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

« on: 2024-08-26, 18:21:41 »

So, I started using Corona in 2018. I almost immediately complained that a Corona Light with direction set at .4 or above isn't properly visible in reflections/refractions.

This is still somehow a problem 6 years later.

Any plans to improve this?

Many thanks :)

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[Max] Bug Reporting / Re: No License after different user logs in

« on: 2024-08-20, 09:22:50 »

Ok, sure thing.

However, I don't really think this is an issue with the license, per se.

It's clearly a bug. And it's still happening... should we discuss here or do you want me to still submit a ticket?

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[Max] I need help! / Re: Help with faking a lighting effect

« on: 2024-08-15, 12:11:09 »

Just do multiple suns?

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[Max] Daily Builds / PNG Library Internal Error

« on: 2024-08-13, 17:20:15 »

Hi,

I'm getting this error when trying to save a second PNG beauty pass. (see attached error)

It's being managed by Pulze SM, so not sure if it's a fault of that plug-in or not though... (I have it set up to save as a JPEG but also save out another pass as PNG)

The PNG file fails to save, obviously but the JPG saves fine.

I'm using latest daily

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[Max] I need help! / Re: Chamfer weird shadow

« on: 2024-08-11, 14:09:42 »

Again, in my opinion this is not a problem.

You apply chamfers to 'soften' up the edges, right? Well, these are definitely getting softened.

The darkness is a result of the lighting in your scene, maybe add some more strategic lights to make these dark edges lighter?

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[Max] I need help! / Re: Chamfer weird shadow

« on: 2024-08-11, 13:53:13 »

where is the weird shadow?

Looks completely normal, and as expected, to me...

Perhaps try turn on/off smoothing in the chamfer settings to see if you get a more desirable outcome?

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[Max] I need help! / Re: License Issue

« on: 2024-08-09, 07:41:58 »

Surely you can use wifi hotspot/tether from your phone to get internet temporarily?

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Gallery / Re: IZARO HOUSE MX

« on: 2024-07-01, 16:28:29 »

Nice images! Great job!

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[Max] Bug Reporting / Bloom + Glare errors in animation frames

« on: 2024-06-20, 21:36:37 »

Can anyone tell me why this is happening? And how to fix it?

Some frames render with either wrong or off-color bloom+glare.

Often I'll render an animation with visible corona lights and this flickering will happen on *some* lights.

Corona 12 daily Jan 29. Max 2024.1

This has plagued me for quite a while, so I don't think it's specific to this version.

Thanks!

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[Max] Bug Reporting / Cosmos material import erorr

« on: 2024-06-17, 16:11:45 »

Hi,

Just a small error. If I import "Wall Paint Fine Grain 01 White 100cm" the textures do not seem to come with it. 3dsmax + windows 10.

It clearly has textures in the preview... so not sure what's going on. Other white wall plaster materials import fine.

Cheers,

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[Max] Daily Builds / Re: Chaos Corona 12 for 3ds Max - Daily Builds Discussion

« on: 2024-06-15, 20:31:54 »

Hi devs,

Something that's bugged me for a loooooong time, and remains unfixed is the color picker forgetting it's temperature.

It always defaults back to 1700, so there's no way of knowing which temperature was set.

Can this please be fixed?

Many thanks!

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[Max] Feature Requests / Re: GAUSSIAN SPLATTING

« on: 2024-06-12, 11:05:56 »

Hello James Vella,

I've been using photogrammetry for a long time, for the Palace of Versailles, INRAP, CMN and other major French organizations, for heritage digitization. It's a functional technology, but it requires a lot of resources, first for capture, then for digitization, then for optimization. And some elements can't necessarily be optimized; they have to be reworked. Vegetation, for example. Don't hesitate to try out gaussian splatting, you'll be surprised by the results. It's quick to set up, with only 80 photos in my example, it's very light, 1M vertex for the whole neighborhood, it's quick to generate, 1 hour of calculation on a 3080ti, and the rendering of vegetation and details is very interesting.  It's very complicated to get this quality so quickly in photogrammetry, which is why the organizations I work for are also very interested in this technology, but it can also be applied to archviz, when Corona will be compatible!

Here's a quick experiment with Corona rendering,
https://adnfamily.com/studio/barety.html


Thank you & have a nice day!
Best regards.
_

This looks pretty incredible. This was with 80 renders? Just various random views and angles? What res were the renders?

I also LOVE that opening where it shows the point cloud and morphs into the render - is this bespoke or you found it somewhere? I'd love any links to resources you've used.

I've been struggling with some large-scale webgl based projects and splattering might save my day...

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Gallery / Re: Urban Garden in Berlin

« on: 2024-06-06, 20:16:19 »

Nice work, guys!

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Off-Topic / Internet in basement?

« on: 2024-05-30, 11:20:01 »

I know this is way off topic but I come to the Corona Brains Trust once again...

I'm hoping to put 2 of my PC's down in my basement. It's nice and cool and dust free.

Home office with 3-4 PC's is just too noisy and hot, I want to clean things up a bit. Obviously I need to have internet access down there. It doesnt necessarily have to be LAN, I'm toying with the idea of a VPS if I can get a 2nd reliable internet connection down there.

The basement is approx. 30m away from my apartment. It's 1 floor down but not directly underneath me. I live in an complex of 6 apartments so there are other basements (aka storage rooms) down there too. Access is through 2 heavy thick doors. I can't simply stretch an ethernet cable down there as that'd piss off the neighbors.

My current solution is working but it's rather limited. I bought a new 4G SIM and have it in a cheap Huawei 4g wifi router. In the basement I get speeds of max 50mb download and max 3mb upload. The upload speeds are killing my productivity.

If I take the same router outside, right next to my entrance I get 160/60mb down/up. These speeds would be totally fine. I tested my phone in the basement on the same 4g network and got the same speeds (50mb/3mb) - so I'm not sure buying a new router will help much? Bigger antennas maybe? Maybe I can somehow weave an antenna out of my basement door incognito? I guess 5G will be even less likely to penetrate the basement walls?

My first thought is to use a powerline adapter. But I have no idea if my power is shared between my own apartment and that in the basement. Even if it is I still have no way of knowing if a powerline adapter will work though all the building circuitry. I doubt that the power down in the basements is communal though so I don't think the neighbors will be paying for my PC's to render 24/7.

I asked my building manager if my power is shared between my apartment and the basement but he kind of refuses to answer me as he's convinced I'm trying to build a crypto mining setup down there. We rent, rather than own so I can't go drilling any holes or anything...

The walls are concrete. My basement room is buried in the middle of the building but one of the walls is the concrete exterior wall. I'm astonished that I get reception in there at all to be honest but it does work fine for downloads.

Am I out of options? Is there anything I'm missing?

Many thanks for any ideas!

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[Max] Bug Reporting / Re: Degraded Performance with Chaos Scatter Doesn't Restore by Hiding

« on: 2024-05-18, 12:08:36 »

I remember reporting something like this years ago. Amazed it's either returned or come back.

I have a script button that turns off all scatters (and hides them). It's a great time-saver.