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Hey - long time no post. I've been out of CG for a few years and just downloaded the latest demo as I'm looking at doing a few things. My license is for V2, but that is on a PC and I have since gotten rid of all my PC's and just have a Mac now. I downloaded the lastest version of Studio 4.0 to try out but it's really, really unstable on the Mac. (2016 iMac 5K 27")

Wondering if this is common? Is V3 stable on the Mac? Is there a version I can download to demo?

Thanks in advance

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The 5k is probably the problem, but what you mean with unstable? Can you give some examples?

Does that mean Maxwell does not run well on iMacs?

Examples: it crashes frequently from a range of things. Sometimes just selecting and moving an object, but it crashes all the time if I try to switch an emitter from an area light to spotlight. If I forget to switch Fire from GPU to CPU it will crash instantly too. It is generally very unstable for me.

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Oh well, I see. No, the 5k problem is only about appearance, not crashes or functionality. I think the problem here is that you are working with the demo, and the demo is based on the latest official release, witch was at a the beginning of the V4, since then we have given V4 a lot of stability, but actually this is only uploaded on early builds. If you have access to early builds (i think as forum user you can access), maybe you can try latest early build version with a demo license.

Thanks for the input, but I am not very clear on which version you are recommending Not sure what "latest early build" means - the newest, or the oldest I can find? Right now I am using the most recent one.

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You can find the latest betas, or "early releases" from this page:

http://www.maxwellrender.com/betas/

You should have access to it, as long as you're logged in to the forums here.

Hey Mihai - long time, hope you have been well!

I do have access to that - it's where I grabbed the current version. Is there one you can recommend as stable to try out? Is there reason to think the full version is more stable than the demo?

thanks!

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Okay - downloaded the oldest one there 4.0.6 I believe.

It seems much the same to me.

Crashes when converting an emitter from area light to spot light.
Crashes when moving objects/emitters

It runs fine for a while, but it's very unpredictable. I used Studio on the PC for years, and very often, and it was super stable for me. What's the general consensus on Studio for OsX - is anyone else having these kind of issues?

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Hi Brett, I remember your renders well

I can't speak for V4 on OSX, on Windows Studio V4 has been pretty stable for me. So you have .18 installed? But I recommend using V3 for now anyway until Maxwell GPU is more complete.

And I yours!

I tried .18 first - I believe that is the standard download option at the moment. I also tried using the oldest one in the "previous versions" section, but that is 4.06. I cannot see anywhere to download V3, and I only have V2 for the PC here. Is there a link to download V3 that anyone can point me to?

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http://www.maxwellrender.com/betas/plugin/22

Previous versions

3.2.1.5 is latest and most stable of V3

T0M0 wrote:http://www.maxwellrender.com/betas/plugin/22

Previous versions

3.2.1.5 is latest and most stable of V3

awesome - thanks!

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