>> See Also: VecMap tools for 3ds Max 2016 - 2018
New Features:- Adds support for V-Ray Next beta 1
- New memory management system increases scattering performance to 150% with large distributions
- Improves stability with V-Ray IPR
- Faster loading of V-Ray and Corona proxies
- Updates the UI
- Adds new Distribution modes (available from the Distribution rollup)
- Adds Effect attributes for Particle Flow distribution: particleAge, particleSpeed
- Adds a generic Effect property to the items in Tree Editor: User ID
- Adds new Effect transform attributes: fpItem.xrotaxis, fpItem.yrotaxis, fpItem.zrotaxis
- Adds new Effect parameter types: texture maps and curves
- You can now have multiple effects per Forest object
- Adds new Effect attributes for new paths mode: distPathPos, distPathTangent
- When fpItem.geomID is greater than max ID, the result is now the remainder, not the max value
- Adds 30 Effects to the library
- New iToo Software Update Manager for downloading, installing and managing Forest Pack content
- Surface parameters are now imported from Library presets
- Adds a new starter library - 23 new trees in 11 species
- Adds new grass presets designed to work in layers - 26 variations
- Adds new vertical walls presets
- Adds 13 new distribution maps
Fixes
- Fixes items dissapearing when using Undo/Redo in Custom Edit mode
- Fixes items being invisible in the viewport while using Interactive Render (V-Ray and Corona)
- 'XRef Material->Override' option is no longer ignored when building the Forest automaterial
- Changes in the Geometry List now modify existing items in Custom Edit mode
- Fixes an updating issue with Color Swatch controls in PBStore
- Fixes the behaviour of Forest Lister when the order of rollups is changed
- Fixes several issues with General->Presets
- Geometry->Color ID now supports Copy/Paste
- Fixes a crash loading nested library objects
- Items with high random Translation values are no longer placed outside of its area
- The Effects Editor can now load JPG thumbnails
- Fixes both Point-cloud and mesh being drawn when Display->Render->Mode is set to 'Meshes'
- Tree Editor->Add no longer inserts multiple items for LOD objects
- User toolbars using Forest actions are no longer reset when Max is loaded
- Fixes a crash loading scenes with LOD linked to an XRef
- Camera in Deadline render jobs is now updated when using 'Camera->Auto assign to active view'
- Fixes a missing references issue when a library item is used both in the main and an XRef scene
- Fixes a warning when a Controller Parameter is linked to a rotation control
- Fixes errors in constant values in expressions if the system doesn't use '.' as decimal point
- The Z value of fpItem.areaIncNearest and fpItem.areaExcNearest now matches the item's Z position
- Fixes Parameter->Default range being limited to 0-100 for real and integer types
Availability
Forest Pack Pro is available for Max 2010 to 2018 and costs €200. A demo version is available here. More Itoo Software Plugin [post_ad]
Forest Pack Pro v6.0 beta for 3dsMax 2010 - 2018
Reviewed by Ngoc Anh Le
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