Chaos Corona 11 for 3ds Max - Daily Builds Discussion

[James Vella]

I imagine the script could work something like in attached gif. It doesn't have to be very smart, simply checking if selected object has assigned Corona physical, or legacy material and then insert randomizer, or triplanar between material and already existing maps. In case of randomizer, the script should perform additional check and see if there's triplanar existing in the shader tree, in that case, it should insert randomizer after the triplanar. I think that would cover majority of use cases.

Hey romullus, you can give the script a whirl, available here.

Let me know if you encounter bugs/crashes etc. Currently its built for new materials that dont have a CoronaMappingRandomizer, if you have one it will add another. Might look at that at a later stage.

[rowmanns]

I have just installed corona 11 rc1 and opened a scene created with corona 10 HF2, and when I hit corona liister button, 3dsmax gets a fatal error.

Hi,

Can you share the scene with us? We have already had a similar report and are working on a fix, so it would be nice to be able to test your scene too.

Thanks,

Rowan

[romullus]

Hey romullus, you can give the script a whirl, available here.

Let me know if you encounter bugs/crashes etc. Currently its built for new materials that dont have a CoronaMappingRandomizer, if you have one it will add another. Might look at that at a later stage.

Wow, many thanks, i will definitely give it a try soon!

[Avi]

Corona RC1 - is it me or can you no longer change the colors in RAWA FAKE?  it stays grey.

Actually, its happening to all colors that i want to change in the material editor.... somethings broke.  switching to the default color picker fixes this.

I am unable to reproduce this issue on my end. Is it possible for you to record a quick video and share it with us? Also, can you try re-installing it to see if it fixes your issue?

[shortcirkuit]

I forgot to mention... i had just installed max 2024.2... i assume that is the culprit

Corona RC1 - is it me or can you no longer change the colors in RAWA FAKE?  it stays grey.

Actually, its happening to all colors that i want to change in the material editor.... somethings broke.  switching to the default color picker fixes this.

I am unable to reproduce this issue on my end. Is it possible for you to record a quick video and share it with us? Also, can you try re-installing it to see if it fixes your issue?

[leo_surrealismo]

Sent!
Submission ID# 3V63-8652

I have just installed corona 11 rc1 and opened a scene created with corona 10 HF2, and when I hit corona liister button, 3dsmax gets a fatal error.

Hi,

Can you share the scene with us? We have already had a similar report and are working on a fix, so it would be nice to be able to test your scene too.

Thanks,

Rowan

[Tanakov]

Hello I have a few questions about some of the maps added in Corona 11 and general questions that bother me for a while.

CoronaEdgeMap how does it really work? I can see that it's some mix curve and wire map.
But why does this map lack some opacity options like most similar maps?

Is there any plan to add consistency in the naming of the effect I'm asking about?

CoronaRound edges has Radius
CoronaAO has AO Distance
CoronaCurve has MaxDistance
CoronaDistnance has a Distance Scale

Hope that this is not too silly to ask, have a nice day.

Kind regards,

[TomG]

"But why does this map lack some opacity options like most similar maps?"
Not sure what this means, can you explain in more detail? The Edge map itself is just meant to generate the gradient, what you do with that gradient (add it to opacity, use it to blend between materials, use it to change the Diffuse color, etc.) is then up to you.

[TomG]

Didn't happen to me here. For me:
- Had Max installed, but had recently had to delete the ENU preferences folder as it had got tangled up somehow. This had reset me to the default color picker.
- Had RC1 installed.
- Updated Max to 2024.2
- Rawa Fake color could be changed, using Default Color Picker
- Changed preferences in Max to Advanced Color Picker, still could change the Rawa Fake color.

Just in case the order of events makes a difference :) Based on the above, once you try the Default Picker and it works, does it work changing back to Advanced or does it break again for you once back to Advanced Picker?

Corona RC1 - is it me or can you no longer change the colors in RAWA FAKE?  it stays grey.

Actually, its happening to all colors that i want to change in the material editor.... somethings broke.  switching to the default color picker fixes this.

[Tanakov]

"But why does this map lack some opacity options like most similar maps?"
Not sure what this means, can you explain in more detail? The Edge map itself is just meant to generate the gradient, what you do with that gradient (add it to opacity, use it to blend between materials, use it to change the Diffuse color, etc.) is then up to you.

So I call it Opacity, but that is the radius, distance max, AO distance, distance etc.

[romullus]

So I call it Opacity, but that is the radius, distance max, AO distance, distance etc.

+1

Distance scale is really needed for such map.

[TomG]

It has the near and far distance parameters, which would handle that - so I am thinking you mean having one or both of those as node inputs to allow them to be mapped? As the other maps have those as inputs you can connect things to?

[TomG]

Annnnd while using the advanced editor was working for me yesterday after the steps below, today it no longer works, just as described in the original report. Does seem related to the latest update in Max, and we are looking into it and can now reproduce it. I've also answered my own question, swapping to default and back to advanced color picker doesn't make the advanced work again ;)

Didn't happen to me here. For me:
- Had Max installed, but had recently had to delete the ENU preferences folder as it had got tangled up somehow. This had reset me to the default color picker.
- Had RC1 installed.
- Updated Max to 2024.2
- Rawa Fake color could be changed, using Default Color Picker
- Changed preferences in Max to Advanced Color Picker, still could change the Rawa Fake color.

Just in case the order of events makes a difference :) Based on the above, once you try the Default Picker and it works, does it work changing back to Advanced or does it break again for you once back to Advanced Picker?

Corona RC1 - is it me or can you no longer change the colors in RAWA FAKE?  it stays grey.

Actually, its happening to all colors that i want to change in the material editor.... somethings broke.  switching to the default color picker fixes this.

[shortcirkuit]

i thought i was going crazy :)

Annnnd while using the advanced editor was working for me yesterday after the steps below, today it no longer works, just as described in the original report. Does seem related to the latest update in Max, and we are looking into it and can now reproduce it. I've also answered my own question, swapping to default and back to advanced color picker doesn't make the advanced work again ;)

Didn't happen to me here. For me:
- Had Max installed, but had recently had to delete the ENU preferences folder as it had got tangled up somehow. This had reset me to the default color picker.
- Had RC1 installed.
- Updated Max to 2024.2
- Rawa Fake color could be changed, using Default Color Picker
- Changed preferences in Max to Advanced Color Picker, still could change the Rawa Fake color.

Just in case the order of events makes a difference :) Based on the above, once you try the Default Picker and it works, does it work changing back to Advanced or does it break again for you once back to Advanced Picker?

Corona RC1 - is it me or can you no longer change the colors in RAWA FAKE?  it stays grey.

Actually, its happening to all colors that i want to change in the material editor.... somethings broke.  switching to the default color picker fixes this.

[romullus]

It has the near and far distance parameters, which would handle that - so I am thinking you mean having one or both of those as node inputs to allow them to be mapped? As the other maps have those as inputs you can connect things to?

Here's simple example. We want to be able to achieve the same result with edge map as we can with Corona distance.