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We got our copy of 3DS MAX 9 this morning and I had a bit of a play. Looks like the mental ray upgrade is oookay... but nothing I havent seen from vray. Eg the final gather preview is no where near as fast as lightcache preview and the daylight etc doesnt seem to have as much bite as vray. Especially since the exposure control methods are limited.
If there is one thing that I like about MR is its new materials... Car shader is simple and the flakes etc are a nice addition. Also the architectural materials are soo simple and come with presets. The rounded edge is also very interesting and gives results much like F-edge.
I wont bother with benchmarks at the moment because we all know who is king
but... overall its nice they did these upgrades. For me the Hair upgrades are helpful but I havent seen if you can apply a vray mat to them.
Im expecting to see a fair few bugs until the next service pack so please be cautious when installing the new version, keep max 8 and try not to overwrite your max 8 files with max 9 (still not backward compatible).
Ill be posting some Vray 1.5 with Max 9 as soon as its available.
Ciao!
If there is one thing that I like about MR is its new materials... Car shader is simple and the flakes etc are a nice addition. Also the architectural materials are soo simple and come with presets. The rounded edge is also very interesting and gives results much like F-edge.
I wont bother with benchmarks at the moment because we all know who is king
but... overall its nice they did these upgrades. For me the Hair upgrades are helpful but I havent seen if you can apply a vray mat to them.Im expecting to see a fair few bugs until the next service pack so please be cautious when installing the new version, keep max 8 and try not to overwrite your max 8 files with max 9 (still not backward compatible).
Ill be posting some Vray 1.5 with Max 9 as soon as its available.
Ciao!
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