[michaelplogue]

I know this has been mentioned before, but I'd like to reiterate:

It would be really, really, really nice if the next release were a separate installation, so we would have the capability to be able to switch between Beta, RC5, and the imminent (hopefully) RC6 versions. I personally gave up on RC5 and switched back to Beta because of workflow issues. However, there have been times when I wanted to try something out with RC5 but really didn't want to go through the hassle of unistalls, reinstalls, changing paths, etc.

I think I'm not the only one that would really like to see this capability.

[Thomas An.]

Mike,

You can do this now.

Install beta and then go to Program Files and rename the Maxwell folder into "Maxwell - beta " (or something).

Then install RC5 . (Now you will have a new "Maxwell" folder)

Now, if you want to use beta again, rename the current Maxwell folder into "Maxwell - RC5" and change the "Maxwell - beta" into Maxwell.

You can be switching back and forth like this by simply renaming the folders. It is not pretty, but it works.

[michaelplogue]

This is true. But there is also the matter of having to recopy the plugin as well (I'm using 3ds Max). I was thinking more along the lines of simply being able to select whichever version from the drop-down list of available renderers.

I'm lazy... I like things to be as simple as possible.