Modo - Version History

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Last updated: 27 Jul, 2017 by Next Limit
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Version 4.1.2 - 27 Jul 2017

Changes:
  • Built With Maxwell SDK 4.1.1.1

Version 4.1.1 - 19 Jun 2017

Changes:
  • Built with Maxwell SDK 4.1.0.4.

Version 4.1.0 - 08 Jun 2017

Changes:
  • Built with Maxwell SDK 4.1.0.3.
  • Plugin now uses central Maxwell installation.
  • Added support for the modo 11.* versions.
  • Added new Denoiser controls (to render item -> Maxwell "Render Settings" tab ).
  • Changed Render parameter "Quality" has been renamed to "Engine", engine parameter names are: CPU Production, CPU Draft, GPU.
  • CPU Threads can have minus value (minus value means the maximum number of CPUs minus this number).
Fixes:
  • Automatic material conversion: Diffuse layer roughness was 0 instead of 100.

Version 4.0.3 - 29 Dec 2016

  • Built with Maxwell SDK 4.0.0.12
  • Fixed Maxwell Extension Texture - The modo rendered texture is flipped compared to the one rendered with Maxwell. 
  • Fixed Maxwell Extension Object with UVMapped Image - Inside modo viewport the image which appears on the polygon surface is flipped. 
  • Fixed UV Front Projection is wrong in case Export Global Scale is not 1.0
  • Fixed UV Front Projection us wrong in case the scene is in Z-up mode
  • Fixed FIRE Floating option "Both" doesn't show floating reflections
  • 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.
  • Added Maxwell FIRE View - Added toggle button to switch between CPU and GPU mode
  • Changed Plugin Preferences tab "Workflow" has been renamed to "General"
  • Added Plugin update "Last skipped version" is now editable at Plugin Preferences Dialog > General
  • Added Plugin Update button was added to Plugin Preferences Dialog > General
  • Changed Plugin about box layout has been changed.
  • Changed icons changed for open about box, open plugin manual and open Maxwell manual
Fixes:
  • Fixed Maxwell Extension item (Object, Material, etc.) doesn't show Extension Preset types and some UI elements (UI groups)
  • Fixed FIRE crashes in case new item was added to the scene.
  • Fixed FIRE GPU crashes in case the scene contains empty mesh(es).
  • Fixed In case UV Tile Scale is not 1.0, uv position is not in synchron with modo Render.

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

Version 3.1002 - June 24, 2015

WARNING: 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"

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

Version 3.1000 - Jan 28, 2015

  • Added: New light export flag "Hidden from Refl/Refr"
  • Changed: It needs Maxwell 3.1
  • Added: FIRE option parameters "Floating Features"
  • Removed: spotLight parameter "Segments" (it is obsolete with the new spotLight)
  • Added: spotLight parameter "Blur"
  • Added: spotLight parameter "Falloff Type"
  • Improved: spotLights can have projected texture
  • Improved: spotLight export changed. From now it uses the new Maxwell spotLight emitter options
  • Changed: default render Time limit is 5 minutes now.
  • Changed: default render SL limit is 12 now.
  • Improved: compatibility with Substance 2 textures
  • Added: camera response presets to camera item.
  • Added: object parameter "Hidden from Camera in Shadow pass"
  • Changed: Devignetting parameter can have minus value
  • Added: new render parameters "White Point" and "Tint"
  • Added: new License Status button on the plugin panel (at the top right corner). Clicking on this button you can change the status of your license - (activate or release).
  • Changed: Plugin doesn't check plugin license status at modo start, but only if it needs it (for example exporting mxs or starting FIRE). So until Maxwell is not used it doesn't occupy the floating license.
  • Improved: plugin can remember not to open the new version window if it was set by the user
  • Improved: Shader Mask "Scope" parameter can separate surface from fur

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.)

 

Version 3.0100 - Apr 21, 2014

Important Notes:

  • 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.
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.

modo 601:

  •  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).

Version 3.000 - Dec 3, 2013

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.

modo 601:

  •  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.

NEW MAXWELL V3 OPTIONS

  • Added: New camera parameters "Lens Type", "FOV", "Azimuth", "Angle". Lens Type can be read from modo camera (but perfect conversion is not always possible.)
  • Added: New sun parameters (Maxwell Environment item): Radius and Color.
  • Added: New object channel "Boolean".
  • Changed: Mesh Instances can have their own Maxwell Object parameters.
  • Added: OverlayText support -> you can find the text options under (select the render item first) Maxwell plugin panel > Render Output > Overlay Text.
  • Added: new channel "UV" (render item > "Channels/Layers" tab).
  • Added: new Deep channel controls (render item > "Channels/Layers" tab).

