Chaos Corona 11 for Cinema 4D daily builds - Changelog

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Changes in Corona 11 for Cinema 4D (Daily Build 2023-07-11) (https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1AMdDmYkftsDZelYVFHRTF84oVgEhs9ny):

• Changed:
• Updated background images in Windows installer
• Fixed:
• Fixed issue where using "Camera physical size" with UHD/4K cache led to freeze
• Fixed issue where using "Camera physical size" sometimes broke object picking from VFB
• Fixed issue where CIE crashes after deleting Curves tone mapping operator with opened editor
• Fixed issue where creating a region during pre-rendering phases lead to crash
• Fixed problem with Corona light and Corona proxy object not rendering in normal render when instanced using multi-instances as part of hidden instanced group
• Fixed problem with tone mapping panel in Corona VFB having different background color than the rest of VFB on some macOS systems

Note: All changes in this build will be released in a v10 Hotfix

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Changes in Corona 11 for Cinema 4D (Daily Build 2023-09-14) (https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1AMdDmYkftsDZelYVFHRTF84oVgEhs9ny):

• New:
• Added support for Cinema 4D 2024

Note: there is currently one known issue in this build - perfect sphere does not render correctly when used with Corona pattern modifier in Cinema 4D 2024. This problem will be fixed in following builds.

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Changes in Corona 11 for Cinema 4D (Daily Build) (https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1AMdDmYkftsDZelYVFHRTF84oVgEhs9ny):

• Added initial version of new scene conversion dialog
• Moved Camera, Light and Sun conversion to new system
• Support for explicit C4D area light and Sun conversion
• Support conversion of latest V-Ray Sun and Sky (DomeLight)
• Lister improvements
• Lister dialog now also displays Displacement tags
• Lister columns visibility setting is now preserved between Cinema 4D sessions
• Lister now includes list of instances, cloners and generators under each object
• Direct Pyro support in Corona Volume Grid (Cinema 4D 2023+)
• Corona Volume Grid can link with any existing Pyro simulation
• It is recommended to cache Pyro simulation, but uncached output is also supported
• Added basic support for OCIO color inputs
• For now this resolves input colors and OCIO should work in sRGB preset
• There are still fixes to be done to for OCIO support of e.g. ACES preset, these are planned for next daily build
• Intel denoiser improvements
• Intel denoiser (GPU) can now be used for interactive rendering
• OIDN (Intel Open Image Denoise) updated to v2
• Both CPU and GPU denoising is now available
• If a compatible GPU is found, the denoiser will automatically be switched to use it, otherwise we will fallback to the CPU
• Nvidia driver version 522.06 or newer is required
• Support for AMD cards will be added in the future
• Chaos scatter additions
• Added controls for altitude distribution limitation
• Added Look At functionality in rotation transformation
• Other additions:
• Viewport selection filters now recognize Corona Light and Sun as lights and Corona Pattern modifier as deformer (S26+ only)
• Changed:
• Color mode in Corona light is now selected using dropdown instead of individual checkboxes
• Save dialog in Corona VFB now remembers file format used for saving previous renders
• Fixed:
• Fixed problem with tone mapping panel in VFB having different background color than the rest of VFB on macOS
• Corona help system now also works for Render settings, Multipass and all shaders (previously some of these did not open correct web)
• Fixed issue in lister where enabling/disabling displacement for all materials with displacement caused update of material preview even for materials without displacement
• Fixed random scattered object instance rendererd at zero position when open spline was used as distribution object in Chaos Scatter
• Fixed problem with decals not visible to Mask pass in Multi-pass
• Fixed problem with clouds being sometimes visible in viewport preview of Corona Sky even when set to simple color
• Fixed issue with incorrectly detected topology changes in deformation motion blur leading to render artifacts
• Fixed freeze in Chaos Scatter caused by scattering instances with zero size when collision avoidance is enabled
• Fixed issue with perfect sphere with Corona pattern modifier not rendering correctly in C4D 2024
• Fixes in installation of Chaos Cosmos and Chaos licensing server on macOS
• Fixed performance regression when using Triplanar

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Changes in Corona 11 for Cinema 4D (Daily Build) (https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1AMdDmYkftsDZelYVFHRTF84oVgEhs9ny):

• Added:
• Added new Corona Tile shader
• Added new Corona Color Edge shader
• Added support for OCIO view transform in Corona VFB
• Fixed:
• Fixed issue with Displacement override tag not working when original displacement is set to zero
• Fixed crash of TeamRender client when thread limit is overriden using string options (system.numThreads) to a value higher than set in TR client preferences
• Fixed reflectance in material conversion of Cinema 4D materials
• OCIO configuration is now correctly applied in render output
• Corona Volume Grid now automatically updates when Pyro output cache is changed
• Fixed issue with some Pyro simulations flickering when rendered using Corona Volume Grid
• Fixed issues with incorrect bluring with Corona Bitmap, especially in scenes with large units
• Fixed issue with noise shader not working in bump slot when used inside layer shader
• Fixed crash in Chaos Scatter in Cinema 4D 2024 when scattered objects contains cycle in instances

