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Version 4.0.3 - 29 Dec 2016
- Built With Maxwell SDK 4.0.0.12
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- Fixed Directional light export ignores modo light parameter "Radiant Existance" and the plugin light export parameter "Radiance Multiplier".
Version 4.0.2 - 28 Nov 2016
- Built With Maxwell SDK 4.0.0.11
Version 4.0.1 - 02 Nov 2016
Changes:
- Improved Plugin automatically generates uvs for meshes where the base mesh doesn't have a certain uvmap, but the shader tree requires it. So there will be less invalid channel id message from Maxwell.
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Version 3.2121 - March 30, 2016
Changes/Improvements:
- Improved: Better compatibility with HDR Light Studio (change in Light Studio automatically updates the FIRE window)
- Improved: Adding new image to the scene doesn't stop FIRE, and triggers automatic update.
- Changed: Render item parameter "Export Mode" has been removed
- Added: New Render Item Parameter "Item Export" - you can set it to export only the visible items, or to export the full modo item tree (this option is not compatible with Motion Blur yet!)
- Added: Maxwell Extension Object parameters: "Display mode" and "Percent"
- Improved: Maxwell Extension Object preview update (under 801 shader update doesn't work, under 701 or below no preview update -> removed because it was to risky)
- Improved: Extension path search
- Changed: Maxwell Extension Object -> Bounding Box is not drawn for polygon objects, only for Extension particles
- Improved: Extension Object particles -> plugin shows bounding box wire if item is not selected
- Improved: Maxwell Referenced MXS item has new display mode: "Faces". It allows to view the Maxwell scene as normal polygonal object (without material and textures).
Fixes:
- FIXED: (OSX) Export progress bar doesn't disappear after export
- FIXED: (WIN) Modo can not quit until the opened Maxwell Studio or Maxwell Render is closed.
- FIXED: Motion Blur doesn't work for instanced meshes.
- FIXED: Extension objects can have wrong normal vectors in modo viewport or render.
- FIXED: FIRE crashes if no active camera is in the scene.
- FIXED: Maxwell Extension Object and Maxwell Referenced MXS items are not refreshed correctly inside the modo OpenGL view.
Version 3.2000 - October 05, 2015
Changes/Improvements:
WARNING: modo version 801 needs at least service pack SP4!
- Added: Reflectance channel option
- Added: Maxwell Camera extension lenses. (Select camera lens type - Extension) (Not compatible with modo 501)
- Added: opens Maxwell Fundamentals Video page before exporting to Studio or Maxwell Render
- Added: can save render output image in PSD format (8,16 and 32 bit)
- Improved: "Render Item > Channels/Layers > Render parameter" has new options: "All, Diffuse, Reflection, Refraction, Diffuse and Reflection, Diffuse and Refraction"
- Added: new material parameter "Nested Priority"
- Improved: automatic emitter non-emitter polygon separation during export.
Fixes:
- FIXED: Internal baking mode can crash modo
- FIXED: Modo crashes during the export of mesh with too big amount of data
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Version 3.1002 - June 24, 2015
Changes/Improvements:
IMPORTANT: modo version 801 needs at least service pack SP4!
- Added: support for modo 901
- Added: new parameter "Luminosity Multiplier" has been added to modo AdvancedMaterial. It helps to control the material luminosity conversion to Maxwell.
- Improved: instanced procedural geometries are exported - these were not exported in the past (these will be normal geometries in Maxwell not instances)
- Improved (needs modo901) : the export method of procedural geometries have been improved. FIRE can follow modo procedural geometry change.
- Added: New light export flag "Hidden from Camera"
- Added (needs modo901): Fur export (Limitation: no Clumps, no hair dynamics, no Implicit UV)
- Improved: it is possible now to project textures on Maxwell Extension Objects. But this is only for the modo render, these projections are not exported to Maxwell. (Can be useful in case user want to use MaxwellSea under modo, etc..)
- Improved: plugin creates a "licenseLog.txt" file inside the Maxwell/modo directory. (So it is easier to check license problems.)
- Changed: Alpha channel doesn't offer jpg,jp2 and hdr formats
- Changed: default format for custom Channels have been changed to EXR 32
- Added: Custom Alpha export (from modo Groups). The geometry and material items inside the modo group item can be exported as custom alphas.
- + Added: Maxwell Render Channels/Layers parameters for Custom Alpha control.
- + Added: Custom Alpha parameter for modo Group items.
- Added: Render parameters for Extra Sampling control (no custom bitmap support yet!)
- Added: New light export flag "Hidden from Refl/Refr"
Bugs/Bug fixes:
- FIXED: bakedTexture list file is not recorded, so it re-bakes the textures at every export.
- FIXED: export can be very slow for big amount of items.
