Corona 8 - dumb version

[cpvisual]

It would be nice to have a "dumb" version just for previews.
We have a studio and part of the team just builds assets, model architecture or build landscape.
Those people don´t render or light the scene, they just need some very simple previews.
They don´t even save images, so that could be disbled too.

Having a full license for that is simply not worth it.
We thought about leaving Corona 7 for them, but issues appear when rolling back versions.

[davemahi]

Yes a very good point. We have the same situation here. It even goes as far if someone is just working in Max it grabs a license, regarless if they are touching anything Corona related.
This does not seem right to me at all.

[maru]

Can you please explain what exactly you mean by "previews" here and what kind of work you have in mind?
What you explained (no rendering, no saving images, no lighting,...) sounds like something that could be done in just 3ds Max, without Corona or any other renderer installed.

[davemahi]

He probably means just doing playblasts of the viewports. Not a render.

But I think what should happen is unless someone has the render panel there should be no License pulled for Corona.
People need to be able to open scenes with Corona stuff in it without using a License, much like how Itoo Forest Pack does.

[maru]

I understand the reported issue now and we have it logged. We will see how exactly we can resolve this, and we will inform you about the outcome.

(Report ID=CRMAX-1565)

[cpvisual]

Sorry I was out for some days and didn´t see the replies.
On our team some people just assemble things, they don´t finalize the render.
If they could do quick previews that would be great.
just seing the max screen preview, you can´t see finishes accurately.