NEW MAXWELL V3 EXTENSION ITEMS

  • Added: Maxwell Extension Object - creates modo render item if possible
  • Added: Maxwell Texture
  • Added: New plugin option in Preferences -> Workflow: "Remove extension automatically" - This is important when you switch between Maxwell extensions. Plugin can keep the values of the extension you have switched from, so in case you switch back you can continue with your settings (or plugin can delete).  

FIRE IMPROVEMENTS

  • Added: New FIRE view button "F" - Click it to autofocus current camera. (Removed middle click camera focus in FIRE view.)
  • Added: It is possible to rotate/scale/move camera view in FIRE viewport. (It doesn't update the modo camera.)
  • Added: Interactive export log. Log information is automatically updated during the FIRE session as the user changes the scene, so it is easier to correct export problems.
    At the bottom of the FIRE window the plugin displays the number of the log messages (in case log is not empty).
    Click on this to see detailed export log information inside the modo "Event Log" window.
  • Improved: Modifying geometry doesn't delete the instances of the geometry
  • Improved: Mesh instances in FIRE are updated automatically.
  • Improved: Replicators in FIRE are updated automatically.  (not in modo version 501!!!)
  • Improved: FIRE refreshes for object package parameter changes.
  • Improved: FIRE refreshes for locator channel change events (but not for projection change).
  • Added: New FIRE parameter "Automatic Replicator Updates". (no effect in modo version 501!!!)
  • Changed: FIRE parameter "Geometry Update" has been renamed to "Automatic Geometry Updates" - new default value is ON.
  • Added: New fire button to save the FIRE screen into image file.

REFERENCE MXS (formerly Maxwell Proxy)

  • Changed: Maxwell Proxy has been renamed to Maxwell Reference MXS
  • Added: New item channel "Percent" - to set the percentage of the displayed vertices
  • Added: New item channels "Filter Distance" and "Maximum Distance" - with these parameters it is possible to exclude mxs scene elements or vertices outside of the distance boundary.
  • Improved: Plugin doesn't export objects with the same reference mxs file many times, instead it exports the second, third, etc. objects as instances of the first MXS Reference object.
  • Improved: Referenced MXS items can be replicator prototypes.
  • Changed: Scene bounding box is displayed as polygon box and "Scene Bounding Box" channel has been renamed to "Scene Polygon Box".
  • Improved: Reference MXS items can be fitted to scene center (normal key shift-'a' in modo).
  • Improved: New Maxwell Referenced MXS items has a base rotation according to the scene axis (so it looks up).
  • Added: New item channel "Overwrite Material". Maxwell reference MXS items can have overwrite material (material from ShaderTree).

AUTOMATIC MATERIAL EXPORT

  • 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

Version 2.7200

KNOWN ISSUES:
  • 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

Version 2.7100

Changes:
  • Compiled with the Maxwell 2.7.2 SDK
  • Mac OSX: Plugin stability has been improved.
  • Plugin doesn't write license warning for Maxwell Learning Edition users
  • Default color clamp changed from 240 to 225
  • Default install folder has been changed from Luxology/Plugins to Luxology/Configs (Please take care to remove the previous plugin version before you install the new one!)
  • OS X: new, improved installer


Fixes:
  • FIXED: Preset Browser drag and drop problems with mxm and sky presets
  • FIXED: Crash at scene load
  • FIXED (OSX): Memory Leakage
  • FIXED: Plugin adds bake-able texture parameters to not bake-able material items (Cel Edges Material, Skin Material, etc.)
  • FIXED (OSX): Plugin crashes in the presence of other plugins
  • FIXED: Maxwell Environment Sky parameters Zenith and Horizon colors are mixed.
  • FIXED (WINDOWS): FIRE freezes when user switches scene, load new mxm material, etc.
  • FIXED: FIRE stops when user loads a new mxm material

Version 2.7000

Changes:
  • Compatibility with Maxwell 2.7
  • Compatibility fixes for modo 601 (it is required to install at least SP1 or newer version of modo 601!)
    Internal channel list name changes (It was a request from Luxology to avoid future compatibility problems)
    Unfortunately this change means the new version doesn't read the saved value of the following Maxwell channels:
    Texture Item
        Format channel
    Render Item
        Export Hidden            (Render Settings -> Export Hidden)
        Multilight                (Render Settings -> Multilight)
        Motion Blur                (Render Settings -> Motion Blur)
        Depth     channel         (Render Output -> Output -> Depth)
        Image Output channel    (Render Output -> Output -> Image Output)
        Type                     (Channels/Layers -> Type)
    Camera Item
        Exposure channel
    Advanced Material Item
        Type channel            (displacement type)
    Maxwell Environment Item
        Type channel            (environment type)
            
    Preference setting:
        Export > Auto convert images
        Maxwell FIRE > Quality
      
  • Improved channel export (linked channel values are exported correctly)
  • Plugin Manual button opens now the online plugin documentation. (PDF documentation is not part of the install package anymore.)
  • Maxwell Render item channel "Image Output" has been renamed to "Color Space" to follow the parameter name in Maxwell Studio.
  • Plugin sets the channel values correctly in "0.0 -- 1.0" percentage format mode too. (Default percentage format is "0.0% -- 100.0%")
  • New bokeh parameters have been added to the camera items


Fixes:
  • FIXED: Objects (exported by the modo plugin) emit light in the opposite direction.

