Chaos Corona 9 for Cinema 4D daily builds - Changelog

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Changes in Corona 9 for Cinema 4D (Daily Build 2022-04-21) (https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1xoDTlVaxw6ovZ3-KLhUjdn5DowtEuAic):

• Added:
• Added support for Cinema 4D S26
• Fixed:
• Fixed problem with Avoid collisions in Chaos Scatter not working with Decals

Note: All these changes will be released as a version 8 hotfix later.

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Changes in Corona 9 for Cinema 4D (Daily Build 2022-05-11) (https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1xoDTlVaxw6ovZ3-KLhUjdn5DowtEuAic):

• Fixed:
• Fixed errors reported in command line version of Cinema 4D when loading Corona
• Fixed import of some Cosmos materials on macOS
• Fixed issues when using ColorPicker in Corona VFB with linear percent value types
• Fixed issues (Non-Standard Format error) when loading different types of LUTs
• Fixed problem with missing close button in About dialog in S22 on macOS

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Changes in Corona 9 for Cinema 4D (Daily Build 2022-05-24) (https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1xoDTlVaxw6ovZ3-KLhUjdn5DowtEuAic):

• Fixed:
• Cosmos materials are now imported with correct scale when using triplanar mapping
• Fixed crash when using Cosmos on macOS when both Corona and V-Ray are installed
• Fixed crash when using search in Cosmos browser on macOS
• this was changed on server side, so the problem should be also resolved for version 8 and previous version 9 daily builds
• Fixed problems with importing Cosmos objects when path to assets download directory contains localized characters

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Changes in Corona 9 for Cinema 4D (Daily Build 2022-08-19) (https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1xoDTlVaxw6ovZ3-KLhUjdn5DowtEuAic):

• Added:
• Added Corona Pattern modifier
• Create a surface, apply the modifier by placing it under the object (just as with any other Cinema 4D modifier), place pattern-geometry under the Corona Pattern modifier and everything is set up
• Decals can now be imported from Cosmos
• Added option to preserve Slicer material when using material override
• Added option to preserve opacity and bump when using material override
• Changed:
• Improved Corona Error window - improves performance when lot of errors is shown and fixes UI problems on macOS
• ACES OT tonemapping operator is now used by default in new scenes
• Cosmos browser on Windows now opens in its own window instead of external web browser
• Removed support for Cinema 4D R14, R15 and R16
• These versions are really old and required lot of maintenance time that we can now focus on improving new and existing features
• Fixed:
• Corona lights can now be instanced using both render instances and multi-instances (previously this only worked in IR)
• Corona lights now also work with Chaos Scatter
• Corona lights now support included/excluded objects also in viewport preview
• Improved viewport performance when lot of Corona lights is present
• Fixed issue when spherical Corona light would disappear when it was non-uniformly scaled in IR
• Fixed rendering of Cinema 4D area light - Note that there is still only basic support for C4D lights
• Fixed crash when loading corrupted Proxy file with full mesh preview enabled
• Fixed problem when hidden object was rendered in IR when it was instanced by render instance or multi-instance
• Fixed occasional crashes when changing instanced object render visibility in IR
• Fixed occasional crashes when running Cinema 4D with low memory and low memory error was triggered
• Fixed minor (few KB) memory leak when rendering
• Fixed crash in decals caused by some objects with corrupted geometry
• Fixed some cases when Layered material preview was not updated after changing its submaterials
• Fixed minimum value for step in UVW randomizer
• Fixed Corona using only E-cores of modern Intel CPUs on Windows 11 when in background

Note: during our testing we found some potential problems with Pattern on macOS when used in interactive rendering in scenes containing hair. We will examine these for the next daily build.

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Changes in Corona 9 for Cinema 4D (Daily Build 2022-08-30) (https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1xoDTlVaxw6ovZ3-KLhUjdn5DowtEuAic):

• Added:
• Added support for clouds in Corona Sky
• Experimental implementation of out-of-core textures for Corona Bitmap
• For now this can be enabled in Development/Experimental stuff by setting non-zero cache size and clicking "Update cache"
• The UI is not final and will be changed in future versions
• DOF is now also supported in fisheye camera
• Fixed:
• Fixed occasional crash in Corona Pattern when changing values in IR
• this was reproducible on macOS, but could also happen on Windows
• Corona Pattern now works on objects with other modifiers
• Corona Light now works with modifiers
• Fixed a bug when Corona pattern placed before other objects on the same hierarchy level prevented pattern from being applied on these objects
• Corona Pattern can now be instanced, instance will work the same as if copy of referenced pattern would be placed in its place
• Note that pattern must be referenced by instance directly, not as a part of hierarchy as in such case the hierarchy itself is instanced

