I am trying to use the AI render engine to simply make a realistic render of the exact image in my scene. I cannot find a tutorial or anything to guide me in how to get an exact image…are there special settings?
Also, why has IRAY disappeared.
I show Iray Render as an option still for iClone and for CC4, but not CC5. There may be a way to install Iray for CC5, by going to your orders page for your account, downloading, and installing from the backend, but haven’t tried it myself.
There is also Omniverse with Unreal Engine, and others may recommend sending your scene to there for final render rather than inside of iClone or CC4.
I also liked the Iray Renderer to an extent, especially if you are importing Daz3D content, but otherwise, there have been big improvements with the native Reallusion renderer and have used Iray less and less, for what its worth.
Otherwise, AI Render is something entirely different and not meant to be a true representation of the 3D Scene in my opinion, as the AI will interpret the scene and make it something new, rather than just rendering 1:1.
I’m not a professional though, and just do this as a hobby.
Hi, thanks for your reply. Just to confirm, you did the latest update, right? CC5 does not support iray anyway, as far as I know.
So I still have it for iClone 7 and CC4. But not for iClone 8. Tried uninstalling and re-installing several times but with no luck.
I was using Omniverse up until October 2025 when they stopped supporting the Launcher - if there is a way to use it now, I cannot figure it out and I cannot find any tutorials for how to do it after October 2025.
I understand now what you are saying about AI Render not being a true representation but there is a tutorial that came out early on in the beta that showed a render of a low poly man in a suit and the render just looked like an upscale version but it was clear that it was the same man. Everything was just a bit more refined but again, I cannot figure out how that was done as the interface looks different now…and I cannot find a tutorial for current version that demonstrates this.
Have a look here.
You do not actually need the sever part that it mentions if you are just using USD files you save from CC or iC.
Hi Rampa,
Thanks for that - I actually wanted to use for iClone 8 but the directions were basically the same and as I had used it before, it went quite smoothly. I do appreciate having this as an option again now, but I would really like to understand why I lost the iRay plugin with the update and antoher poster says he still has it in tact…so is this a unique problem for my system or is there an issue - I guess we’ll find out.