Corona Renderer 5 for Cinema 4D daily build - Changelog

[Ales]

Changes in Corona Renderer 5 for Cinema 4D (Daily Build 2019-08-30) (https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1EMW3qukbimXcoijLO-ypg9__B305py38):

• Added:
• Added on/off toggles for Layered material layers
• Added SelectMaterial
• Added SelectShader
• Added MultiShader
• It's now possible to use materials in include/exclude list in material override
• Changed:
• Improved text in checkboxes for enabling/disabling caustics
• Improved performance of caustics solver in scenes with multiple light sources
• Updated geometry parsing - reduces RAM usage (depends on the scene) and fixes some memory leaks
• NaNs are now filtered from VFB
• Faster IR restarts in scenes with sun(s)
• Fixed:
• Fixed exlusion list in material override when adding complex generators (e.g. Extrude)
• "Generate caustics from environment" now properly updates in IR
• Fixed disabling caustics in Corona Light material used for environment
• Fixed some crashes caused by caustics solver
• Fixes in license activation in some specific cases

[houska]

Changes in Corona Renderer 5 for Cinema 4D (Daily Build 2019-09-20) (https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1EMW3qukbimXcoijLO-ypg9__B305py38):

• Added:
• Added support for R21
• Added "Render stamp" to multi-pass
• Added "Sampling focus" to multi-pass
• Added start and stop buttons to interactive viewport options dialog
• Added "About & Licensing" button to preferences (can be used in TR client to manually handle license)
• Changed:
• Improved Variation shader UI in node editor
• "Use high quality filtering" was merged with image filters as "High Quality"
• Improved detection of C4D installation path in installer (Windows only)
• Fixed:
• Fixed color mix updates in IR for Corona AoMap and Corona WireMap
• Fixed IR sometimes not updated after texture change with C4D bitmap
• Materials with shared shaders now should render properly in TeamRender (currently this works only when started via full C4D, better fix in progress)

[houska]

Changes in Corona Renderer 5 for Cinema 4D (Daily Build 2019-10-15) (https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1EMW3qukbimXcoijLO-ypg9__B305py38):

• Added:
• Added partial support for the "Enhanced OpenGL" mode for Corona material
• Added "Mesh element" option in the UVW randomizer map
• Renamed randomization modes in UVW randomizer:
• "Instance" -> "Objects"
• "Material ID" -> "Texture tag index"
• (!) "Material GID" -> "Material ID"
• "Object GID" -> "Object buffer ID"
• The build is notarized for Mac OS now
• Fixed:
• Fixed problem with Mac OS installer not installing R21 by default
• Fixed Sky object not working with LightSelect multipass

[houska]

Changes in Corona Renderer 5 for Cinema 4D (Daily Build 2019-11-05) (https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1EMW3qukbimXcoijLO-ypg9__B305py38):

• Added:
• Added new 2.5D displacement
• Added animation parameters for Corona Proxy
• Added an option to toggle enhanced OpenGL material previews in Corona global preferences (off by default)
• Changed:
• Renamed "Texture tag index" in UVW randomizer to "Material tag index" to match R21
• Changed directory structure in the folder created by the "Unpack" method in the installer
• Fixed:
• Render regions are now persistent between renders and also saved with the document properly
• Render regions work over TR now
• Fixed alpha mode in interactive viewport
• Various Corona Proxy fixes:
• Fixed proxy caching behavior - it correclty supports the "Keep in RAM" option and only reloads when needed
• Fixed proxy objects not being animated
• Fixed bounding box position and size
• Fixed color used for displaying solid bounding box
• Fixed crash when instancing hair object (hair stil won't render)
• Fixed world-space mapping for heterogeneous medium used as global medium
• Fixed environment IR updates when rotating sky in IR
• Multishader in "Material ID" and "Object buffer ID" modes now maps first row to ID 1 (as shown in UI)

[houska]

Changes in Corona Renderer 5 for Cinema 4D (Release Candidate 1) (https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1BxlBSWEkpZSR-54EHJGkoONNW20DYPBB):

