[Tyrone Marshall]

Will we be able to set NORTH direction in the new version and will we have a sun "preview" functionality (an arrow representing the light travel, or some kind of shade)

I believe your answer to this question lies in the following released image from NL.

Look closely at the wireframe previews, there is something that looks a lot like a compass with definite markers - I believe I can just make out "N", "S", "E", "W".

[campomanes]

As tom said , programmable materials wont be in v1.0.
When would that feature be avaliable, cause its a very very important feature.

Also, will the sdk provide editing functions (now it supports creating a scene from scratch)

[Duncan]

Yep thats a compass, but its not going to help with Elevation and Azimuth.

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[campomanes]

he states 1.x..so it could be 1.2 1.5 or 1.9 but not verison 1.0 me thinks

unfortunately that is what i think too

[max3d]

As maxwell is very popular in the architectural viz world. Will there be a two-point perspective camera in maxwell's 1.x?

[tom]

Well yes, whiskey is right. But don't think 1.x updates are very far after release.

(Q051128.W001.20.pluMmet)
No, the particles won't be ready for 1.0

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[Thomas An.]

Will we be able to render orthographic views?

I believe this might be a duplicate from:
(Q051128.W001.11.Nicolas Rivera)

[Maxer]

Will IES files be supported in the RC or will we have to wait for 1.0?

[rivoli]

is there any plan for supporting different render passes (such as diffuse, reflections, refractions and so on)? can we expect it in a future point release, if not in version 1.0, or is totally incosistent with the technology maxwell is based on?

[rivoli]

is there any plan for supporting some kind of mapped environment (skydome mapped with a mxi texture for example).

[joie]

Will Maxwell (any RC version or final one) support NURBS and/or procedural textures like gradients or fractals?, I'm thinking about MAYA, but anyone would be OK.

Thank's in advance.

[Thomas An.]

Are there plans for adding 'baking' of lighting?

Is this related to item:
(Q051128.W001.0024.Mihai Iliuta)