3ds 6

[Da_elf]

well from what ive seen of MR's history you do have to pay for additional network liscences however its not that much to pay. I dont know about fR's liscenceing but brazils sucks. 1 work liscence and 2 network. With vray we get 10 DR liscences not limited to processor count. so you can have up to 40 processors on a DR if you have quad processor mobo's. and for normal network liscencing. its unlimited. All at a tidy little vray price gotta love chaos guys

[egz]

well from what ive seen of MR's history you do have to pay for additional network liscences however its not that much to pay.

Not that much????
Last time I checked one MR rendernode (up to 2 processors) for max cost around $3000. I'm sure the price has been lowered a bit since then, but it is still very expensive compared to VRay (or fR or Brazil even).

[ultra]

whoa, mental ray is the slowest renderer i know, and if i may ask, why doesn't VRAY come with max, i mean there is no competition, marketing wise brazil teams up with BOXX and mental ray teams with MAX, you all know that Vray out-performs both, i think vlado & co. should do some marketing and truly set the standards in raytracing.

by the way, max 6 is dissapointing

[stefan]

I don´t see it that negative. Particle Flow and Mental Ray are nice additions for those who need them, an improved Schematic view and layer bar are useful too. We all lnow that Max has come of age and thast clearly visible in almost any area of the Software. Of course these addition´s won´t change the way Max works internally and some of the problems (bugs and workflow wise) won´t be adressed by this, but actually I didn´t expect any deep modifications to Max´ core in the first place. The code is simply to old, and there seems to be very few people from the old team left who really know the code. From what I´ve heard repeatedly from different sources they´ve been secretly working on the next generation of Max for more than 2 years now.

All they can do is keep the money rolling as long as they need to develop the new version.

Also they say they really focused on bugs this time. They claim to have ironed out more than 100 "severe" bugs before even going to beta stage.

See http://www.3d-palace.com/modules.php...pic&t=630#3611

If this version is as stable as it sounds for me its worth the price for the upgrade.

Stefan

[3dform]

Well, Particle Flow is a real cool thing. I used it 2 projects and all I can say it's the first inovation by discreet since Max 3 (or was this kintex ).
Beside this MentalRay is a old render, that makes working with GI a pain in the a... The feature are nice and with all the shaders it looks even cool, but setting up a scene take 5 times longer and worst case you have to buy render licences!
SO I VOTE FOR: VRAY FREE SHOULD BE PART OF MAX 6!!!!!!!!
(well don't think discreet will do that... to much inovation power)
Else, I do not see a reason for updating Max. I wait for Max 7 and if they charge me to much I switch to Maya (It will get Vray sometimes) if I need it. It's cheaper you know... But, there is a lot promising stuff out there too. Just looking at zBrush (extremly cool) and some new modelling tools.
I think Alias, Avid and Discreet ruled the market to long, soon we will see real great stuff from ex-developer.

robert