Changes for v1.04 are:
- I know it fixes a bug, but I don't know what...

Changes for v1.5 are:
- Tooltips on 'Wave file' buttons added
- License and Help menus added
- Performance optimization
- Stricter error checking
- Minor changes to user interface
- Manual updated

Sound Ray is available for Max 5, 6 and 7, and costs $20. A demo version is available here.

Changes for v2.20 are:
- Fixed crash in VActor::LoadAnimation

Changes for v1.16 are:
- Fixes a problem with material colour input/output

Changes for v1.2 are:
- Adds basic support for Particle Flow

Changes for v1.15 are:
- Fixes an error when exporting skinned meshes

This plugin enables you to open .rh files in Max, and also to save Max files to the .rh format for use in Deep Exploration. Using the plugin, you can import and export various file components including geometry, cameras, and lights. You can also optimize animation keys.

Changes for v4.26 are:
- Fixes a bug causing problems with all navigations options other than the mouse

VR4MAX is available for Max 3 to 7, and pricing starts at €850. A demo version is available here.

Now you can use the Valve Hammer editor 3.4 to create complex levels for your games and then use the RMF Importer to load your level directly into Max with textures, lights, entities, groups, etc.

RMF Importer is available for Max 6 and 7, and costs $3.99.

Changes for v1.03 are:
- Fixes a normals problem when used together with CAT

Changes for v1.14 are:
- Fixes a bug which occurred when using Xporter together with CAT

Changes for v1.2.17 are:
- Adds support for area shadows
- Adds support for skylight
- Supports more light attenuation parameters (decay begin, near/far attenuation)
- Adds support for light multipliers

Velocity2Bitmap converts the velocity data stored in RPF-image files into RGB-bitmap files. The output bitmap (sequence) can then be used as motion information input for the ReelSmart Motion Blur tool from RE:Vision Effects.

nPower Software have announced that their new plugin Power NURBS v1.0 will officially release on September 15th, 2005, and that it is now available for sale at $895.

PowerNURBS is a hybrid modeling platform - based on Integrityware's SOLIDS ++ Kernel - that brings the highest orders of surfacing, analysis, and tessellation technologies to users of Max and Viz. PowerNURBS provides advanced Solids Modeling tools like Booleans, shelling and variable radius filleting that are normally found only in high end CAD systems; it also provides advanced Surface Modeling tools like high continuity blending, multi-rail sweeps, and high continuity class-A surfaces normally available only in expensive Surface Modeling products.

Changes for v1.4 are:
- Fixed bug with listener
- Ability to control sound sources playback added
- Performance optimization - now up to 3 times faster
- Minor bug fixes
- 'Playback' example added
- Manual updated

Sound Ray is available for Max 5 to 7, and costs $15. A demo version is available here.

This is a MAXScript extension that creates a new more powerful button for Maxscript. It supports the following new events:
- On click
- On Double Click
- On Left Mouse Button Down
- On Left Mouse Button Up
- On Middle Mouse Button Down
- On Middle Mouse Button Up
- On Right Mouse Button Down
- On Right Mouse Button Up

There is also support for capturing the position inside the button where the mouse clicked when the left mouse button is released. PowerButton also supports bitmaps and is fully customizable with user defined colors for the body, text and border. Best of all, PowerButton does not display an ugly raised border. It's flat.

Changes for v2.0 are:
- All types of shape are now supported
- PCB files are automatically compressed
- A new flag allows textures to include bitmaps or not
- A new GUI has been added to control the export
- New GUIs added for Shells (dummies), animations, and shapes
- PRS Animations can be sampled or keyframed
- A new GUI allows you to view the scene-graph
- All kind of graph nodes can be bones
- Bones are no longer linearized
- Mirrored nodes and bones are fully supported
- A pivot-matrix has been added to all nodes

Changes for v1.8 are:
- Fixed camera animation when hiding dock
- Added support for animated cameras
- Added support for renderable splines

Hypercosm Teleporter is available for Max 5, 6 and 7, and costs $299.99. A demo version is available here.

Changes for v4.25 include:
- Enter/Exit Box and Enter/Exit Sphere events are now exported
- Billboard settings in xrefs are no longer ignored when exporting
- All other improvements and bug-fixes can be found here

VR4MAX is available for Max 3 to 7, and pricing starts at €850. A demo version is available here.

SplutterFish, LLC. have announced the upcoming release of Brazil r/s 2.0. Due out in fall 2005, the new version contains a host of new features and improvements.

For more information about the new renderer and upgrade options, take a look here.

Turbo Squid have announced the upcoming release of a new hair plugin called Hairtrix.
Hairtrix is the result of a collaboration between the developers of hairfx and Ornatrix. It will be shown for the first time at SIGGRAPH, and will cost $595. Upgrade options for owners of hairfx and Ornatrix will also be available.

cebas Computer GmbH have announced the upcoming release of Service Pack 1 for their ThinkingParticles 2.0 plugin. SP1, free for registered customers, includes full integration of the NOVODEX physics system that allows hardware accelerated particle systems and real-time collision detection by simply plugging in the upcoming accelerator PCI card.

cebas Computer GmbH have announced a new service pack (SP3) for finalRender Stage-1. The upgrade, which will be free for registered users, adds Micro Triangle Displacement (MTD) and support for ZBrush 2 displacement maps.

Changes for v1.01 are:
- Bend angle and direction added
- Stump segments parameter added
- Fixes bug with 'Leaves' rollout parameters animation
- New installation

Tree Object is available for Max 5, 6 and 7, and costs $20. A demo version is available here.

Autodesk Media and Entertainment (AME) have announced Max 8. For a full list of new features, take a look at this PDF file.

Changes for v1.5 are:
- Improved Free Camera support
- Support for Exporting Position/Orientation of any Max Object
- Floating MAX2AE Export Dialog
- Support of exporting Helper/Node scale information
- Minor documentation and software fixes

MAX2AE is available for Max 4 to 7, and costs $150. A demo version is available here.