3ds Max - Version history

Version 2.7.37 - October 10th, 2013

Changes

• objects hidden in the viewport can be exported as hidden to everything instead of being skipped altogether (this behavior is controlled by a render option)

• added support for exporting UV coordinates for Max hair

• added a checkbox in the Maxwell object parameters to control whether hair vertex colors should be exported

• added a way to override the output image path

• added the option to create a ghost BSDF for Maxwell lights

• Maxwell lights are no longer hidden to reflections by default

Fixes

• wrong pivots for proxies and MXS references in the viewport
• changing render settings from MAXScript no longer triggers unnecessary re-exports (particularly for IBL images)
• wrong transformations when scattering objects imported from MXS
• objects imported from MXS had wrong pivots
• wrong frame number during export for BIN meshes in some cases
• in scenes with more than one PFlow source, only the first one was exported
• file sequences didn't work in MXS references
• spotlight emitter had the same light distribution regardless of cone angle
• crash in Ornatrix
• wrong hair position when the mesh on which the strands were generated was controlled by bones
• emitters created from Maxwell lights were disabled randomly
• wrong MXI location when no path was given

Version 2.7.30 - July 8th, 2013

Changes

• added support for ornatrix v2 and removed support for ornatrix v1
• hair vertex colors are gamma-corrected
• the plugin no longer checks the save file flag, only the existence of the file name

Fixes

• the V texture coordinate was flipped when importing MXS files

• the viewport texture display used the wrong UVW channel for referenced materials when the display driver was Direct3D

• improper mesh import when it has a single material assigned per face instead of being assigned on the whole mesh

• the proxy and RFRK objects crashed when used with some modifiers

• crash when using multiscatter with MXS references and proxies

• wrong transformation matrix for Max instances of Maxwell proxy objects

• objects imported from MXS were invisible when the viewport was set to wireframe mode

• objects imported from MXS became corrupted when converted to editable poly

Version 2.7.27 - April 25th, 2013

Changes

• added support for Max 2014
• added support for Multiscatter
• camera manipulation in FIRE uses an orbit camera model now

Fixes

• the UI of the Maxwell material isn’t shown if you select sub-components in the material navigator
• gamma was applied twice in the Max render image view if the alpha channel was enabled
• the draft quality setting in the render options panel wasn’t working
• wrong position for Max Hair objects with non-identity pivots

Version 2.7.24 - March 11th, 2013

• added support for moving camera in FIRE
• the link camera FIRE option is accessible directly from the ActiveShade window menu
• added support for solo layers
• a warning is issued when PFlow instances cannot be exported due to duplicated group names
• fixed: the API methods MaxwellMaxExtensionParams::SetIntArray() and MaxwellMaxExtensionParams::SetDoubleArray() did not work correctly
• fixed: Chinese characters in exported IES paths
• fixed: wrong camera used by send job to network
• fixed: crash when rendering a RFRKMesher without any files
• fixed: not all PFlow particles were exported when a system contained empty groups
• fixed: the "extra particles" parameter of the MxParticles object was not exported
• fixed: send job to network didn't start when the output file didn't already exist

Version 2.7.20 - December 17th, 2012

• when importing MXM files, the plug-in looks for missing textures in the "textures" subdirectory of the MXM path
• added the "maxwellRestartFire" MAXScript function 
• meshes and materials can be imported from MXS files 
• Max gamma correction no longer affects Maxwell material preview slots
• added support for meshes with specified normals
• added an object setting on legacy particle system which controls if they are exported as meshes or Maxwell procedurals
• the exporter writes all the cameras present in the scene to the MXS file
• added 2048 and 4096 to the list of allowed resolutions for viewport preview
• the viewport preview looks for textures in alternative paths when they cannot be found, just like the exporter
• the send job to network button supports animations
• fixed: MAXScript error when trying to render from the command line 
• fixed: grass modifiers were exported even when they were disabled
• fixed: crash on systems with video cards or drivers that don't support DirectX 9
• fixed: wrong motion blur for PFlow instances when more than 2 motion steps were used
• fixed: FIRE was not restarted after changing IBL settings
• fixed: the material UI was not refreshed after importing a MXM file
• fixed: the renderer was still started in some cases even though the export process failed
• fixed: crash when a MXS reference object was using animation sequences
• fixed: crash when switching to a non-Maxwell material after editing a Maxwell bitmap
• fixed: crash when trying to export HairFarm objects with density textures applied

