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[Max] Bug Reporting / Re: Number Input Occasionally Fails in Post/LightMix
« on: 2025-07-14, 13:09:19 »
I have also experienced this several times over many years. Seems to be a window focus issue as you say.
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[Max] Bug Reporting / Batch image editor stops after 33 frames.
« on: 2025-07-14, 13:07:28 »
The batch image editor tool appears to be only working 33 frames at a time for me. Im having to move the 33 cxrs into a subfolder and run it repeatedly to get it to process the whole folder.
I posted on the support system about an issue i was having with the batch script. However it turned out that the batch bat file was looking at the wrong exe. For some reason the folder Program Files/Corona/... contains the v12 image editor etc. whereas the folder Program files/Chaos/Corona/... contains the latest v13 and the batch tool was looking in the old folder. I doubt its related but it highlights a handful of small issues with the batching tool.
Im not sure if its an issue with the batch file or the latest CIE Cmd but it would be a great idea to integrate some batching ability into the CIE itself.
I posted on the support system about an issue i was having with the batch script. However it turned out that the batch bat file was looking at the wrong exe. For some reason the folder Program Files/Corona/... contains the v12 image editor etc. whereas the folder Program files/Chaos/Corona/... contains the latest v13 and the batch tool was looking in the old folder. I doubt its related but it highlights a handful of small issues with the batching tool.
Im not sure if its an issue with the batch file or the latest CIE Cmd but it would be a great idea to integrate some batching ability into the CIE itself.
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[Max] Daily Builds / Re: Toon + Outline Mtl Playground!
« on: 2025-05-23, 10:52:35 »
This is fantastic!
Ive been requesting this since 2014 and its finally here! Well done team!
On the light blue shapes example above, theres a missing bit of outline on the end of the triangular sections. In my mind i cant figured out a reason why this wouldnt have an outline when the section of the same edge below does. Is that something that can be controlled in the shader?
Ive been requesting this since 2014 and its finally here! Well done team!
On the light blue shapes example above, theres a missing bit of outline on the end of the triangular sections. In my mind i cant figured out a reason why this wouldnt have an outline when the section of the same edge below does. Is that something that can be controlled in the shader?
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[Max] I need help! / Re: Problem with edges
« on: 2025-05-01, 16:01:16 »
This looks exactly like a max scale/units issue.
Check the scale of your scene, check your system units are as expected and make sure your model isnt more than 10,000 units from the origin if reverting to a different corona version doesnt help.
Check the scale of your scene, check your system units are as expected and make sure your model isnt more than 10,000 units from the origin if reverting to a different corona version doesnt help.
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[Max] General Discussion / Re: Chaos Vantage who is actually using it ?
« on: 2025-05-01, 15:46:34 »
This is precisely why ive not really committed to vantage too. Yeah it looks useful but asking for the price it is without having full support for all of the maps of the two render engines it is effectively built for, makes using it a pretty annoying process. Not supporting triplanar maps is such a huge issue for me personally.
It adds a whole extra process to a project if i need both renders AND realtime/animation/video outputs.
Until it just works and i dont have to mess around in vantage trying to get it to look the same, i wont be paying the ridiculous price tag.
I agree that there needs to be bundling deals for chaos users. Right now we are paying for corona and enscape and adding vantage on top of this is just getting ridiculous price-wise.
We are actively looking for a realtime solution at work so this isnt coming from a passive place. I want vantage to work as it should but i cannot abide by the pricetag until it does and even then its steep.
It adds a whole extra process to a project if i need both renders AND realtime/animation/video outputs.
Until it just works and i dont have to mess around in vantage trying to get it to look the same, i wont be paying the ridiculous price tag.
I agree that there needs to be bundling deals for chaos users. Right now we are paying for corona and enscape and adding vantage on top of this is just getting ridiculous price-wise.
We are actively looking for a realtime solution at work so this isnt coming from a passive place. I want vantage to work as it should but i cannot abide by the pricetag until it does and even then its steep.
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[Max] General Discussion / How often do you render your materials to maps?
« on: 2025-04-01, 15:36:35 »
Im just curious if theres much benefit nowadays to rendering complex material structures to maps where possible. I know many of us use a lot of procedural and complex materials in our scenes and triplanar/randomisers dont really work with rendering to map, but is there much in the way of speed improvements when reducing material complexity? I very rarely render my nodes to maps just in case i need to tweak them.
Does anyone do it often and see a benefit outside of perhaps realtime export?
Does anyone do it often and see a benefit outside of perhaps realtime export?
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[Max] Tutorials & Guides / Re: 3ds max + Corona + Windows = Finally good performance
« on: 2025-03-17, 15:28:01 »
Could anyone explain more about how to set up the group policy level disabling of windows defender for corona/max?
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[Max] General Discussion / Re: ***BUG Corona Render****Chaos Corona Action.
« on: 2025-02-04, 16:01:35 »
Ive had this happen when ive accidentally started IR in a viewport that i no longer have visible rather than in the VFB. Im not sure if its the same issue youre experiencing though. Ive never had it happen when using the VFB.
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[Max] I need help! / Re: Volumetric optimisations
« on: 2025-02-04, 15:54:16 »
You can in roundabout and cumbersome way. You need to exclude your volume from all scene lighting. Then for example, if you have just one sun in the scene. Duplicate it, set it to include mode and only add volume. Add that sun to separate light mix layer, and you can turn volume effect on or off. Plus you'll have separate render element for it. But as I mentioned it becomes cumbersome to setup in scenes with a lot lights.
This is rather clever!
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[Max] I need help! / Re: Volumetric optimisations
« on: 2025-02-04, 14:18:39 »
So if i understand it, we can think of step size sort of like the voxel resolution of the volume.
Are the volumes 'adaptive' in any way?
For instance if i use a vdb of some haze and fog for a large scene is the entire thing sampled even if it becomes entirely opaque after a certain distance?
Are the volumes 'adaptive' in any way?
For instance if i use a vdb of some haze and fog for a large scene is the entire thing sampled even if it becomes entirely opaque after a certain distance?
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[Max] I need help! / Volumetric optimisations
« on: 2025-01-31, 12:19:21 »
Are there any settings i can tweak on volumetric-heavy scenes to speed up render times?
I have a very foggy and dusty scene using volumetric materials, volume grids and VDBs. No global volume material.
Ive adjusted step size (I feel that the documentation on this could feature larger scale examples) but is there anything 'under the hood' that can help?
I have a very foggy and dusty scene using volumetric materials, volume grids and VDBs. No global volume material.
Ive adjusted step size (I feel that the documentation on this could feature larger scale examples) but is there anything 'under the hood' that can help?
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[Max] I need help! / Re: Batch render 100 of products with 50 different materials and colors.
« on: 2025-01-30, 16:30:45 »
Pulze is the thing for setting up exactly what you want to do.
You could also try renderstacks which lets you do basically anything like this youd want to.
https://renderstacks.com/renderstacks/
You could also try renderstacks which lets you do basically anything like this youd want to.
https://renderstacks.com/renderstacks/
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[Max] I need help! / Re: CoronaColor - maxscript
« on: 2025-01-30, 15:56:38 »
Just curious as to what youre doing with these values James. Something script related?
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[Max] I need help! / Re: Is it possible to make an OSL shader that rotates a color map?
« on: 2025-01-30, 15:54:35 »
I think as Aram mentioned, you want wire parameters. You can connect an attribute of one object to another. For example you could manually set the waves to face the helper direction, then connect them together using wire parameters, retaining their orientation. Then when the helper rotates the map should also rotate.