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Changes in Corona 11 for Cinema 4D (Daily Build) (https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1AMdDmYkftsDZelYVFHRTF84oVgEhs9ny):

• Added:
• MappingRandomizer and Multi shader now support randomization based on tiles of Tile shader
• Altitude filtering in Chaos Scatter can now be better adjusted using curve
• Added "on" column in Lister for Corona Proxy
• Added new bump/normal shader filtering options to Physical material. It has the following modes:
• 'None' - Normal/bump shaders are not filtered; this gives the most accurate look, however it can lead to significantly increased noise/flickering.
• 'Linear' - Normal/bump shaders are filtered linearly as any other shader. This may lead to changes in appearance when using different zoom or resolution.
• 'Roughness modulation' - default. The same as Linear, however, when Corona bitmap is used for bump and/or as normal shader, the material roughness is modified in order to preserve appearance as much as possible when changing zoom/resolution.
• Fixed:
• Fixed crash caused by instancing objects with Corona Pattern modifier
• Fixed problem with Corona Bitmap and Corona Proxy not correctly loading paths from C4D Asset browser
• Fixed crash when using Corona Bitmap with UDIM pattern containing all 10 tiles in a row
• Fixed issue with Hair materials imported from Corona material library not rendering in masks
• IR no longer restarts when white balance on active camera changes
• Fixed issue where Camera Physical Size did not work with Render selected (pixel mask)
• AO, RoundedEdges, Curvature shaders now work with MappingRandomizer

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This is our first RC, we'll now focus on testing and resolving remaining issues.

Changes in Corona 11 for Cinema 4D (Release Candidate 1) (https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1u4Jyj-SF1daeifpnhSizw_-tjH36Uz9a):

• Added:
• Added support for VRayScannedMtl in scene converter
• Changed:
• Rendering and worker threads on Apple Silicon now use default QOS
• This is mostly internal change that might improve rendering performance on some M1/M2/M3 CPUs
• V-Ray physical Sun & Sky is now converted to Corona sky in physical mode (instead of Corona sky with V-Ray physical shader)
• Renamed Color Edge shader to just Edge shader
• Updated version of Cosmos shipped in installer to the latest version
• Updated version of licensing server shipped in installer to the latest version
• Fixed:
• Rendering of takes with multiple cameras now uses tone mapping from the correct camera selected for take
• Fixed rendering artifacts in animated VolumeGrid when used in scene with geometric motion blur enabled
• Fixed issue where animation parameters in Proxy Lister were not enabled when animated proxy was loaded from within lister
• Fixed crash in Chaos Scatter when using edge trimming with Forester
• Fixed issue where VolumeGrid intersecting glass material led to artifacts
• Fixed rare NAN that could appear when using Caustic solver
• Fixed issue where MappingRandomizer/Multi shader options Polygon and Mesh Element did not work with displacement
• Fixed Curves tone mapping operator slowing down the whole tone mapping UI
• Fixed VFB history not showing B&G and not saving the enabled state of tone mapping

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Changes in Corona 11 for Cinema 4D (Release Candidate 2) (https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1u4Jyj-SF1daeifpnhSizw_-tjH36Uz9a):

• Added:
• Tile shader now shows error when custom pattern set by user is in incorrect format
• Added normals filtering settings also in Skin material
• Default value for normals filtering set in new materials can now be set in Corona preferences
• Changed:
• Changes to the conversion of Hair material in scene converter
• Fixed:
• Scene converter now creates single UNDO action (instead of separate UNDO for each converted node)
• Fixed installation of Corona Standalone
• Fixed incorrect glossiness value for default preset of Physical material when using glossiness mode
• Fixed incorrect value specular value for presets in Physical material when using Disney specular mode
• Fixed issue with include/exclude list in in C4D Lights being ignored
• Fixed issue with scroll down lists in Color picker in Lister dialog being opened in wrong position
• Fixed Material ID in Skin material not working
• Fixed crash when stopping IR in some scenes when "Adjust render resolution to VFB" is enabled
• Fixes and improvements in conversion of V-Ray sun and sky

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Changes in Corona 11 for Cinema 4D (Release Candidate 3) (https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1u4Jyj-SF1daeifpnhSizw_-tjH36Uz9a):

• Fixed:
• Fixed crash when rendering scene with some 3rd-party lights (e.g. Redshift)
• Fixed rendering artifacts in pattern modifier caused by aligning pattern bounding box with front plane of some specific pattern geometries
• Camera lister numeric parameters no longer open columns setting when value is confirmed using enter
• Fixed crash in TeamRender client reproducible in some specific scenes
• Fixed regression with filtering of UVW-based bump in C4D shaders
• Fixes in implicit conversion of C4D area lights