MAX Plugins.de News Archive

Archived Plugin News  –  April 2013
 

Plugin Update: Import / Export

Changes for v0.99 are:
- Adds support for Max 2010 to 2013 (32-bit and 64-bit)
- Adds support for Max 2014 (64-bit only)


Plugin Update: Texturing

Changes for v2.6.2 are:
- Adds support for Max 2014
- Adds new Tempered Steel materials
- Adds an icon size parameter
- Bug-fixes

V-Ray Material Presets Pro is available for Max 2010 to 2014 and costs €140.


Plugin Update: Utilities

Changes for v2013.03 are:
- Now works on Max 2010+
- New feature: right click turns on/off trajectory for selected objects
- Fixes playback bugs

mScrub is available for Max 2010 to 2014 and costs €2.


Plugin Update: Import / Export

Changes for v1.51 are:
- Adds support for Max 2014
- Adds support for Batch Mode import

Din3D Importer is available for Max 2010 to 2014 and costs €59. A demo version is available here.


Plugin Update: Renderers

Changes for v3.08 are:
- Adds support for Max 2014
- Adds a new function to 'Line Merge Helper' for automatic merging
- Fixes spelling errors in the 'Pencil+ 3 Material' user interface
- Fixes a freeze problem when using the Slate material editor
- Fixes a problem with the Delete key in the Slate material editor
- Fixes a bug where the Map button in 'Pencil+ 3 Line' caused multiple Material/Map Browsers to open
- Fixes a window focus bug when opening the Material/Map Browser from 'Pencil+ 3 Line'
- The individual brush settings in 'Pencil+ 3 Line' now have MAXScript access
- Fixes a freeze problem with grouped objects when merging lines with 'Line Merge Helper'

Pencil+ is available for Max 2010 to 2014 and costs ¥52,500. A demo version is available here.


Plugin Update: Renderers

Changes for v1.55 are:
- Adds support for Max 2014

Liquid+ is available for Max 2010 to 2014 and costs ¥46,200. A demo version is available here.


Plugin Updates: 2014 versions from Di-O-Matic

Di-O-Matic have now released versions of all of their plugins for Max 2014. Some are just installer updates for Max 2014, others have some fixes. Here is the list of changes for the 2014 versions:

Morph-O-Matic v2.7:
- Adds support for Max 2014
- Hold License is now On by default
- Fixes Saving Groups sometimes failing

Facial Studio v2.6:
- Adds support for Max 2014
- Value types on all spinners have been unified
- Fixes muscles deformer issues with MAXScript

Voice-O-Matic v3.5:
- Adds support for Max 2014
- Fixes integration with Microsoft SAPI sometimes failing
- Fixes the Create Keys button staying greyed out
- Fixes Save Mapping to Object sometimes failing

Hercules v1.7:
- Adds support for Max 2014
- License can now be held per session allowing faster access to the UI

Cluster-O-Matic v1.8:
- Adds installer support for Max 2014

Morph ToolKit v1.8:
- Adds installer support for Max 2014

Character Pack v1.8:
- Adds all of the above plugins in the Max 2014 version

All of the plugins listed here are available for Max 6 to 2014 and prices range between $149 and $999. Demo versions for all of the plugins are available at the links above.


New Plugin: Modelling

This commercial MAXScript allows you to create an array of circular / square objects, useful for bolts, screws, nuts, hour glasses, skirts, donuts, pencils, tubes, cylinders and much much more. You can also take it one step further and apply a path deform to Tubular and create some very organic shapes.

Tubular is available for Max 9 to 2014 and costs $2.


Plugin Update: Utilities

Changes for v2.8.0 are:
- Adds a feature-rich net job details tab to the main view
- Renderers can now report rendered image files
- Renderer parameters now have an option to be shown in the net job information pane
- Net jobs can now react to ongoing errors by either cancelling or pausing the job
- Adds a new switch to the Remote Controller to set net job error handling
- Adds 'Tags' and 'Paused' to net job view filters
- Adds an option for data update intervals sent to Remote Controllers and Web Interfaces
- The web interface site directory can now be selected in the options dialog
- Adds a function to send image filenames to the renderer system Python API
- View filters have had a major overhaul
- Clients no longer drop jobs when unexpectedly disconnected from the server
- The client now shows the average CPU usage and CPU idle time of a rendering
- The 'In' and 'Out' path map entries are now named 'Original path' and 'Translated path'
- The net job and chunk priority columns are now colored
- The option to encode back-slashes in template scripts now only affects variables
- The project directory is now created if it doesn't exist before a render starts
- Scheduled jobs that haven't reached their scheduled start are now shown as 'Waiting'
- Net job pre-execution events are now executed when a scheduled start has been reached
- Uses a new method to get the total CPU usage of a machine under Windows
- Parameter limits can now have floating point values
- Moved the net job tags to the main page of the net job dialog
- The net job list now has a column for net job tags
- Socket disconnects now show the reason if they occurred due to an error
- Some standard parameters can now be hidden
- All edit fields now have 'Find' functionality
- Stability improvements
- Cancelling net jobs during an event phase no longer leads to a crash
- The client now translates dynamic variables before creating the output directory
- Urgent net jobs are now shown as urgent
- A number of smaller bug fixes
- Adds image slicing support to Maxwell
- Updated the Softimage renderer
- Updated nearly all renderers to support the new renderer system features

RenderPal V2 is available for Max 9 to 2014 and costs €49 per node. A demo version is available here.