Version 2.7.12 - October 16th, 2012

• added support for textured material preview in Nitrous
• added support for HairFarm
• removed support for Max 8, 9 and VIZ
• the Max gamma value does not influence the rendered image or material preview swatches
• added plug-in API
• FBX import and export supports Maxwell materials
• set the default for use Max instancing to on
• fixed: proxies and MXS references did not show the preview point cloud in Nitrous
• fixed: crash when creating MXS reference objects with pivot snap enabled
• fixed: the UV Mapping dropdown in the RFRK particle object contained Chinese characters in Max 2013
• fixed: hidden objects referenced by Maxwell proxies were rendered
• fixed: crash when adding a second sequence to a RFRK mesher under some circumstances
• fixed: no viewport texture preview for referenced materials
• fixed: search paths were not used when locating BIN files for the viewport preview of RFRK meshers and particle objects
• fixed: the viewport preview of RFRK meshers was not refreshed after adding a new sequence
• fixed: crash when unchecking and checking back the display in viewport checkbox in a MXS reference object
• fixed: RFRK particles were skewed when rotated
• fixed: the viewport preview of RFRK objects and MXS references were not using the same search paths as the render
• fixed: crash in older versions of Max which sometimes occurred when loading a scene
• fixed: legacy particle systems were not exported from Max 2013
• fixed: extension parameters which were strings (mesher BIN path, mesher realwave path etc.) were not exported correctly in Max 2013
• fixed: saving a sky to a HDR file didn't work in Max 2013

Version 2.7.6 - July 27th, 2012

• added support for custom bokeh camera parameters
• added support for negative offset values in the IBL parameters
• the particle loader can display PXY sequence files in the viewport
• default axis setup for the RFRK mesher set to YZX
• fixed: browsing the material library and gallery did not work
• fixed: render options strings (MXI path, MXS path, default material etc.) were lost after reopening a scene in Max 2013
• fixed: bogus characters in the geographical location dropdown in Max 2013
• fixed: bogus names for the renderer properties in MAXScript in Max 2013
• fixed: the legacy material was not working
• fixed: plug-in preferences (preview scene path, preview quality etc.) were not saved correctly in Max 2013
• fixed: the bitmap viewer didn't work in Max 2013
• fixed: wrong maximum value for grass bend angle, root radius, tip radius and density
• fixed: file -> export didn't work if a perspective viewport was selected
• fixed: FIRE did not work in Max 2013
• fixed: RFRK objects were flipped in the viewport compared to the render
• fixed: the MXI path was not exported correctly in Max 2013
• fixed: BIN mesh loaders without a file assigned printed a non-descriptive warning on render Version 2.7.4 - June 18th, 2012

Version 2.6.18 - January 30th, 2012

• added support for the Reaflow extensions: BIN mesher and BIN particles
• added support for multi-step camera motion blur
• added support for silent installs (pass /S on the installer command line)
• custom Maxwell objects (MXS references, proxies etc.) are compatible with the Nitrous viewport
• fixed: slowdown when exporting many instances
• fixed: under some circumstances, PFlow systems were exported as a single mesh instead of using instances
• fixed: crash when rendering a proxy that has no source object
• fixed: the rendered image was offset by 1 pixel horizontally in the Max framebuffer
• fixed: ActiveShade crashed when used in viewport
• fixed: wrong output image format when exporting from the File menu
• fixed: wrong state management for the IES controls in Maxwell lights
• fixed: once the LOD of a MXS reference was set to 0, it stayed invisible even after the LOD was increased again
• fixed: wrong bounding box for proxies after the objects they reference was removed