Hi all!
A new Daily Build of Corona Renderer 1.7 for 3ds Max is out now, with over 40 improvements! Below you will find more information on some of the most significant new features to help you get started using them:
Full changelog available at:https://forum.corona-renderer.com/index.php/topic,15845.msg104095.html#msg104095How to install daily builds:https://coronarenderer.freshdesk.com/support/solutions/articles/5000570015IMPORTANT NOTE BEFORE YOU TEST:Due to the significant changes in 1.7, scenes saved with 1.7 are NOT backwards compatible with 1.6.1 - if you save a scene using the 1.7 daily builds, you will not be able to open it with 1.6 or 1.6.1 installed.What's New:
Hair and fur supportOrnatrix, Hair Farm and Native Hair&Fur are supported. A new Corona Hair Material has been added though this is still very much a work-in-progress, and this material does not currently work with the native 3ds Max Hair&Fur.
Some test renders by Luc Bégin (user Bigguns) are attached, you can see more test in the original thread at:
https://forum.corona-renderer.com/index.php/topic,16581.0.htmlBump ConverterIf you've ever run into some maps looking different when connected to the Bump slot of a material, (things like the Cellular and Marble maps are examples), this new Converter solves that and lets you use almost any map to generate Bump. It also has the ability to vary the strength of the bump, and to blur the map.
UVW RandomizerSimilar to the familiar MultiMap, the UVW Randomizer allows you to randomly affect UVW scale, rotation and offset based on material id, object id, per instance, etc.
MultiMap BlurringYou can now set blur amount for all maps plugged into the CoronaMultiMap at once instead of changing it for each map one by one.
UHD Cache and LUT asset trackingThis means that these files get packed when archiving a scene, they can be retargeted, and there is a warning on opening the scene if they are missing.
VFB Stats tooltipsTooltips are now provided for each of the stats shown in the VFB Stats tab - if you're not familiar with what the stats show, these will tell you!
...and a lot of other improvements!These include various speed improvements, fixes to the Corona Image Editor, fixed unnecessary restarts of IR when navigating in the Slate Material Editor and more - full details in the changelog.