So I've just had a chance to test the recent build and unfortunately I think its a step in the wrong direction. Some of the bugs that were ironed out in the past are making an appearance again.
- IR VFB randomly resents to its default values.
- AI Denoiser sometimes cannot be turned off and when it is on it mostly just flickers every second and changes back and forth between the normal beauty pass and the denoised one. (Shouldn't be a driver issue, haven't tried 3ds Max Corona 3.0 yet but Octane AI denoiser that is also based on Optix afaik works fine). I am also not the only one with the issue
- Projector doesn't work in the IR (Would be cool if someone can confirm this)
- Installer is non-compatible with pre-W10 versions. We know that by now though.
I haven't tested anything else because I can't really use this version for more than just playing around unfortunately. Not trying to be snarky, I just want to provide honest feedback that will hopefully help the development :)
A positive that I did notice was that the IR seems a bit smoother and quicker to refresh - much like it feels smoother in 3ds Max. Now, personally I am still having severe threading issues but its ever so slightly better - still not usable though. As soon as I open up the material editor (doesn't matter which one) the UI starts being unusable and as soon as you change something in the material properties you need to wait like 1-2 seconds before the UI responds. :)