[FredSpeaks]

So Tuesday the 17th. I hope there is the MAC version as well this time.

[Olivier Cugniet]

hmmm, is it the announcement written by Mike ?

[paxreid]

Doesn't seem like something Mike wrote....temporally could work there...but probably meant temporarily?

But...doesn't really matter if it is or not. At least sunlight is on...we will get to test if it works with the new materials or not

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[JDHill]

Thanks for your hard work, Mike.

[Maximus3D]

Well Mike, you did it again thank you for your well written and long post in the announcements section i appreciate your effort and hard work put into this.

/ Max

[andretto]

ok...
no working SSS and dielectrics+sun (at least so it seems) are great limitations for a guy who works mostly in archviz

no UNDO (!?!) in Studio will keep me away from it (at least since i can work with 3ds)

nevetheless, standing ovation for you Mike. i find your attitude in this forum reeeeally rockin'


andrea

[ajlynn]

Yep, it's about the limitations that I expected, i.e., it's the beta engine plus new materials. I can live with that for now, but certainly v.1.0 must have sunlight and clipmaps.

And SSS. But if it works as well as advertised, the next release will be a good thing.

Thanks for the info, Mike.

[mverta]

Hi Guys,

Just wanted to be clear, it's NOT the Beta engine, but it does have many of the same limitations. The light propogation is superior to beta, and in some scenes it's blisteringly obvious. We saw a scene this morning, rather famous 'round these parts that used to be one of the benchmark scenes that looked absolutely flat and inspiring next to Beta. I'm really curious to see what people turn out with it!

In any case, they are still trying to figure out how to get RS1+ to do a few new tricks, but Rs2 already has them nailed, for the future.

_Mike

[mverta]

Mike-

Will an OSX verision be offered on Tuesday as well?

adehus, I think so.. in fact, I'll go ask for a copy and fire it up on the G5 right now

_Mike

[aitraaz]

Yup i second the request for info on the OSX release...is it in the works, man??

EDIT: uups wrote too quick ok cool

[trofaster]

Will it be possible to have RC5 and Beta installed at the same time, on the same machine?

[Maximus3D]

Quick question for you Mike, hopefully you can answer this rather siimple one for me

Is or will the Skydome be in the RC5 we normal people will have on Tuesday ?

/ Max

[mverta]

Maximus, skydome and physical sky are enabled and working... as of this minute, anyway

_Mike

[mverta]

Hi Mike,

Am i right in thinking that the rendering speed is roughly the same as the BETA?

Faster

In some cases, slower, because the engine hasn't been optimized, and in some cases faster, thanks to material improvements.

_Mike