Chaos Corona 9 for 3ds Max - Daily Builds Changelog

[maru]

For all information about the daily builds and the download link, see: Daily Builds FAQ

[Kris H]

Please check this article covering the risks of using daily builds: Daily Builds FAQ
If you are familiar with the daily builds and know how to use them, download the newest one here:
corona-9-3dsmax-daily-2022-05-27.exe

Chaos Scatter

• Fixed issue where using Unpack option of the installer from network drive did not unpack Scatter

Tone mapping

• Fixed UI delay issue when using tone mapping in Camera with operator-animated keys
• Fixed issue where right-clicking at the numerical value of spinbox led to reset of the value
• Fixed issue where resetting opacity of LUT could reset selected LUT file
• Fixed issues (Non-Standard Format error) when loading different types of LUTs
• Tone mapping pipeline is now created in every scene, without need to interact with it first, allowing users to access it from MAXScript

Cosmos

• Updated Cosmos service shipped with Corona installer

General/Bugfixes

• Fixed issues when using ColorPicker with linear percent value types
• Fixed crash when changing 3ds max 2023 theme
• Fixed issue where switching the renderers can crash after loading saved custom defaults
• Fixed issue where user can't import models from Cosmos when download folder contains non-ascii characters
• Fixed tyFlow crash when the input mesh is empty
• Fixed color temperature gamma issues in Color Picker
• Fixed issue where clicking on temperature or albedo in Color picker without changing their values would change the color
• Fixed Corona objects (Light) being broken in some specific scenes where 3dsmax does not provide version information for an unknown reason
• Clicking "None" in IES rollout of CoronaLight now correctly opens the corona IES folder

[rowmanns]

Please check this article covering the risks of using daily builds: Daily Builds FAQ
If you are familiar with the daily builds and know how to use them, download the newest one here:
corona-9-3dsmax-daily-2022-06-09.exe

Note: All changes in this build and the previous daily build will be released in a v8 Hotfix

General

• Added support for Phoenix 5
• Fixed distance map not updating when rendering a sequence
• Fixed crash when expanding track view of camera with animated tonemappping override

Color Picker

• Fixed changing of values when clicking on spinbox value boxes
• Fixed changing of color palette position when clicking into spinbox value boxes
• Fixed albedo and color temperature changing even though they were not changed

[rowmanns]

Please check this article covering the risks of using daily builds: Daily Builds FAQ
If you are familiar with the daily builds and know how to use them, download the newest one here:
corona-9-3dsmax-daily-2022-07-12.exe

General

• Added Corona Pattern modifier
• Added support for Chaos Cosmos Decals assets
• Added option to preserve slicer materials when using material override
• Added possibility to preserve material opacity and bump when using override material
• ACES OT tonemapping operator is now used by default
• Textures connected to CoronaPhysicalMtl, CoronaLegacyMtl, CoronaSkinMtl and CoronaHairMtl are now visualized in 3ds Max viewport (High quality viewport needs to be enabled).
• Improved metals detection and materials conversion in Corona Converter
• Improved conversion of refractive materials in Corona Converter (materials with black refraction color are no longer treated as refractive materials)
• Removed support for 3ds Max 2014 and 2015
• Removed warning about using V-ray bitmap in IR (it works correctly)

Experimental

• Added support for out of core textures - currently off by default
• can be enabled in devel settings by increasing the HDD cache size to non-zero value

Fixes

• Fixed Corona Bitmap mapping in High Quality Max viewport
• Fixed crash when translating an object + starting IR with hotkey
• Fixed issue where having black enviro and non-black overrides could lead to NANs
• Fixed Tone curve editor crashes when moving any points
• Fixed crash when adding overridden operators when rendering from 3ds Max physical camera
• Disabling CoronaCameraMod (eye icon in modifier stack) now correctly disables its tonemapping effect on the render.
• Fixed tone mapping crash when changing Camera TM values in Auto Key mode
• Fixes in Curve Editor
• When sampling colors in Curve Editor, the color is now before the curves were applied
• Fixed Y-axis being reversed when sampling colors - i.e. picking the value from the top of viewport picked it from the bottom

Chaos Scatter

• Chaos Scatter requires license only when its UI is on, not during the whole 3ds Max session. Rendering scattered instances is unlimited.
• Fixed endless IR restarts in V-Ray in certain situations (e.g. when using IFL file as density map).
• Cosmos models imported as part of Scatter presets are disabled for rendering. If needed, it can be enabled again in 3ds Max, in object properties of each of the models.

[rowmanns]

Please check this article covering the risks of using daily builds: Daily Builds FAQ
If you are familiar with the daily builds and know how to use them, download the newest one here:
chaos-corona-9-3dsmax-daily-2022-08-02.exe

General

• Error window rewritten to Qt
• Added new MAXScript function CoronaRenderer.CoronaFp.showErrorWindow() to open the Corona Error window when needed
• Added depth of field to fish eye camera
• Added support for VRaySwitchMtl (except for plugging in a map to do switching, which is not yet supported)
• Added new warning when there is more than one displacement modifier applied to an object - warning that all but one modifier will be ignored

Fixes

• Fixed entering values to spinbox in tone mapping and color picker when “,” is set as delimiter
• Fixed position of TONE MAPPING title on HiDPI monitors
• Fixed tooltips in tone mapping
• Fixed dimensions of imported Cosmos decals
• Fixed Corona using only E-cores of modern Intel CPUs on Windows 11 when in background
• Fixed incorrect anisotropy of 3dsMax’s physical material in 3dsMax 2023