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Changes in Corona 9 for Cinema 4D (Daily Build 2022-09-19) (https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1xoDTlVaxw6ovZ3-KLhUjdn5DowtEuAic):

• Added:
• Added support for Cinema 4D 2023
• Fixed/Changed:
• Improved rendering speed of Corona clouds
• Faster IR parsing of Clouds
• Fixed some more issues with tonemapping pipeline being reset when switching cameras
• Chaos Scatter is now separate plugin
• For now this is mostly internal change that will allow us to simplify development of Chaos Scatter
• Fixed problem with decals not working on Corona pattern using materials from pattern object

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Changes in Corona 9 for Cinema 4D (Release Candidate 1) (https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1WyXJ0IZZYPxjSFNNNZTBXr6jZK9zrOZR):

• Added:
• Added Corona Spline Render tag for rendering splines
• Added Corona Scanned material for rendering Chaos Scans materials
• Get your trial here: https://www.chaos.com/scans
• Added support for contrails in Corona Sky
• Added configurable seed for clouds in Corona Sky
• Added option to use automatic pattern height in Corona pattern modifier
• Added support for setting distribution shader in Chaos Scatter
• Added support for edge trimming in Chaos Scatter using new Scatter Edge Trimming shader
• Added option to control motion blur shutter speed using curve in render settings
• Added checkbox to Corona Sun to apply shadows from clouds
• Changed:
• Out-of-core textures were moved from Development/Experimental tab and can now be configured in global preferences
• Removed volumetric settings from Corona Sky shader - this was only accidentally exposed in Sky shader in one of previous daily builds and was not working - use Corona Sky object instead
• Improved import of some Cosmos materials
• Minor speed improvements when rendering multiple material previews
• We measured about 5% improvement in our tests
• Corona Camera UI is now separated into tabs
• Fixed:
• Fixed occasional crashes in QT6 reported in last daily build
• Fixed crash when Sky ground color is set to colors above 1 (it was possible to set this in C4D 2023)
• Fixed flipped axes when using Distance shader within Chaos Scatter
• Fixed crash when VDB file fails to load in VolumeGrid object on macOS
• Fixed bug with Corona Sun not being correctly affected by turbidity when using Corona Sky
• Fixed problem with Main clouds and Cirrus moving in different directions in Corona Sky
• Fixed problem where values values lower than 200m for "Height" cause tiling artifacts in clouds in Corona Sky
• Fixed crash when resetting all curves in tone mapping

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Changes in Corona 9 for Cinema 4D (Release Candidate 2) (https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1WyXJ0IZZYPxjSFNNNZTBXr6jZK9zrOZR):

• Added/Changed:
• Added decal mode in UVW randomizer
• Added "Viewport preview resolution" in clouds section in Corona Sky
• Corona installer updated to use license server 6.0.0
• Fixed:
• Fixed Corona Sky preview in new C4D versions
• Fixed crash when reordering tonemapping pipeline via Edit dialog while having focus in one of the spin edits
• Minor UI fixes in tonemapping Edit dialog (tooltips, double click etc)
• Edge trimming should now work also with Corona Proxy (including Cosmos presets)
• Fixed problem with Corona proxy with Edge trimming shader not rendering in Scatter when it used relative path
• Fixed imports of Scatter presets on macOS
• Fixed problems when rendering Corona Scanned material on a sphere with "Perfect sphere" enabled
• Fixed crash when removing material attached to rendered spline in IR
• Fixed rendering of colors of instances scattered using Chaos Scatter when no material is attached (previously such instances rendered black)

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Changes in Corona 9 for Cinema 4D (Release Candidate 3) (https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1WyXJ0IZZYPxjSFNNNZTBXr6jZK9zrOZR):

• Fixed/Changed:
• Fixed material overrides not being applied on rendered splines and geopattern materials in "pattern object" mode
• Fixed flipped cylindrical camera
• Fixed "Use external browser" option from preferences having no effect for Cosmos on macOS
• Fixed problem with tonemapping pipeline resetting to initial state in IR viewport after every change in document
• Fixed crash in tone mapping UI when tone mapping operator is grabbed by mouse at the left edge
• Fixed problem with LUT path in tonemapping presets loading as "C:\..." on macOS
• Out-of-core textures are now disabled by default