MAX Plugins.de News Archive

Archived Plugin News  –  May 2005
 

Plugin Update: Renderers

Changes for v1.47.03 are:
- Fixes the increased CPU usage with multi/subobject materials in the Material Editor

V-Ray is available for Max 3 to 7, and costs $799 for the Advanced version. A demo version is available here.


New Plugin: Import / Export

Based on the Mark Callow VRML exporter, this plugin exports to the X3D (VRML3) format. Features include:
- Backward-compatible with VRML97 scenes and helpers
- Classic VRML encoding and XML encoding flavors of X3D
- Multi-texture support - diffuse, self-illum (shadows), and bump (normals)
- More DEF's, notably on Inlines, ImageTextures, and others
- Some bug fixes, including memory leaks and crashers
- Can create a LoadSensor


Plugin Update: Animation

Changes for v1.4 are:
- BIP file motion import
- New HTR motion capture importer
- New BVH importer
- FBX importer
- Motion auto mapping
- Save Mapping Presets
- Colour coded mapping

CAT is available for Max 5, 6 and 7, and costs $995. A demo version is available here.


Plugin Update: Renderers

Modified and extended features in v1.47.02 are:
- VRayProxy objects now treated as bitmaps for export
- Secondary rays bias of 0.0 automatically adjusts to 0.001 to avoid errors
- New parameter Anisotropy added to DOF parameters
- Adds hidden parameter system_vrayLog_ccToDebugger
- Adds hidden parameter system_vrayLog_numThreads
- Adds new parameter Blur GI to the Irradiance map parameters

Bug-fixes in v1.47.02 are:
- Buffer mode hair in Max 7.5 now renders
- Complex materials and the falloff map now work in path tracing mode
- Highlights now computed in progressive path tracing mode
- Zooming and panning in the Max VFB no longer crashes Max
- Multi/sub materials with some shader types no longer render incorrectly
- Interpolated glossy reflections now work with Multi/sub material
- Displacement maps with Object XYZ mapping no longer crash
- Irradiance map with Overlapped Look-up mode no longer crashes
- Material Browse dialog doesn't open twice in Max 7
- Parameter names for VRayDisplacementMod are now correct in Track View
- Hilbert curve generator no longer crashes
- Rare crashes with dynamic geometry have been fixed
- 'Visible to camera off' objects are now invisible in the Z-buffer
- Back-facing UVW triangles no longer cause black spots
- 'Planar from object XYZ' mapping mode now works with motion blur
- Ward BRDF in the VRayMtl no longer causes red dots
- Missing UVW coordinates don't cause splotches anymore
- VRayHDRI map with Angular Mapping type no longer causes invalid colors
- Texture channel for anisotropy now works
- 'Switch to saved map' now works properly
- Subdivision/displacement with motion blur no longer crashes

V-Ray is available for Max 3 to 7 and costs $799 for the Advanced version. A demo version is available here.


Plugin Update: Animation

Changes for v1.3.107 are:
- Presets rollup added to source command panel
- glu3D trajectory now displays better when moving the time slider

glu3D is available for Max 5 to 7 and costs $495. A demo version is available here.


New Plugin: MAXScript Extensions

This MAXScript extension provides access to the progressive targets of a morph modifier.


Plugin Update: Import / Export

Changes for v4.21 are:
- Adds support for screen environment maps
- Adds flat shading per material
- Adds supports for ADT Architectural Desktop models

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


Plugin Update: Modelling / Animation

Changes for v1.277 are:
- Fixes a number of user-reported bugs
- More interoperability with other DCP plugins

ClothFX is available for Max 4 to 7 and costs $395. A demo version is available here.


Plugin Update: Atmospherics

Changes for v3.2 are:
- Fixes a number of user-reported bugs
- More interoperability with finalRender Stage-1, Particle Flow and ThinkingParticles 2
- New tutorials
- Adds a 'What's New' training video

AfterBurn is available for Max 4 to 7 and costs $495. A demo version is available here.


Plugin Update: Import / Export

Key features of v1.5 are:
- Direct editing of scene graph attributes and elements from within Max
- Ability to retain original scene graph information
- Flexible workflows, enabling seamless transfer of files between OpenFlight and Max
- Ability to write current and older version of OpenFlight file format
- Edit control of LODs
- Edit and maintain data in external file references

Flight Studio is available for Max 6 and 7, and costs $1495. A demo version is available here.


Plugin Update: Modelling / Animation

Changes for v2.5 are:
- Fixes a number of user-reported bugs
- Adds more DCP interoperability with finalRender Stage-1
- New tutorials
- Revised training videos

DreamScape is available for Max 4 to 7 and costs $595. A demo version is available here.


Plugin Update: Modelling

Changes for v2.86 are:
- Fixed support for Max 7
- Corrected UVW mapping and other normal vector related problems
- Fixed crash on open of some files
- Some filleting improvements

Power Solids and Power Translators are available for Max 4 to 7 and cost $495. A demo version is available here.


Plugin Update: Particles / Animation

v3.1.16 fixes the following bugs:
- Cloned dumb particles set to collide with an object didn't emit constantly
- When setting the parent object the size of the rope was not constant
- RF simulation node crashed when the license file had blank lines in it
- RW_Splash with liquid particles crashed RealFlow eventually
- Changing Max. and Min. substeps crashed RF
- SD vertices deformation was lost when creating an animation curve in the object panel
- Objects weren't updated if node information was edited and dynamics were on
- SD files were imported incorrectly
- Selecting a 'None' object for the custom RealWave type crashed RF
- Weird colouring behaviour with several Fill-Deform emitters in the scene
- Curve keyframes not created if frame was 0
- Replacing custom objects crashed RF on reset
- Indexed and grayscale TGAs crashed RF
- and much more...

A full list of the bugfixes can be found on the RealFlow site. RealFlow is available for Max 4 to 7 and costs $1200. A demo version is available here.