[Nigel Baker]

Hello Jake,

Can you post your sky settings and your blue glass, really lovely.
I installed my Lightwave plugin yesterday, but now new issue problems, I think I will just stick to the mxStudio.

Thanks, again really impresive work, all the best.

[Jake256]

I'll grab them when I get to the office Nigel. The glass was as one of the Maxwell materials. I stiil haven't figured out glass very well. Use to get it just fine with the SketchUp plugin, but I'm having trouble in Studio.

[Nigel Baker]

Hello Jake,

I am finding all the Maxwell default textures strange.
1) over, over glossy and shiney
2) Very thin in variety, you would expect more of default textures.
3) The materials browser window, way to hard to read, the text is just crazy and small.

Thanks anyway, look forward to your posting.

Maybe we should start a textures page for people to upload their settings and we can then build our own library quicker, rather than spending ages on individual texture testing.

[laurindel]

Maybe we should start a textures page for people to upload their settings and we can then build our own library quicker, rather than spending ages on individual texture testing.

Thats a great idea Nigel

[Nigel Baker]

Laurindel

Okay so starting one now....

Thanks for the endorsement...


Keep Posting ...

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[Jake256]

Hello Jake,

Can you post your sky settings and your blue glass, really lovely.
I installed my Lightwave plugin yesterday, but now new issue problems, I think I will just stick to the mxStudio.

Thanks, again really impresive work, all the best.

Here are the settings Nigel. Pretty standard. Nothing spectaular. The glass it the 'coated01' in the second folder-basic volume1. Sorry nothing fancy.

What material is everyone using for the their standard window glass?

[Nigel Baker]

Hello Andrew,

Can you post your settings for the kettle shot please.
Curious to see how others are using it.
I am interested in the texture you used.
Did you use any Emitters.
And your sky settings, and camera.

Thanks...

[mgroeteke]

Mac
Modo
RC5

20 mins render/2 mins setup!

just curious: on mac or pc?? nice image btw![/quote]

[Nigel Baker]

Hello All,

Its been quiet for a bit.
I wanted to know if anyone has sucessfully loaded in an image map.
Anytime I try, the image only loads in a third of the way in the image preview and nothing then appears in the actual screen.

Anyone been sucessful in this area?

Thanks.

[Jake256]

It crashes when I try it. Hasn't worked so far.

It is quiet. I think everyone is burned out. Every time a new version comes out it still has enough bugs to make it useless for anything but playing. I think people are moving on.

I downloaded the new SketchUp plugin and it won't render any old models (I'm talking about SketchUp models, not old versions of maxwell files). If I make a new model from scratch then it will pop right up and start rendering. Stuff like this eventually takes it's toll on a persons enthusiasm.

I've pretty much have given up till further notice. Wish I could help Nigel, but we are tinkering with something that will never work well in it's current condition. What's the point?

[mgroeteke]

Hello All,

Its been quiet for a bit.
I wanted to know if anyone has sucessfully loaded in an image map.
Anytime I try, the image only loads in a third of the way in the image preview and nothing then appears in the actual screen.

Anyone been sucessful in this area?

Thanks.

yes i had the same problem with certain JPG files. it worked for me after converting them to TGA.

[Nigel Baker]

Hello Chaps,

yes Jake256, I too have played with SketchUp but it wont export an mxs file just a log file.

Thanks mgroeteke,
I will look into the TGA issue.

[Jake256]

Yep. That's what I'm getting too Nigel.

Try this. Richard at pushpull bar suggested making a new blank Sketchhup file and dragging your old model to that new drawing as a component. Haven't tried it, but I'll bet it works. Of course any new SketchUp file made after the plugin was installed will work too.

I don't know how the heck that happens, but it seems to be the case so far.

[Nigel Baker]

Thanks Jake,

That helped, I just made a new file to see if it worked for me.
Every new release does seem to bring with it its own anguish.

Thanks again.