Version 2.6100

Changes:
  • Maxwell Item Proxy: Better viewport display of item bounding boxes (display bounding boxes if item instances, oriented bounding boxes)
  • Added Options button in FIRE window: it is possible to reach Fire options from inside the FIRE window before FIRE has been started
  • FIRE can update mesh changes automatically (there is a new FIRE Option to turn automatic geometry update on/off )
  • Default subdivision value changed to 6 from 16
  • Automatic export for Modo Vector Displacement
  • Displacement export follows the modo displacement values better
  • Added "Max Subdivision" to FIRE options: it is possible to set the maximum allowed subdivision level in FIRE mode (like draft displacement in modo preview)


Fixes:
  • FIXED: In some cases Modo can't load scene with Maxwell Proxy item
  • FIXED: Plugin doesn't export material group masks with item group filter correctly

Version 2.6000

Changes:
  • Middle click inside the FIRE window refocuses the camera. (Globally, not at the clicked point...)
  • Plugin opens the online Maxwell Manual instead of the offline pdf file.
  • Material Precision parameter has been renamed to Subdivision (to keep consistency with Maxwell Studio).
  • New "Position Space" parameter has been added to the render item.
  • New Displacement "Type" parameter has been added to the advancedMaterial item (you can switch between "On The Fly" and "Pretessellated" modes).
  • Added control to enable/disable the pop-up dialog which comes up after the export process (if the log file contains warning or error messages). You can find this new control in the Preferences window Export tab.
  • New replicator export mode
    We have two export mode now -> "precise" and "fast" mode. The original export mode is called "precise" mode. With the new "fast" export mode you can export replicators with high amount of data much faster (but in this mode the plugin calculates the position of the replicated items, so it won't follow the modo replicator perfectly).
  • Added: Send Job To Network button
  • Plugin uses the new Maxwell motion blur which is much faster and produces better images. You can find new MB controls in the Render item panel. With "MB steps" parameter you can set how many transformation steps the exporter uses for MB export, and with the MB offset parameter you can set when the shutter opens compared to the current frame (MB Offset=1: Shutter opens before the current frame and closes at the current frame.  MB Offset=0.5: Shutter opens before the current frame and closes after the current frame, this is how modo MB works. MB Offset=0: Shutter opens at the current frame and closes after the current frame.)
        KNOWN ISSUE: moving item with MB can freeze modo if FIRE window is on.
  • New Maxwell Proxy item (It is possible to use it as replicator prototype item!)
  • Performance improvements (FIRE,Maxwell MXM items and at other areas)
  • Modo remembers the state of the Preferences, Render Animation and FIRE windows
  • Maxwell Environment item: Sun Power and Sun Temperature controls have been rearranged
  • Added: control for the new Sharpness parameter
  • Added: controls for render channel normals and position parameters
  • IOR light is exported with intensity


Fixes:
  • FIXED: FIRE crashes with some configurations
  • FIXED: Replicator instances exported with wrong positions
  • FIXED: Can't change the uvMap value of the texture locator if it is connected to MXM Material item. (only for new locators - unfortunately existing texture locators are still blocked.)

Version 2.5110

Changes:
  • FIRE window base style has been changed from palette to window style. (FIRE window doesn't obscure the active application under OSX cocoa version.)
  • Small changes on material auto-conversion (better conversion for bump maps and transparency).

  • Plugin exports Gradient Environment images with frame numbers. (Now it is possible to export animation with animated gradient environment.)

  • FIRE window refresh improvements (Now FIRE window automatically refreshes if scale,rotation or translation item has been added to item or removed from item.)

  • Item transform read function has been changed - no it converts item positions better, and the new function displays Recoil calculation correctly. (Previous version had problems with channel or modifier driven channels.)

  • Maxwell displacement controls for auto converted materials.


Fixes:
  • FIXED: Plugin doesn't collect images into the export directory if directory doesn't exists (in Collect images to export directory mode)
  • FIXED: Object Motion Blur doesn't work
  • FIXED (limitation: plugin currently doesn't export motion blur data for mesh deformations)
  • FIXED: Plugin mixes channel separate/embedded modes.
  • FIXED: FIRE stops at 120 seconds