Chaos Corona 12 for 3ds Max - Daily Builds Changelog

[rowmanns]

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

[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-12-3dsmax-daily-2023-12-13.exe

Note: The following will be released as a hotfix for v11 in the new year

General

• Added Gamma Correction tone mapping operator.

Bugfixes

• Fixed a crash with the nodes group replacement in ObjectReplacer.
• Fixed rare issue where sun is disconnected from its target after loading a scene.

Scatter

• Fixed issue where using Isolate would lead Scatter to recompute and thus slow down viewport interaction.
• Fixed an issue with the improper display of the edge trimming tip.
• Fixed incorrect edge trimming for instances of hierarchical/group models.
• Fixed edge triming map usage detection for the hierarchical/group 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-12-3dsmax-daily-2024-01-05.exe

Note: The following will also be released in the upcoming v11 hotfix

Bugfixes

• Fixed DrServer crashing, when passing `--noGui` switch. (also fixes issues with running DR as a windows service)
• Fixed color picker stuttering when changing values via HWB.
• Fixed crash when Chaos Scatter distributes empty Corona Proxy.
• Fixed issue where color picker was causing infinite restarts of IR and could display value with alpha < 1, when alpha was not being modified.
• Fixed rare crash in Scanned Material.

Scatter

• Fixed issue where using Isolate would lead Scatter to recompute and thus slow down viewport interaction. (again)

[TomG]

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-12-3dsmax-daily-2024-01-17.exe

User-Facing Improvements

• Added "Additional outputs" to MultiMap.
• Added normal direction indicator for Corona PatternMod crop box.
• Added message box with confirmation of deletion of animation keys/layers in SceneCleaner Power Tool.
• Lister - added option to reorder tabs by mouse dragging.
• Users can use both the pattern and the base object UVWs for Corona PatternMod texturing.
• Added option to distinguish by materials to Cryptomatte.
• Added posibility to use batch loading together with additional inputs of MultiMap.
• Added 3 toggleable locks to the tilemap UI, which constrain tile size & offset & shrinking.
• Added the ability to generate automatic caps for the pattern geometry sliced by a pattern crop box.
• Added the ability to zoom and navigate in the the curve editor.

Bugfixes

• Fixed "Apply denoising to this element" checkbox not affecting Optix denoiser.
• Corona Pattern modifier's "Fit in object/world space" actions are now tracked by undo.
• Fixed a bug with the nodes group replacement in ObjectReplacer.
• Fixed an issue where importing Cosmos materials with child materials did not work.
• Fixed animated proxy conversion from V-Ray to Corona creating corrupted frames.
• Fixed LUT not working when the path is relative and the scene is saved on another drive.
• Fixed a crash when parsing RailClone objects.
• Fix of wrong tile width/height during lock when one of them is zero.

[TomG]

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-12-3dsmax-daily-2024-01-29.exe

User-Facing Improvements

• Added bend parameters for decals.
• Improve performance of Corona renderer with bucket rendering on high-core count machines.

Bugfixes

• Fixed a typo in Tile map tooltips.

Scatter

• Improved performance of surface scattering when using a density map.
• Edge trimming via checkbox now works in Corona Renderer.
• Fixed an inaccurate calculation in the instance collision detection process when specifying the surface random distribution by a map and using a rest pose time-frame.
• Fixed incorrect edge trimming for instances of hierarchical/group models.

[TomG]

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:
Warning! There is a major bug in this daily build causing a crash once a Corona Camera is created or selected! This will be fixed in the upcoming versions.
chaos-corona-12-3dsmax-daily-2024-03-05.exe

User-Facing Improvements

• Added a toggleable lock button for Corona Decal to lock width to height aspect ratio.
• User-Facing Improvements: added glossiness mapping for clear-coat in CoronaScannedMtl.
• Viewport display of camera's focal plane was enabled in the camera view and parameters to enable it and change its opacity were added.
• Added the option to fit Corona's Pattern crop box using another object size and transformation.
• Added the option to ignore bump in Corona Curvature map.
• Added option to select objects in the scene that will be included in/excluded from environment illumination.
• Added the Alpha interaction option into the CoronaScannedMtl.

Bugfixes

• Fixed rare NAN caused by an error in VFB.
• Fixed rare NAN in Caustic solver.
• CoronaNormal map uses fixed gamma = 2.2 in OCIO mode for gamma correction (enabled by "Add gamma to input").
• Fixed issue where some scenes with Chaos Scatter might load for infinitely long time.
• Fixed issue where some instances were occasionally placed outside of very-fine meshes when using the UV-distribution scattering.