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Hey all,
Yet another Phoenix version is out today for both 3ds Max and Maya
Here are some of the new things we added:
- [3ds Max only] Support for 3ds Max 2019
- [3ds Max only] Support for V-Ray Next - now Phoenix FD volumes such as fire and smoke can be rendered on the GPU using V-Ray Next
- RGB channel simulation for Foam, Splash and Mist particles - now secondary particles can be born from Sources mapped with colored textures and can change color during simulation using the Mapper
- Particle Texture color based on Particle Channels - the Particle Texture can be plugged into the Particle Shader and can shade particles based on their Age, Speed, Size, Position, etc.
- 2x faster particle rendering in Bubble, Cellular and Splash modes using the Phoenix FD Light Cache - the Particle Shader has been greatly optimized in this version
- Faster scene interaction with complex or moving geometries - the simulation, cache save and load, and scene interaction now utilizes all CPU cores and allows the fluid to interact quickly with large geometry models
- Quicker Displacement Fade Volume and Body Force with complex or moving geometries - these algorithms are much faster now and allow for quick simulation of fluid attraction and morphing into geometry shapes, as well as quick rendering of high poly oceans
- Loading and rendering of sparse OpenVDB caches over 2.1 billion voxels - huge sparse grids can now be loaded and rendered quickly and using much less memory than before
- [Maya only] Deadline 10 support in the Phoenix FD Submit Simulation menu
An important change was that we dropped support for the oldest version of the AUR cache format - caches simulated with Phoenix builds before 13 Mar 2015 would not open anymore with Phoenix 3.11.
You can download the 3ds Max builds here:
https://download.chaosgroup.com/?product=46&platform=49
and the Maya builds here:
https://download.chaosgroup.com/?product=46&platform=48
And here are the complete changelogs as well:
https://docs.chaosgroup.com/display/PHX3MAX/3.11.00
https://docs.chaosgroup.com/display/PHX3MAYA/3.11.00
Cheers and happy simming!
Yet another Phoenix version is out today for both 3ds Max and Maya
Here are some of the new things we added:
- [3ds Max only] Support for 3ds Max 2019
- [3ds Max only] Support for V-Ray Next - now Phoenix FD volumes such as fire and smoke can be rendered on the GPU using V-Ray Next
- RGB channel simulation for Foam, Splash and Mist particles - now secondary particles can be born from Sources mapped with colored textures and can change color during simulation using the Mapper
- Particle Texture color based on Particle Channels - the Particle Texture can be plugged into the Particle Shader and can shade particles based on their Age, Speed, Size, Position, etc.
- 2x faster particle rendering in Bubble, Cellular and Splash modes using the Phoenix FD Light Cache - the Particle Shader has been greatly optimized in this version
- Faster scene interaction with complex or moving geometries - the simulation, cache save and load, and scene interaction now utilizes all CPU cores and allows the fluid to interact quickly with large geometry models
- Quicker Displacement Fade Volume and Body Force with complex or moving geometries - these algorithms are much faster now and allow for quick simulation of fluid attraction and morphing into geometry shapes, as well as quick rendering of high poly oceans
- Loading and rendering of sparse OpenVDB caches over 2.1 billion voxels - huge sparse grids can now be loaded and rendered quickly and using much less memory than before
- [Maya only] Deadline 10 support in the Phoenix FD Submit Simulation menu
An important change was that we dropped support for the oldest version of the AUR cache format - caches simulated with Phoenix builds before 13 Mar 2015 would not open anymore with Phoenix 3.11.
You can download the 3ds Max builds here:
https://download.chaosgroup.com/?product=46&platform=49
and the Maya builds here:
https://download.chaosgroup.com/?product=46&platform=48
And here are the complete changelogs as well:
https://docs.chaosgroup.com/display/PHX3MAX/3.11.00
https://docs.chaosgroup.com/display/PHX3MAYA/3.11.00
Cheers and happy simming!
