Corona Renderer 7 for 3ds Max - Daily Builds Changelog

[maru]

*You can always get the newest build at the usual location [link]*

[Ryuu]

This post is reserved to be used for compiling a full "all changes since v6" changelog as v7 daily builds get released.

[Ryuu]

Note that all changes in this build will be released in v6 hotfix, so this is more of a hotfix preview than actual v7 daily build.

• Fixed crash when Falloff Map with fresnel type and world - z axis direction is applied to refraction
• Fixed DR being stuck when rendering second frame of an animation
• Fixed the issue where having Norwegian locale lead to 3ds Max crash at startup.
• Fixed: Scatter missed update in IR causing "popping" while scrubbing timeline
• Fixed LEGION_STOP in scene with falloff + RGB multiply maps combo
• Reverted behaviour of the no tiling mode in CoronaBitmap which was causing unwanted results when used as a mask

[rowmanns]

• Added support for Ornatrix v7 (the older versions are no longer supported)
• Fixed scene parsing taking longer in each frame
• Does not fix prolonging geometry parsing, this will be addressed in the future
• Fixed crash of 3ds Max caused by our quad menu
• Fixed falloff map built-in color mixing
• Removed the old displacement method. Only 2.5d displacement method remains.
• This currently breaks combinations of displacement + light emission and displacement + fast rounded edges mode. This will be fixed over the course of daily builds
• In Corona Scatter, the parameter limiting number of instances displayed in the viewport is now colored when the limit gets exceeded.
• Added displaced primitives to the VFB stats tab
• Added new render stamp option: displacement primitives: %sd
• Displacement primitives are also published in maxscript with getStatistic(15)
• Fixed bug in Light solver precomputation that caused crashes in IR
• CoronaBitmap now automatically removes NaNs and INFs from input images

[rowmanns]

corona-7-3dsmax-daily-2020-11-13.exe

• Fixed: IR no longer crashes when deleting (model) object being instanced by Corona Scatter.

[rowmanns]

corona-7-3dsmax-daily-2020-12-01.exe

• Fixed CIE to correctly apply B&G in case of cubemap panoramic renders.
• Fixed rare issue where B&G might not be updated in VFB
• Fixed crash in Aperture dialog when it is destroyed and update is still running
• Fixed crash related to using map hierarchy with multiple fall off textures connected to each other
• Fixed Corona Scatter not to crash in case of spline scattering with zero frequency set to models
• Displacement:
• Normal displacement is now properly clamped in 2.5d displacement - only [0, 1] interval from the map is considered
• Fixed incorrect handling of blend material with empty sub-slots. When one of the 2 submaterials is now missing, the default wire color material will be properly displayed.
• Uninstaller
• Corona uninstaller now removes installation info from registry
• Added an error window which is shown when the uninstaller fails to restart in an elevated mode

[rowmanns]

corona-7-3dsmax-daily-2020-12-10.exe

• Added new grounds up PBR material - CoronaPhysicalMaterial
• Renamed CoronaMaterial to CoronaLegacyMaterial
• There should be no change in existing maxscript which uses CoronaMaterial
• Fix of "No sockets could be bound!" DR failure
• Fixed memory leak when rendering hair

[rowmanns]

corona-7-3dsmax-daily-2021-01-04.exe

• CoronaPhysicalMaterial changes
• Fixed the bug where multiple warnings may spawn when selecting a new preset value
• Improved metalness tooltip to inform about the texture values
• Displacement
• Added support for light emission from displaced geometry
• Added support for fast mode of rounded edges when displacement is enabled

[rowmanns]

corona-7-3dsmax-daily-2021-01-08.exe

• CoronaPhysicalMaterial changes
• Fixed problems (extreme memory consumption and crashes) caused by too low roughness value of sheen in Physical material
• General Bugfixes
• Fixed saving a render to disk (png,tif,tga) saving Alpha channel as black when Sharpening/Blurring is enabled