Plugin Update: Modelling

Changes for v1.1.15c are:
- Fixes a bug which led to Max crashing at the end of texture generation preview

VRayPattern is available for Max 2008 to 2014 and costs €150.


Plugin Update: Utilities

Changes for v1.64.82 are:
- Adds support for Octane renderer: working with asset files
- Adds support for Octane renderer: rendering previews

Project Manager is available for Max 2009 to 2014 and costs $75. A demo version is available here.


Plugin Update: Utilities

Changes for v3.9.60 are:
- Adds support for Octane renderer: working with asset files
- Adds support for Octane renderer: rendering previews
- Fixes an issue with blocking Max hotkeys after opening the 'File' menu
- Fixes an issue with setting a default renderer in Batch Render&Relink
- Fixes an issue with applying render-presets in Batch Render&Relink

FilePathFinder Pro is available for Max 2008 to 2014 and costs $30. A demo version is available here.


Plugin Update: Utilities

Changes for v2.1.7.0 are:
- Fixes an error when putting nested objects into schematic view
- Fixes an error when clicking on schematic view filters
- Adds support for Max 2014

Zookeeper is available for Max 2009 to 2014 and costs $249. A demo version is available here.


Plugin Update: Modelling

Changes for v2.2.6.0 are:
- Fixes uneven distribution in Ox Hair From Guides when using a distribution map
- Add support for Max 2014

Ornatrix is available for Max 2009 to 2014 and costs $499. A demo version is available here.


Plugin Update: Animation

Changes for v1.8 are:
- Adds installer support for Max 2014

Cluster-O-Matic is available for Max 6 to 2014 and costs $149. A demo version is available here.


Plugin Update: Import / Export

Changes for v3.2 are:
- Adds support for Max 2014

SolidWorks Importer is available for Max 2010 to 2014 and costs $150. A demo version is available here.


Plugin Update: Import / Export

Changes for v3.0 are:
- Adds support for Max 2014

3D PDF Exporter is available for Max 2010 to 2014 and costs $99. A demo version is available here.


Plugin Update: Particles / Animation

Changes for v1.5 are:
- Adds a procedural joint system
- You can now break concrete by velocity
- Adds bullets from Anselm Von Seherr collection as bullet objects in DM
- Improvements to DM internal properties (eg. you can now cache only dynamics)
- Adds various post-cache actions (delete bullets, override materials, kill specific particles)

Demolition Master is available for Max 2010 to 2013 and costs €35. A demo version is available here.


Plugin Update: Utilities

Changes for v10.2 are:
- Adds support for Max 2014
- Adds support for Maya 2014
- You can now merge several objects into a single one
- Adds support for the LXO file format
- Adds support for the VRML97 file format
- Adds support for Sketchup export
- Wavefront support has been improved
- 3DS support has been improved
- Collada support has been improved
- DXF support has been improved
- VRML 1.x support has been improved
- Truespace support has been improved

Polygon Cruncher is available for Max 6 to 2014 and costs $129. A demo version is available here.


Plugin Update: Render Effects

Changes for v3.0.2 are:
- Adds support for the RGBA 32-bit floating-point frame buffer


Plugin Update: Modelling

Changes for v1.0.4 are:
- Adds a beta version of the Max 2014 plugin
- The KML and KMZ importer has been improved
- KML based terrains now use the same build pipeline as normal terrains
- Some of the limits on parameters have been raised

Terrain is available for Max 2008 to 2014 and costs $199. A demo version is available here.


Plugin Update: Animation

Changes for v3.5.2 are:
- Fixes the 'Low RAM' issue

FumeFX is available for Max 2009 to 2014 and costs $845.


Plugin Update: Modelling

Changes for v2.2.5.0 are:
- Fixes a problem with the 'Guides from mesh' modifier
- Fixes a problem with the 'Hair from guides' modifier
- Some internal changes

Ornatrix is available for Max 2009 to 2014 and costs $499. A demo version is available here.


Plugin News: 3d-io release Max 2014 plugin versions

3d-io games & video production GmbH have released updated versions of all of their plugins making them compatible with Max 2014:
- UV-Packer v1.31
- Unwrella v2.21
- BonesPro v4.61
- Flatiron v1.71


Plugin Update: Animation

Changes for v2.5 are:
- Adds a new activation option for fracture bodies
- Force fields (space warps) can now break fracture bodies
- Adds air damping UI params for fracture bodies
- Adds direct fracture bodies creation for grouped objects
- Adds a new cut material frame
- Adds the ability to set fragments as static/dynamic
- The wood shatter default width is now 1.0
- Damping parameters have been rescaled for easier tweaking
- Fixes gaps appearing when using grid as ground
- Fixes relative to mass fails with very large dynamic fragments attached to the Fracture body
- Fixes local and radial shatter failing when the pivot is away from the object

Pull Down It Pro is available for Max 2010 to 2014 and costs €395. A demo version is available here.


