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I downloaded the latest 12/05/05 form z plugin, as well as the RC2, but all my renderings (that would have come out clear in the BETA) are coming out black. How do you get a clear rendering from the plug in?

I'm having the same problem, apparently you have to import the model into Maxwell Studio as all the emiiters seems to suddenly have turned black. Also the sun does not seem to be working. As far as I'm concerned the RC2 is a non-working release...will wait for another update promised within a week.

Josephus Holt wrote:I'm having the same problem, apparently you have to import the model into Maxwell Studio as all the emiiters seems to suddenly have turned black. Also the sun does not seem to be working. As far as I'm concerned the RC2 is a non-working release...will wait for another update promised within a week.

As you say the sun and sky are not working in RC2. It is possible to use emitters, but you must use the 'Custom' setting rather than the standard presets.

Keeping this in mind I have been able to render directly from the MaxwellZ plugin.

Josephus Holt wrote:I'm having the same problem, apparently you have to import the model into Maxwell Studio as all the emiiters seems to suddenly have turned black. Also the sun does not seem to be working. As far as I'm concerned the RC2 is a non-working release...will wait for another update promised within a week.

Well, RC2 is buggy but usable: maxwellz has other problems that together with RC2's issues let you think that RC2 is not a working release.
The way to try to use it is how JOsephus has explained.
Anyway, this evening (in Italy) maybe you can download RC3, hoping it'll be better.



You can see something I've get out of RC2.

Ciao, Jo

Matthew Schrock wrote:

Josephus Holt wrote:I'm having the same problem, apparently you have to import the model into Maxwell Studio as all the emiiters seems to suddenly have turned black. Also the sun does not seem to be working. As far as I'm concerned the RC2 is a non-working release...will wait for another update promised within a week.

As you say the sun and sky are not working in RC2. It is possible to use emitters, but you must use the 'Custom' setting rather than the standard presets.

Keeping this in mind I have been able to render directly from the MaxwellZ plugin.

Can you show something you rendered directly from MaxwellZ?
Please, try to open the *.mxs file in mr studio and look if your emitters has black color...

Ciao, Jo

Hi

a27lee,

The sun is temporary disabled in RC2
You can check some others issues here :
http://www.maxwellrender.com/forum/view ... 1febf912ff

J-L

Jo, nice rendering. How long did that run?

I'm sure that NL will get it all cleared up in time, but I can't afford the time right now to work around the bugs.

Thx for the tip on the RC3 release...hope that includes the FZ plug-in. I'll keep checking the site.

Josephus Holt wrote:Jo, nice rendering. How long did that run?

It was 1500x750, now 750x375: I reduced it because there were some orrible white points (somewhere in this forum it has been called "snow").
70 minutes and 11.10 samples with an old P4 2,53 no HT + 1GB ram

I'm sure that NL will get it all cleared up in time, but I can't afford the time right now to work around the bugs.

That's right. I had some spare time to try

Thx for the tip on the RC3 release...hope that includes the FZ plug-in. I'll keep checking the site.

As RC2, I think that RC3 will update only maxwell studio and it won't touch the plug-ins: I hope so, because I feel so "lucky" that MaxwellZ was ready (THX JUAN!!! I believe... ) before others...

Ciao, Jo