The most wanted feature?

[lupaz]

Reset votes since new version was released and new ideas were added.
You can check the tentative road map for the next version here: https://trello.com/b/EfPE4kPx/corona-tentative-road-map-3ds-max

Just want to say that V8 feels like one of the best version updates the team has put out. Curvature map and decals alone have saved me hours every single week since I updated. Thanks!

Is it safe to switch in  the middle of long, loooonng projects? When I switched a couple of weeks ago, and then back to 7, there were issues with LUTs or something like that.

[TomG]

It's pretty much never safe to switch if there is even the smidgeon of a possibility you will at any point want to go back to an older version of Corona. Of course you can install and run old and new versions alongside each other, so new projects can be in new Corona, and ongoing projects can remain in previous version Corona. This means one long ongoing project doesn't have to stop you taking advantage of new Corona coolness in your other projects :)

[lupaz]

It's pretty much never safe to switch if there is even the smidgeon of a possibility you will at any point want to go back to an older version of Corona. Of course you can install and run old and new versions alongside each other, so new projects can be in new Corona, and ongoing projects can remain in previous version Corona. This means one long ongoing project doesn't have to stop you taking advantage of new Corona coolness in your other projects :)

Right you are. Thank you.

[Ondra]

We are currently preparing hotfix for v8, I counted 18 fixes there. The most serious one being problems with loading LUTs (incorrect format reported)

[Jpjapers]

Is it safe to switch in  the middle of long, loooonng projects? When I switched a couple of weeks ago, and then back to 7, there were issues with LUTs or something like that.

I havent had any issues yet but i dont use LUTs in the frame buffer often. I just have a big use case for decals where i was having to make alot of composite materials and layered materials to apply texture elements very frequently and the curvature map for applying wear/dirt.

[yagi]

Did you mean Chaos Cosmos? I don't think that your requested things has anything to do with Chaos Scatter.
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So Sorry, YES, I meant Chaos Cosmos. was in such a rush and distracted when i was writing.

[triget]

Sorry, we just hate money :-X :D

Are you kidding? You raise the price (and you don't sell nodes in new price), but give nothing of value in return. I think 25 € is fair when Corona don't have GPU. I'll be using on, but I'm looking more and more at Cycles.

That being said, we need to increase the price of the monthly license to 40 € ($45), up from 25 € ($28.50).

https://blog.corona-renderer.com/corona-in-2022-new-features-visuals-licensing-and-more/

[Ondra]

Are you kidding?

Yes, I was kidding. I assume you are also kidding when you call Cosmos, Scatter, and all the other features we added in v8 "nothing".

[triget]

Yes, I was kidding. I assume you are also kidding when you call Cosmos, Scatter, and all the other features we added in v8 "nothing".

In my opinion these are patches which could have been added as 7.1. Sorry but these are not changes to be called a new version with double price. I'm more interested in having more GPU based speedups and a full-fledged Corona add-on for Blender (not an exporter) than access to Cosmos that is just a Chaos service and Scatter that is just another way that I can obtain with already buyed ForestPack.

I would stay with lower priced Corona without Cosmos and Scatter. These features are just excuse.

[maru]

In my opinion these are patches which could have been added as 7.1. Sorry but these are not changes to be called a new version with double price. I'm more interested in having more GPU based speedups and a full-fledged Corona add-on for Blender (not an exporter) than access to Cosmos that is just a Chaos service and Scatter that is just another way that I can obtain with already buyed ForestPack.

I would stay with lower priced Corona without Cosmos and Scatter. These features are just excuse.

We are side tracking here, but please keep in mind that if you keep renewing your Corona subscription, you can keep the old pricing and licensing and have access to Cosmos, Scatter, and other new features of Corona 8. As an existing customer, you do not have to move to the new pricing and licensing options.

Please see our blog for more information (and note that it was released in 2021, and also shared on Facebook and the forum):
https://blog.corona-renderer.com/corona-in-2022-new-features-visuals-licensing-and-more/

[aaouviz]

In my opinion these are patches which could have been added as 7.1. Sorry but these are not changes to be called a new version with double price. I'm more interested in having more GPU based speedups and a full-fledged Corona add-on for Blender (not an exporter) than access to Cosmos that is just a Chaos service and Scatter that is just another way that I can obtain with already buyed ForestPack.

I would stay with lower priced Corona without Cosmos and Scatter. These features are just excuse.

We are side tracking here, but please keep in mind that if you keep renewing your Corona subscription, you can keep the old pricing and licensing and have access to Cosmos, Scatter, and other new features of Corona 8. As an existing customer, you do not have to move to the new pricing and licensing options.

Please see our blog for more information (and note that it was released in 2021, and also shared on Facebook and the forum):
https://blog.corona-renderer.com/corona-in-2022-new-features-visuals-licensing-and-more/

Hi Maru, so I don't keep sidetracking this discussion I have asked a relevant query in another thread ("Corona in 2022: new features, visuals, licensing, and more!"), if you don't mind having a look for me?

[IsmaeL]

I see the poll has been reset. Could we get a post That explains some of these? I don't have a clue what the Tiles Map is supposed to do. What would be the improvements to the CIE, would that not also mean that we improve the frame buffer. And what is meant whit new and better frame buffer (docked and floating)??¿

And I have a small request regarding the frame buffer. This is something that has been bothering me for some years now. Why can't we compare two different images that have a different size. This is most annoying when you do an IR and than you restart the IR and it has a different resolution. Now you can't compare them. This has been a feature in Vray for years. It's not a deal breaker, just a bit annoying at times.

[mike288]

Pls, there's no thread to the topic ""Further improvements to Chaos Scatter"" yet?

Its an amazing addition that can only get better. Here are my early suggestions:
I hope they have plans to add an ANIMATED feature for Vegetation, Humans and Cars.
I hope they throw in some time lapse HDRI s too
...and I'm personally requesting for more colored human posed models in your collection, in both formal and traditional attires. you would be surprise how many African nations are into corona. ;)

There's a lot Chaos Scatter can offer with time but I wish they could implement the above requests as updates way before corona 9.

Thanks to the corona team.

Good idea! Here it is: https://forum.corona-renderer.com/index.php?topic=37064.0

[marchik]

Recently I made different types of dichroic glass and played a little with the thinfilm layer in V-ray 6
and now I vote with two hands for adding a separate thin-film/coating shader that would take into account more parameters and nuances.

In general, a convenient system of layered materials with additive properties was would be very helpful.

[Jpjapers]

If possible could we see a 'Improved volumetrics' option?
Specifically render speed and previewing in IR as well as being able to render volumetrics from within a volume.