[astanelle]

Hej there,

i've a little problem here, i'm not able to get the extensions running trough the modo plugin.
That's what i need:


That's what i'm able to do:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/72807nev2uylf ... ll_sea.jpg

In short:
How can i use the maxwell sea extension inside modo. running 701SP4, MacOS latest, maxwell v3 LE
I'm missing the Maxwell Extension Tab .... ?!

Best regards

[photomg1]

you need to add a maxwell extension object first into your shader tree….
in modo

under items > Add item (from the pull down top right) >select Maxwell>Maxwell extension object

with the maxwell extension object selected in the shader tree open the plugin . Under Maxwell object you will now have Maxwell extension with a pull down menu( set to none). Click that and change to maxwell sea .

It shall now appear

[astanelle]

Ahhh! ok that's easy....
thanks !

[astanelle]

well - where do i need to check, so the geometry is visible in the viewport ?

[Marton Day8]

About visibility:

Is it still the sea extension? (Visibility possibilities are dependent on the actual extension.)

Additional info:
In case your license is not full license, visibility in viewport is limited.

Márton

[astanelle]

Hej Márton,

yep still sea extension.
full license means commercial license ? i use the mw v3 learning edition.

[Marton Day8]

Unfortunately display is limited inside modo for Learning Edition versions.

Márton

[astanelle]

hmm, that's a pity. especially because your customer support told me "there are no restrictions on the functionality of the plugins" ....
I would't mind, but that was a feature i was interested in.

[Marton Day8]

Sorry for the communication inconsistency.

I will forward your issue internally - but no promise yet:)...


Márton

[astanelle]

Thank you!

[astanelle]

Hej Marton,

as you mentioned the limited display of the maxwell sea geometry in the LE Edition, i noticed a huge performance drop ( resulting in off time between changing more than one parameter ) if working in big scale. i guess the plugin still perform the visualization-process in the background, because it's running smooth again if i turn of the visibility of the maxwell see object.

i can live with the workaround for now, just wanted to know if there is a possibility to kill that background visualization process for the LE edition, because it's just time consuming and don't add anything for me ^^

best regards

As a side note: can we have the same Order for the for the maxwellsea parameters like it's displayed in Studio ? actually it's

Modo Plugin:
- Wind
-- Wind Speed
-- Wind Direction
-- Wind Alignment
-- Min Wave Length
-- Weight Against Wind

Maxwell Studio
- Wind
-- Wind Speed
-- Wind Direction
-- Weight Against Wind
-- Wind Alignment
-- Min Wave Length

Used Studio to preview the sea, ( because the performance drop in modo) and than copied the setting to modo, didn't noticed the different order in the first place, so i got a different result. ...