Maya: VRAY Dynamic Memory Limit

If you notice your V-Ray renders, particularly V-Ray in 3DS Max or Maya are getting stuck at an error that looks like this:

V-Ray warning: Performance loss: dynamic memory limit too low
Warning: Performance loss: dynamic memory limit too low

V-Ray for 3DS Max - Chaos Group Documentation, System, "Dynamic Memory"

V-Ray for Maya - Chaos Group Documentation "Dynamic Memory Limit"

How to Change Memory Limit Within 3DS Max 2016

Try Increasing your Dynamic Memory Limit.  Open your Max scene.  Click on the Render Settings icon.Make sure "Renderer" is set to V-Ray.  Click on the "Settings" tab.  Click on the "System" roll-out.  Change "Dyn mem limit, mb" to 10300.

How to Change Memory Limit Within Maya 2016

To do this, open your scene file.  Click on the Render Settings icon.  Make sure "Render using" is V-Ray.  Click on the "Settings tab" and change "Dynamic memory limit" to 10300. Re-save your scene file sequentially changing its name (i.e. myscene-v1.ma or myscene-v2.ma) and re-upload your scene file.  Changing the scene file name ensures the new file will be used for the new render job.  This may resolve memory issues your scene file is having.

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