Cinema - Version History

Version 4.2.3 - 01 Oct 2018

Fixes:

• (R20 only) Opening mxed from Cinema 4D started a new material with empty settings.
• (R20 only) It was not possible to change the Camera Rendering Region tag parameters, because those were in a disabled state.
• (R20 only) C4D crashed during export (depending on material settings).

Version 4.2.2 - 18 Sep 2018

• Added compatibility with Cinema4D R20
• Rewriting a big part of the code was necessary to achieve compatibility.

Version 4.2.1 - 21 Feb 2018

• Update to Maxwell 4.2.0.3.

Version 4.2.0 - 09 Feb 2018

• Update to Maxwell 4.2.0.2.
• Add Triangle ID channel.
• Fix crash when rendering to the network.

Version 4.1.9 - 30 Nov 2017

• Improve Unicode file path support.

• Add more stereo camera parameters.

• Improve RF Particle Importer translation.

Version 4.1.8 - 11 Sep 2017

• Add support for Cinema 4D R19

Version 4.1.7 - 27 Jul 2017

• Update to Maxwell 4.1.1.1.
• Grass now defaults to Flat blade type.
• Add missing "Grow Towards World-Y" Grass parameter.

Version 4.1.3 - 07 Jul 2017

• Add Table Brdf and Xrite AxF material types.

Version 4.1.2 - 19 Jun 2017

• Update to Maxwell 4.1.0.4

Version 4.1.1 - 08 Jun 2017

• Update to Maxwell 4.1.0.3.
• Add NSIS installer on Windows.
• Change installers to include embedded Maxwell installer.
• Change plugin to use central Maxwell installation.
• Add support for Altus Denoiser.
• Allow negative threads value.
• Fix: some material editor color fields were not working.

Version 4.0.8 - 17 Feb 2017

• Update to Maxwell 4.0.1.1.

Version 4.0.6 - 12 Feb 2017

• Update to Maxwell 4.0.0.18.

Version 4.0.5 - 17 Dec 2016

• Update to Maxwell 4.0.0.12.

Version 4.0.3 - 27 Nov 2016

• Update to Maxwell 4.0.0.11.

Version 4.0.1 - 2 Nov 2016

• Update to Maxwell 4.0.0.8.

Version 3.2.6 - 16 Oct 2016

• Add support for R18.

Version 3.2.5 - 03 Feb 2016

• Update to Maxwell 3.2.1.2 binaries.

Version 3.2.2 - 28 Jan 2016

• Improve mxm/gallery import error reporting.
• Displacement subdivision default value was wrong.

Version 3.2.1

• Update to Maxwell 3.2.1.1 binaries.
• Procedurals were not working in FIRE.

Version 3.2.0 - 2 Oct 2015

• Update to Maxwell 3.2.0 binaries.

Version 3.1.6 - 30 Sept 2015

• Update to Maxwell 3.2.0.0 RC1 libs.
• Allow dragging files to IBL channel paths.
• Add "Grow toward World Y" to MaxwellGrass.
• Remove 255 search dirs max limit.
• Add max search depth limit of 10.

Version 3.1.5 - 26 Aug 2015

• Update to Maxwell 3.1.99.8 libs.
• Add material Priority.
• Add PSD output support.
• Add new Output modes.
• Add Reflectance Channel output.
• Add Maxwell Sea Repeat U/V params.
• Add Maxwell Scatter Uniform Scale param.
• Add Maxwell Scatter Remove Overlapped param.

Version 3.1.3 - 20 Apr 2015

• Update to Maxwell Render 3.1.1 binaries.
• Render all textures default set to false in convert materials command
• MXM linking avoids showing confirmation dialog when called from script
• Fixed an issue with render instances of polygon objects from SurfaceSPREAD

Version 3.1.2 - 25 Feb 2015

• Object Properties were exported incorrectly in some cases

Version 3.1.1 - 25 Feb 2015

• Update to Maxwell 3.1.1 binaries
• Extra Sampling feature was not working from the plugin
• MXM Reference path is only set when linking is enabled

Version 3.1.0 - 23 Feb 2015

• Update to Maxwell 3.1.0 (RC1) binaries

Version 3.0.995

• Update to Maxwell 3.0.99.5 binaries.
• Cinema material Alpha channel texture was converted incorrectly.

Version 3.0.994

• Update to Maxwell 3.0.99.4.

Version 3.0.993

• Add Camera Response
• Add Exposure Presets
• Add Floating Shadows (FIRE)
• Add Floating Reflections (FIRE)
• Add White Point
• Add Tint
• Add Render Zone
• Add Hide to Camera in Shadow Ch.
• Add Spotlight Emitter mode
• Add Material Custom Alphas
• Add Release License function
• Add support for OpenVDB (via Volumetric Tag)
• Now supporting TFD color channels

Version 3.0.8 - 17 Oct 2014

• Added support for R16 materials.
• Added initial support for TFD.

Note on TFD support

• When placed on a TFD Container, the Maxwell Volumetric tag will show a unique set of parameters. Note that some of the parameters do not currently work (e.g. custom UV channels); for this reason, this feature will not yet be documented.

Version 3.0.7 - 5 Sept 2014

• Switched to Intel-compiled extensions on Windows.
• Patched for XP (though it is no longer supported).

Version 3.0.6 - 3 Sept 2014

• Switched to Maxwell version 3.0.1.3 binaries.
• Fixed various issues with extended-ASCII characters.

Version 3.0.5 - 1 Sept 2014

• Added new MaxwellMesher object.
• Added support for RealFlow RK and Hybrido Mesh objects.
• Camera shift lens now allows greater than +/- 100% shift values.
• Cinema material translation now uses pretesselated displacement.
• Improved support for use of non-English characters in paths.
• All plugin versions now use local copies of Maxwell extensions.
• Particle Geometry objects were not properly exported.

Version 3.0.2 - 4 Feb 2014

• Added Density parameter to Volumetrics in Noise 3D mode.
• Alembic Particle Geoemtry is now treated as Particle Geometry.
• Particles, Volumetrics, etc now support relevant Object Properties.
• Check Paths now reports more details on the location of paths.
• Added new Bind Monitor & Bind Node Networking prefs.
• Added new Start Manager & Start node Networking prefs.
• The plugin now points to the Next Limit support site for help.
• Pack & Go was missing displacement & Assistant maps.
• Displacement was not shown when using Assistants.
• Displacement type was read incorrectly from older files.
• A directory name could be written into the active texture.