[Tyrone Marshall]

Maxwell Render for Cinema4D Plugin Software Issues:

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1 - Please ensure that your problem is not already known
because it may have already been solved. Check this sticky for posting
of new bugs or issues.

2 - Please verify you are using the current plugin and render
engine version for your platform.

3 - Any registered user of the Cinema4D plugin on the
Maxwell Render forum can submit a issue report by posting a new
thread with the following information as a suggestion:

-Operating System and Version
-System hardware
-Description of situation in which the problem occurred
-Can the problem be reproduced in a certain way?
-Provide Rendered Images to illustrate problem if possible
-Provide archived MXS file and any bitmaps if possible
-Report one unique issue per thread
ref: http://www.maxwellrender.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4126

4 - Please allow Next Limit to research and evaluate your issue
report in a timely manner.

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evaluation, no further action is required of you.

6 - Your efforts to help identify problems in the software are
appreciated. A solution to your inquiry is on its way!

Current Issue Reports:
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Current Plugin Version: Cinemaxwell 1.1

PC.......Version: Updated Releases: 07/04/06
MacOS Version: Updated Releases: 07/04/06

0.7 Series Solved Issues:

Issue: C01: OSX C4D crashes on next start if maxwell dialogue saved in layout (Version 07.c)
Issue: C03: OSX C4D crashes when texture applied to luminance for emitter object (Version 07.c)
Issue: C04: OSX Alpha channel Crash (Version 0.7b)
Issue: C05: OSX Zbuffer channel Crash (Version 0.7b)
Issue: P01: Motion Blur (Version 07.c)
Issue: P02: Plugin parameters for animation (Version 0.7c)
Issue: P03: MacOSX "Command Line" options inoperative (Version 0.7c)
Issue: P04: Polygon Selection Tag for Multimaterial (Version 07.c)
Issue: P05: Dialogue Parameters saved in plugin (Version 07.c)
Issue: P06: Propagation to child objects (Version 07.c)
Issue: N04: Sun position and Sun control (Version 07.c)
Issue: N03: SSS Abs/SSS varying values not detectable (Version 07.c)
Issue: N05 Attribute Manager Scale Multiplier Issue Parent/child/(Parent/Child) Hierarchy (Version 07.c)
Issue: N08: Textures Applied to Atom Array Object Not Read (Version 07.c)
Issue: N10: OSX Install Initialization (Version 0.7b)
Issue: N12: MXCL Viewer Render Channels Not Created (Version 0.7b)
Issue: N14: OSX Custom MXM Not Working (Version 0.7b)
Issue: N16: OSX Write Error From Plugin When Changing Scene Name (Version 0.7b)
Issue: N13: Visibility Dots Ignored -Nurbs/Deformers (Version 07.c)
Issue: N15: Nurb Objects do not pass material to child objects (Version 07.c)
Issue: N17: Cinemaxwell Plugin rotates scene -90 degrees on export to mxs file format (Version 07.c)
Issue: N18: Render Dots do not propagate when parent is a child of another parent object (Version 07.c)

Other issues solved:
Dielectric Transmittance Color not exported to MXS file
Metal Material is exported from C4D with Nd=1
Plastic materials not exported to mxs file with nd higher than 3
Custom MXM not loaded at render
Diffuse roughness from wizard set to higher range
Hierarchy problems with null objects and deformers

[Critical] Issues

C06 NEW- Cinema 4D program crash if a texture tag is not present in Emitter MXI tag.

ref: http://www.maxwellrender.com/forum/view ... hp?t=17001

[Grave] Issues

G01 NEW - Skymap tag does not read maps for use with HDRI/MXI environment. Based on how the new tags work, the skymap tag may need a slot for corresponding texture tag, at the present it does not.

Work Around: Use Maxwell Studio to setup HDRI/MXI feature

[Pending] Issues

None to report.

[Normal] Issues

None to report.

User Suggestions:

01:
Relative paths for material texture links using the Custom MXM material tag in Cinemaxwell.

02:
Export of additional cameras into the MXS file. At the moment, you have to export additional MXS files for every additional additonal camera view besides the one current one selected and then merge them all into one main MXS file to have different camera views in one single MXS file.

03:
Export of C4D Scene to MXS: Convert Cinema 4D hierarchy to a group hierarchy in Maxwell Render Studio.

04:
Please consider an option that makes the default maxwell material for an object take what it can first from a C4D material (Channels that Maxwell Render can use), next use the Maxwell Render tag for additional material description.

As a secondary step; Only use the texture tag and polygon selection tag fields of the Maxwell Render tag if desired by the user, otherwise the default is the C4D material (channels) + Maxwell Render material tag applied to all polygons.

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Severity Levels Explanation:

CXX - Critical-----[Crash][Breaks Unrelated Software][Loss of Data]
GXX - Grave------[Incorrect functionality][interface logic][Feature Mostly Unusable]
PXX - Pending---[Known/In progress Fix]
NXX - Normal----[New][Default Severity]

XX - Issue/Bug Assigned Number

Thanks to Thomas An. (Rhinoll Bug List) and Kabe for contributions to the
organization of this report.

Manual Notes:

Instanced Objects are not supported yet. These will need to be converted into editable objects.

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