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[Max] Bug Reporting / Re: CoronaLightMtl opacity bug using CoronaSky Volume Effect

« on: Yesterday at 09:47:21 »

this issue is only happening with Corona light mtl and not with Corona physical material. You can test it. & there are other cases as well where using volume effect is breaking things but those are different issues. In general, most of these cases are reported and are being looked at.

What I meant is that it doesn't seem logical to suggest increasing exposure in a CC node specifically since the plane in front will still render brighter. So if you brighten the background up in CC, it'll render even brighter, still.

Sorry, I don't understand. I think we are discussing two separate things. Can you explain why would "plane in front will still render brighter" with Corona physical material?

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[Max] Bug Reporting / Re: CoronaLightMtl opacity bug using CoronaSky Volume Effect

« on: 2024-09-05, 15:53:29 »

this issue is only happening with Corona light mtl and not with Corona physical material. You can test it. & there are other cases as well where using volume effect is breaking things but those are different issues. In general, most of these cases are reported and are being looked at.

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[Max] I need help! / Re: 3ds max is crashing when accessing textures on ASUSTOR NAS

« on: 2024-09-05, 15:47:06 »

The problem did not go away, the 3ds max 2025 corona 12-1 bundle. Went through Hell to understand the essence of the problem.
Will there be a solution to this problem?

We have already sent everything we could from our end to Asustator support. We are still waiting to hear back from them. It would be better to directly get in touch with them as a user if you are using there NAS, so they have more data to work with and provide a solution.

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[Max] General Discussion / Re: Use full resolution texture preview in Corona

« on: 2024-09-05, 13:51:02 »

Please log your feature request on our Ideas Portal: https://chaoscorona.ideas.aha.io/
You will need to pick "Add a new idea" and describe your feature request in detail.

For more information, please see:
Corona for 3ds Max - https://forum.corona-renderer.com/index.php?topic=43389.0
Corona for Cinema 4D - https://forum.corona-renderer.com/index.php?topic=43390.0

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[Max] I need help! / Re: Volume Grids with Volume effects

« on: 2024-09-05, 12:12:41 »

Hi All

Im not sure if theres a work around or if this is just a limitation with Volume effects.

Theres a blue halo inside the volume grid box if volume effect in corona sky is enabled. I know iv gone agreesive with the volume effect scale but is there a way to remove the blue halo without reducing the scale? See screenshots, 1st image with volume effect, 2nd image without volume efflect.

Cheers!
Neil

Hi,

I was able to reproduce this issue and have logged this in our system to be further reviewed by our devs.


(Report ID=CMAX-1262)

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[Max] Daily Builds / Re: Chaos Corona 13 for 3ds Max - Daily Builds Discussion

« on: 2024-09-05, 11:42:04 »

Hi Devs

Something that has been bothering me for years.  When you do a render and have bloom ON and THEN you want to REGION render an area, the bloom disappears when you re-render (ie when you have the 'clear VFB between renders' checked OFF).
is this something that can be fixed?

Hi,

We have this logged in our system.

(Report ID=CMAX-1261)

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[Max] Bug Reporting / Re: CoronaLightMtl opacity bug using CoronaSky Volume Effect

« on: 2024-09-05, 10:41:02 »

Hi,

I was able to reproduce this issue on my end. I have logged this in our system.


(Report ID=CMAX-1260)

For now, you can use corona physical material with self-illumination or use Corona color correct to increase exposure of your backplate as a workaround.

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[Max] General Discussion / Re: C12 Render Window

« on: 2024-09-01, 08:51:16 »

I'm finding the VFB in Corona 12 to be much slower as well.  Turning on and off the tone mapping stack takes longer than it should to register

This is reported and is being reviewed by our Dev's.

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[Max] General Discussion / Re: C12 Render Window

« on: 2024-09-01, 08:50:21 »

Not kept up with the forum and development lately, but I just updated and I'm in shock here!

The UI has less readability and functionality and it takes up more screen space. The tabs aren't evene tabs anymore, just floating text. This looks like it's a internal test version or something. I'd be all for an "expert mode kind of UI" but then buttons need to be like 12px high winamp style. Or maybe I got some weird scaling issue? The VFB top toolbar/gray area with icons is about as high as TWO toolbars in the 3dsMax UI.

If I had a bit more time I'd do some paintovers/mock-ups for how to improve this.

Do I have to restart Max for the VFB to change back to the old one, because just changing in system didn't work. I'll go back to 11 if this is the way it's going to be.


BTW, it doesn't feel great at all to be posting negative comments like this, but I'm really starting to worry about Corona development.

Reset button should also work but if it does not, restarting it will definitely set your vfb to old vfb , if you have already done it in system tab.

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[Max] General Discussion / Re: How to flush texture cache in Corona?

« on: 2024-09-01, 08:46:26 »

Have you tried clicking on reload texture?

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[Max] General Discussion / Re: Chaos Licens server not working

« on: 2024-09-01, 08:38:00 »

I know. I just want to know if other people have the same issue, and I need help now and not in 2 days.

Our team will get back to you asap if you have already submitted the ticket but just in case, can start the license server service from the start menu in window. "Start...", in case it does not solve, you can try resintalling chaos license server from download.chaos.com. If the issue persists then you will need to wait for the team reply to help you.

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[Max] I need help! / Re: How to create this effect...

« on: 2024-09-01, 08:31:56 »

https://youtu.be/l7cdaCZDk88?si=6v_bfIKZt96XIZTJ

You can use the same technique but for texture.

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[Max] I need help! / Re: How to exclude object from Environment light?

« on: 2024-09-01, 08:26:51 »

In Corona 12 Hf 1: In the Scene Environment section, you'll find a new dropdown menu labeled "0 objects excluded...". To exclude objects from environment illumination: Select the objects in your scene that you want to exclude. Click the "+" button next to the dropdown to add them to the exclusion list

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[Max] Bug Reporting / Re: CoronaLightMtl opacity bug using CoronaSky Volume Effect

« on: 2024-08-28, 15:55:49 »

can you share the scene? You can also share it privately by starting a ticket with us: https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/requests/new

Note: you can also share images showcasing the problem (renders, viewport screenshots, material setup) here so that we can understand better what is going on

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[Max] I need help! / Re: Problem; 3ds max Crashing on opening the compact material editor

« on: 2024-08-27, 14:16:35 »

Hi,

Can you please send your scene file with the minidump by starting a ticket so we can investigate the issue?

https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/requests/new