Corona for Cinema 4D started

[bofaisal]

we are waiting
really great software

thaaanks

[postwendend]

are the c4d noise shaders supported ?
and will it be possible to get access of the material settings via python script for vray to corona material converters ?
 

[ondrike]

noise shader is already supposrted, about converters I really don´t know

[bofaisal]

is there any deffrence in the reality between it and the max version ?

[Ondra]

It uses exactly the same shading core, only input/output capabilities differ

[Rhodesy]

Please forgive my naivety on this but I would be interested in finding out more about how renderers (like Corona) are ported to the likes of C4D. There is obviously a lot of work to do as we know from other renderers and the corona development time, but to us non programmers out there it can be frustrating having to wait as we can't always see exactly what the issues and hurdles are.

The way I imagine it is simply using C4D as a host that outputs geometry with material settings and mapping info out to corona which then does the magic and sends back the visual feedback image to C4D. Are the things like HDCache setting not just an integer spinner that wires directly into the integer slot in the corona engine? same with the camera and light info, can we not just export the location and dimensions of a c4d area light out along with the settings corona is asking for?

I appreciate there might be the odd quirk that Maxon might not have encoroprated in the process and vray has struggled to get fixes in the past from maxon but it all seems to be a lot harder and take a lot longer than I have accounted for. So I was wondering what the unseen hurdles are as that might shed some light? 

Thanks

[Ondra]

There are 2 major problems:

1) writing UI code is always tedious, generates a LOT of code, and is very hard to test and verify

2) Any nontrivial APIs are major source of pain in the ass, because they tend to be non-intuitive, poorly documented, or just don't fit the task. I have yet to see an API except for operating systems and programming language standard libraries that is well-documented. Any programmer porting Corona to any platform will be squeezed between two such APIs: Corona and the 3D app.

[Rhodesy]

I see thanks. So there must be a lot of trial and error. No doubt that lack of documentation contributes to bugs too.

You would think the likes of Maxon would be best placed to do the plugin themselves inhouse and offer it as an extra bolt on. Its not like they would lose out on AR sales as that is built into the app anyway much to my annoyance as I've not touched it for years!

EDIT: Actually scratch that, between them and graphisoft they couldn't have made a bigger hash of the archicad importer if the tried! 3rd party one is much better

[yougop]

great to see progress again. as i am doing some python coding these days, what is the programing language for writing these kind of bridges (corona core <> c4d)? thanks, keep up the good work.

[Ondra]

C++-only

[rewardedarry]

I'm willing to try it out if there's any need for alpha testing

[GokhanB]

Hello , I wish Corona support to C4D immediality ;)

[bsfranza]

awesome=) absolutely stunning great - im looking for the donate button already guys=)

[postwendend]

status?

[illbru]

Can i candidate to be a tester?