New Plugin: Animation

Prime Automatic Lipsync is a tool for creating automated lipsync in Max. It automatically converts text to animation keys, so after creating morph targets for your phonemes, load your sound file, listen and write down your text, then press the 'Gooo' button and your animation will be generated.

Prime Automatic LipSync Tool is available for Max 9 to 2014 and costs $70. A demo version is available here.


Plugin Update: Utilities

Changes for v1.64.69 are:
- Fixes an issue with merging targeted lights and cameras with drag&drop
- Fixes an issue with applying render-presets
- Fixes an issue with Max hotkeys being blocked after opening the 'File' menu
- Fixes an issue with setting a default renderer in Batch Render&Relink
- Fixes issues with drag&drop materials and textures into Slate Material Editor
- Fixes a minor issue with search in the 'Textures' category
- Fixes issues with Translations links to Local\Network paths
- Fixes issues with applying the 'Use old Material/Map Browser' setting in Max 2013
- Fixes issues with long merge times for models and other assets

Project Manager is available for Max 2009 to 2014 and costs $75. A demo version is available here.


Plugin Update: Import / Export

Changes for v3.18.0d are:
- xNormal is now a 64bit-only application
- Adds support for Max / Maya 2014
- Ported xNormal from .NET 2.0 to .NET 4.0
- Optimized the OpenRL ambient occlusion generation
- Improved compatibility with the Caustic R2100 / 2500 ray tracing cards
- The render time now takes structure building and tile preparation into consideration
- Improved the heightmap / VDM tonemapper with new stats and better control
- Some SDK improvements
- Lowered the Default Map Renderer's threads priority
- Made some dialogs modal and improved the progress bar / abort management
- Fixes a plethora of bugs
- Recompiled using the lastest libraries and VS2010 SP1

For all of you out there that still need the plugin for Max versions older than 2012, the previous release is still available with support for Max 7 to 2011.


Plugin News: Max 2014 database

Seeing as how developers have started confirming that their plugins are compatible with Max 2014, I thought I'd better add a page for it and update the database.

To start off with I'm just going to mark all Max 2013 plugins as also being available for Max 2014. If you find any that don't work in Max 2014 when it is released, just let me now and I can update it in the database.

These are some of the developers that have already tested for Max 2014 compatibility:
- Pavel Kuznetsov / Last Jedi Outpost
- miauu's Workplane and Script Pack
- Corona Renderer


Plugin Update: Utilities

Changes for v1.2.4 are:
- New RT button (Max 2013 only) for easy one-click RT launch
- Now includes the MOA Wizard (animation wizard)
- New DR and BB buttons for network rendering

SolidRocks is available for Max 9 to 2013 and costs €75. A demo version is available here.


Plugin Update: Texturing

Changes for v1.02.9 are:
- Solves a flickering menu issue when mouse cursor was moved in the viewport
- Minor tweaks for hotkeying items in the menu
- Sets default radius to 1 from 0 in the Bleed UV Seams brush
- Fixes a bug with the symmetric offset setting

realityPaint Pro is available for Max 9 to 2013 and costs $199.95. A demo version is available here.


Plugin Update: Import / Export

Changes for v1.4.0 are:
- Adds support for Max 2013 (32-bit and 64-bit)
- Fixes a problem with normals in Max
- Fixes multiple textures with the same name getting the same ID
- Fixes a problem with exporting normal maps from Max
- Fixes <polylist> primitives being reported as POLYGONS type
- Fixes a problem importing files with Y-UP axis into Max


Plugin Update: Animation

Changes for v2.1.2 are:
- Adds camera clipping
- Bug-fixes

3dHippie Stereocam Pro is available for Max 2011 to 2013 and costs €125. A demo version is available here.


Plugin Update: Modelling

Changes for v4.0.3 are:
- Rotating items on Custom Edit now uses the Max center mode
- You can now exclude items hidden by camera clipping when switching from Generate to Custom Edit
- Library Standard materials have been simplified
- Removed Camera->Auto Assign to Active View->Only Before rendering parameter
- Adds Camera->Auto Assign to Active View->Apply to Look-At
- Deleting thousands of items in Custom Edit mode is no longer slow
- Fixes a V-Ray exception in Forest Color when rendering animations
- Fixes a rare error loading grouped items from the Library
- Fixes a crash bug when changing Geometry->Template

Forest Pack Pro is available for Max 9 to 2013 and costs €180. A demo version is available here.


Plugin Update: Modelling

Changes for v1.2.0.5 are:
- Adds new viewport preview modes: Never, Always, When selected, When edited
- MultiScatter Tools have been improved and bugs fixed
- Adds support for Corona renderer (compatible with the next Alpha v5 version)
- Adds animated object preview in viewport
- Fixes a bug with menu tabs
- Fixes a bug with multithreaded collision calculations
- Fixes the MultiPainter dummy being the wrong size

MultiScatter is available for Max 2008 to 2013 and costs €200.