• Added:
• Added Corona Sky object (deprecates Corona Sky tag) and Corona Sky shader
• Added support for multiple environments (via Corona Sky object)
• Added support for C4D background object
• Added support for shadowcatcher illumination in Corona Light
• Added an option to save scene copy with shared shaders cloned and unshared. Useful as a workaround for issues with shared shaders created in the node editor.
• Changed:
• Changed the icon of Corona Select material to a cleaner and more consistent one
• Renamed "Texture tag index" in Corona Multi Shader to "Material tag index" to match R21
• Fixed:
• Fixed IR crash in scenes with very deep hierarchy
• Fixed crashes in scenes with several shared shaders in hierarchy
• Fixed crash when loading scenes with 3rd-party shaders (that were created in node material editor) when relevant 3rd-party plugin is no longer installed.
• Fixed problem with default render stamp text being used in render stamp pass when render stamp was disabled
• Improved UI responsiveness when working with large animated Proxy objects or with large amounts of Proxies using the same data
• Fixed parsing of environment introduced by generator in IR (e.g. C4D physical sky)
• Fixed parsing of stage object in IR
• Fixed crash when shutting C4D down after rendering a scene with shadowcatcher
• Fixed problem with Corona menu not present in C4D legacy menu in R21

[houska]

Changes in Corona Renderer 5 for Cinema 4D (Release Candidate 2) (https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1BxlBSWEkpZSR-54EHJGkoONNW20DYPBB):

• Added:
• Added missing tokens to render stamp UI in render settings
• Changed:
• Corona VFB now displays plugin version instead of core version
• Fixed:
• Fixed freeze when terminating C4D with opened VFB in Mac OS
• Fixed a crash in Corona Proxy when non-existent file was loaded as a mesh
• Fixed a crash in Corona Proxy when a file with empty uvw channels was loaded
• Materials added to Corona Sky now correctly defaults to spherical mapping
• Corona Sky now works with shadow catcher
• Fixed rendering of Corona Bitmap when used in environment
• Fixed problem with Corona Sky not using object rotation in HDRI mode
• Fixed bug with shaders with subshaders (e.g. Filter) in Corona Sky rendering black
• Fixed incorrect gamma correction used for ground color of Corona Sky in viewport preview

[houska]

Changes in Corona Renderer 5 for Cinema 4D (Release Candidate 3) (https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1BxlBSWEkpZSR-54EHJGkoONNW20DYPBB):

• Added:
• Added "Object buffer ID" mode in UVW Randomizer
• Fixed:
• Fixed a crash with caustics and Render Region
• Fixed bug with VFB clearing even with "Clear VFB inbetween renders" disabled when using UHD cache
• Fixed environment overrides in render settings to work with Corona Sky
• Fixed problem with IR restarting after each post-processing/multi-regions change when using material overrides with include/exclude list
• Fixed crash when rendering perfect sphere with deformer instanced using MoGraph cloner

[houska]

Changes in Corona Renderer 5 for Cinema 4D final (https://corona-renderer.com/download):

• Fixed:
• Fixed gamma correction of shaders connected to Corona Select shader
• Fixed Corona lights needing high pre-processing time (a.k.a. "preparing shadowmaps")
• Fixed issues with UI layout on Mac Catalina

[houska]

Changes in Corona Renderer 5 for Cinema 4D (Hotfix 1) (https://corona-renderer.com/download):

• Fixed:
• Fixed document changed flag not being set when render regions were modified
• Fixed existing shader not being added as sub-shader when a new Triplanar shader was added on top

[houska]

Changes in Corona Renderer 5 for Cinema 4D (Hotfix 2) (Download here):

• Fixed:
• ZDepth multi-pass Min and Max values in "Target Object" mode now remember the "Use bounding box" option. This option also works correctly now.
• Keyframed objects' position is now updated in IR when Motion Blur is disabled (a.k.a. It was not possible to move animated camera in IR)