Autodesk 3ds Max 2012 available...

[toby™]

...for download, as seen in my Subscription Center.

Just wanted you to know that.

best regards,
toby

[PixelJockey]

Downloading now. 1 hour 34 minutes to go. It's xmas in April. I thought it was being release tomorrow. All giddy inside. I've spent the last few weeks cursing like a sailor at Max 2011, so I'm really looking forward to this release.

[duke2]

Any VRay release for 2012 or will the 2011 install be fine?

[bardo]

Vray 2011 doesn't work, Vlado said that a recompile is needed and there will be, about at the end of April, a 2012 version.

[TRGraphics]

End of April, wonder why so long for a recompile?

[vlado]

1) It is not a recompile - on the one hand we added support for the Nitrous viewport which is far from trivial; on the other, we have taken the opportunity to fix some bugs in the V-Ray releases. We are also releasing service packs for other 3ds Max versions.

2) We really need to test the builds against the release versions of 3ds Max 2012; while we had access to pre-release versions, sometimes there are differences with the actual shipping product.

Best regards,
Vlado

[sandykoufax]

1.5 for Max 2012 will be released at that time too?

[vlado]

1.5 for Max 2012 will be released at that time too?

This is the plan, yes.

Best regards,
Vlado

[sandykoufax]

Thanks for the answer, Vlado.

[crazy homeless guy]

Does Vray2011 not working with Max 2012 mean that other plugins compiled for 2011 won't work with 2012? ...I thought Autodesk finally got over themselves in this aspect and made things more compatible.

[vlado]

No plugin will work without a recompile... With the whole XBR thing apparently there are lots of changes to the SDK.

Best regards,
Vlado