Here I will go over the new physical camera, sun and sky and explain how they all work together.

I will also cover how to setup the VRAY sun and attach it to MAX's daylight system in order to create a simple time lapse animation.

For reference you can download the scene here

1. Create a VRAY Sun

- To create a VRAY Sun select the lights icon on the create tab of the control panel.

- In the object type rollout select VRaySun

2. Place VRAY the sun is the scene just as you would a standard max targeted light.

- I always like to place the sun a reasonable distance away from the structure I am rendering as shown on the left.

Note: you will be promted to create a VRAY Sky as well. Choose yes and VRAY will add the VRAY Sky to max's environment slot for you.

Note: The VRAY Sky will change automatically based on the sun's position in the sky.

3. With the VRAY sun selected click the modify tab of the control panel to access the sun's settings.

- I find that you will typically need to lower the sun's intensity multiplier considerably. I used .008 in this example.

4. Now we need to create a daylight system which we will attach our VRAY sun to. This way we won't have to animate the sun's motion manually.

5. Place the daylight system as shown in the image on the left.

- Make sure the daylight compass in roughly in the center of the structure.