3dsmax 2017

[jstrob]

Hmm.. Houdini as a generalist tool....
As a person who have to babysit all Houdini request, I may have a different opinion.
Even our Houdini guys come back to 3dsMax or Maya for non-sim/non-procedural stuff.
Yes, you "can" do anything. But, can-do-in-time is a different story.

I think this way. If you think pflow box#3/TP/MCG is not for you, then your alternative would be C4D or Modo, not Houdini.

For sure I will get back to max too until I am a perfect master of Houdini which will takes many years. I work in max since 20 years and I still don't know everything. I learn Houdini in my spare time since 1 year only so there will be numerous occasions I will be back to max not because Houdini is slower but just because I'm slower in it for some specific tasks.

My point is that I think it takes less time to master Houdini than max and its zillions plugins, even though Houdini will feel slower to learn at the beginning and even though Houdini can do far more. And nothing prevent you from using both softwares while you master it.

[glorybound]

That is funny. Also, it cost each user about $1000 to fix something that they broke.

Finally! However, it's a sad they when you realize that you are getting excited about a simple basic feature of an app working again after being broken for half an year after release. Autodesk should really up their game.

[gandhics]

For sure I will get back to max too until I am a perfect master of Houdini which will takes many years. I work in max since 20 years and I still don't know everything. I learn Houdini in my spare time since 1 year only so there will be numerous occasions I will be back to max not because Houdini is slower but just because I'm slower in it for some specific tasks.

My point is that I think it takes less time to master Houdini than max and its zillions plugins, even though Houdini will feel slower to learn at the beginning and even though Houdini can do far more. And nothing prevent you from using both softwares while you master it.

My point is exact opposite.
I have seen many Houdini artist. But, the one who truly knows/master Houdini is really hard to find.
Many of them had years of experience and big movie credit, but they were still very limited.
To utilize full power of Houdini, you need to remove all the sugar coat which other "easier" program has.
While Houdini is node based program. You still need tons of expression in the node.

[Lupaz]

Sp3 is out!

[werticus]

So perhaps 2017 is ready for use now... All my plugins work with it now too.

[BBB3]

Played with SP3 for a few hours yesterday on a relatively complex scene and, fingers crossed, no crash so far.

[krassi]

Hi!

is the "select by material" feature fixed?

otherwise its still useless for me. I hope i can use max2017 still in the year 2016

[Vizioen]

Hi!

is the "select by material" feature fixed?

otherwise its still useless for me. I hope i can use max2017 still in the year 2016

Yes it's fixed. I wonder what took them so long.

[jstrob]

SP3 fixed hairfarm bug and RPManager has a new update which make it usable with 2017!

So 3ds max 2017 is not Beta anymore it seems. I am starting a project with it right now.

[glorybound]

PSD Manager is in beta and Walls & Tiles is working through a major bug with Autodesk.

[Alex_M]

I'm happy to hear that it works with no major issues now that SP3 is out. I might try it myself too.

[glorybound]

I am still getting my 1-2 crashes a day, but that seems to be extremely normal. I would say that it is the most stable release for me, so I am happy.

[Jiri.Matys]

1-2 crashes a day is most stable release for you?

Sorry, but its not normal. I have no crash with 2017 till today. Only with IPR, but its not max.

[glorybound]

If MAX freezes for more than a few minutes, I'll kill it. Sometimes I wait and it will come back to life, but sometimes not. Moving too fast will crash it sometimes, too.

[Sbrusse]

With 2014 and now 2016, I can work for days and have no crash, to the point that I disable autobacks, this doesn't make me wanna go on 2017