You need to change the renderer to use the materials. Its the same like if you would use mental ray materials without the active mental ray renderer. I guess it was under the "common" tab in the "render" menu. You need to scroll down to the buttom to change it.
Having some issues with VRay and 3DS Max. I'm trying to work through this tutorial: http://www.digitaltutors.com/tutorial/1083-Creating-a-Photorealistic-Bedroom-in-3ds-Max Using Windows 7 64 bit, using Max 2013 He's using Vray to set up Cameras and materials, which I have no experience with. Still a little new to Max,…