- FIXED: plugin doesn't add Maxwell parameters for the new light items.
- FIXED: Maxwell Extension Object crashes modo if it is on extension type "(none)" and modo Preview is on
- FIXED (but not always ok): Maxwell Extension Object doesn't refresh in preview for shaderTree changes
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Version 3.0200 - September 2, 2014
Changes/Improvements:
- Imporved: Environment intensity has effect on Maxwell intensity (on all environment types + also on sun power)
- Improved: modo Lights dissolve channel has effect on the exported radiance strength.
- Added: MXM material flag "Embed into Scene" (mxm material is normally embedded into the scene but you can choose now to only reference it).
- Added: Plugin version checking at ArchiCad program start. The plugin informs the user about new version.
- Added: New pluginPreference > Workflow parameter: "Check for Plugin updates at program start"
- Changed: Intensity control was removed from the Maxwell plugin Properties Environment tab.
- Added: new Environment Intensity Multiplier (so it is possible to adjust the Maxwell environment intensity without altering the modo intensity)
- Changed: Default FIRE preview displacement maximum is now 0 (to make faster previews)
- Added: Support for modo 801
- Improved: plugin reads the environment items in correct layer order (it was not always the case in case the modo environment items were reordered by user)
- Improved: Add Environment button adds the new Maxwell Environment item always to the TOP environment item.
Bugs/Bug fixes:
- FIXED: FIRE doesn't update correctly after Directional Light "Light Source Offset" channel change.
- FIXED: Better stability under FIRE (especially after deleting items).
- FIXED: FIRE crashes if modo render item doesn't have the Maxwell package.
- FIXED: (modo 801) moving item in FIRE mode crashes modo.
- FIXED: Texure on Luminous Color channel can crash modo if FIRE runs.
- FIXED: (beta 1 bug) can't read environment under modo 501/601
- FIXED: modo crashes after trying to import (solidworks, obj) files. (Files without time line settings.)
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- Old modo scene files with aperture and/or obstacle map setting: modo will search for the files at file load, because it won't find them with the old settings. Please select the files again in the file open dialog and re-save the scene.
- Old scene files with custom export directory: Maxwell Render item setting "Export Directory" will be invalid, please browse for the custom directory again. (Otherwise it will use the default export directory.)
Changes:
- Improved: Missing files handling - in case modo can't find file path defined for Maxwell Extension item, it will offer a file open dialog at scene load.
- Improved: Missing files handling - in case modo can't find the referenced MXS file at scene open, it will offer a file open dialog at scene load.
- Improved: Missing files handling - in case modo can't find (Maxwell Render parameter) Aperture or Obstacle map at scene open, it will offer a file open dialog at scene load.
- Changed: modo viewport display limitation (Maxwell Extension objects): limitation has been removed for Learning Edition users.
- Changed: Render parameter "Global scale" doesn't scale the geometry vertices, but it scales the main object transform.
- Changed: "R2" tag has been removed from the plugin name.
- Added: extension presets (no image file import yet)
Fixes:
- FIXED: Menu commands: "Maxwell Manual..." and "Plugin Manual..." don't work.
- FIXED: Directional light sun rotation (north) value is set to 0 when opened in Studio.
- FIXED: Crashes during the FIRE session.
- FIXED: Random crashes at FIRE start.
- FIXED: ShaderTree Stencil map effect has inverted result.
- FIXED: MXM shader tree item can crash modo in case the displayed texture file is in grey scale color format.
- FIXED: FIRE stops or modo crashes after changing modo light visibility.
- FIXED: Exporter doesn't create/copy the environment or other texture files during animation export.
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Dropped: support for 32-bit versions of modo.
KNOWN ISSUES (modo SDK limitations):
modo 501:
- Maxwell Extension ui doesn't work (you can change extension parameters in the item channel view).
- Automatic FIRE refresh for Replicator items not possible.
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- Maxwell Extension ui doesn't display ui structure groups and extension parameters names are displayed with the original channel names.
KNOWN ISSUES (not implemeted yet):
- Maxwell extension objects doesn't have uv coordinates inside modo.
- Maxwell extension objects have only one material or part tag (even in case the object have multimaterial).
Changes:
GENERAL
- Changed: Handles the new Maxwell license system (if it can't find valid license at modo start, it runs the license activator automatically).
- Added: Plugin saves the actual plugin version as a Render item channel. In case plugins recognizes that scene was saved with a newer version than the actual, it gives warning message.
Version control also checks extension items..... - Changed: default export directory has been removed from the plugin directory. New location is at "<user>\My Documents\Maxwell\modo" (under Windows) or "<user folder>/Maxwell/modo" (under OSX).
- Added: Render output parameters to disable/enable output image and mxi save.
- Improved: Image Output depth value show only the available depth values according to the file extension.
- Changed: If there is no path set for output image or mxi, the default export path for the image files is the scene export path.
- Added: Format setting controls for the different Maxwell channels (render item > "Channels/Layers" tab).
- Changed: User can decide to start the render process from modo even if there were error(s) during the export.
- Changed IBL conversion info for image items have been removed. The new interactive log information replaces it.
- Added: New preference -> Workflow " option: "Automatic rename" (Maxwell item name set automatically)
- Changed: Physical Sky export - default value for Planet Refl changed from 80% to 25% - to match the Studio default.
- Improved: Environment export: Constant item makes dome sky with constant color.
- Added: Color Space list has a new tag "HDTV (Rec.709)", and "sRGB..." tag has been renamed to "sRGB IEC61966-2.1"
- Added: geometry MotionBlur for deformed meshes (doesn't work under modo501).
- Changed: Modo - Maxwell channel ID assignment info is now at the beginning of the log file not at the end.
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- Improved: automatic conversion roughness parameter export tweaked. Maxwell result is more close visually to modo original.
- Added: Maxwell extension Material wizards. (These can be attached to modo Advanced Materials)
In case the extension have Texture Map parameters, these parameters can be attached to ShaderTree effects, so the values (map, color or amount) will be collected form the ShaderTree according to the effect. - Added: Export textures created by the Substance Designer plugin. (not finished yet - do we cover all the possible formats?)
- Improved: Plugin handles ShaderTree group masking by Selection sets
- Changed: Automatic material export doesn't add emitter component in case emission color is black (it can prevent some export difficulties with imported fbx scenes)
- Changed: Advanced Material - Maxwell Displacement options - "Subdivision" channel type has been changed from float to integer. New default value is 2.
- Improved: Procedural geometries can have projected textures on their different part tags.
- Improved: Texture locator uvRotation parameter is exported (modo 701 or above).
- Improved: Texture locator mirror flags are exported.
Fixes:
- FIXED: (OSX): FIRE view buttons have extra large text in case display fonts are scaled.
- FIXED: (modo 701): "Add Environment" command places the new Maxwell Environment to wrong position in shaderTree.
- FIXED: Sky presets doesn't set the physical sky "Intensity" value.
- FIXED: Sky presets doesn't set the "Sun display" value.
Version 2.7210
Changes:
- Added: Intensity controls for Maxwell Environment item "Physical Sky" and "Sky Dome" modes.
- Added: modo transform properties form for Maxwell Proxy items. (not available under modo 501)
- Changed: proxy item default orientation changed, to match the default orientation in Studio.
Fixes:
- FIXED: Plugin sets always the first camera as render camera
- FIXED: Maxwell Proxy items are exported wrong direction (in case scene is in Y-up system).
- FIXED: IES light are exported with wrong transformation matrix values.
- FIXED: Integer type driven channels doesn't follow the value of the driver
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- a) modo601: in case modo "Clips" (or "Images") view is visible, Maxwell sky or mxm material drag and drop can freeze modo
- b) modo701: in case modo "Clips" view is visible, automatic texture baking (only if baking uses the "Internal" method) can freeze modo
Changes:
- New texture baking mode ADDED, because the original method was instable under modo 701. There is a new control in the plugin Preferences Window > Export tab to switch between old and new method (new method is the default).
The new method is called "External" because baking happens in the background not on the active modo screen. In External mode user doesn't see the baking process (instead a system console window).
Under modo 701 it is recommended to use the new "External" baking method! - modo 701 compatibility
- Improved FIRE performance and stability
- FIRE responses for mesh creation/removal (in case FIRE "Geometry Update" flag is ON)
- Better Replicator export (not available under modo 501). The switch "Fast" or "Precise" mode has been removed because it is not needed anymore. Plugin can export replicators as those are seen in the modo viewport.
- (Windows only) plugin automatically closes render window after automatic texture baking (only in “Internal” baking mode).
Fixes:
- FIXED: FIRE stops in case of mesh delete.....
- FIXED: Plugin adds texture baking parameters for "Process" type shader tree items (it shouldn't)
- FIXED: Possible freeze/crash in FIRE mode.
- FIXED: Plugin crashes when new mxm material is created (some characters in the mesh uvmap names can cause it)
- FIXED: Texture Locator with UV Map projection can freeze modo if it has effect on mesh item which doesn't have the selected UV map.
- FIXED: Texture locator with missing UV map can freeze the plugin
- FIXED: Replicator with point source + transform map can cause export hang up (only in case replicator is exported in "fast" mode - from this version fast mode is only for modo501)
- FIXED: Animation export, mxi and image output overwrites filename if last characters are numbers
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