[fuso]

Hi guys,

First of all, great news!! It all looks great and promising. But still I don't
want to get too overexited... we've been there in past - and nothing
happened, we were left behind and disappointed. I'll only believe it when I
see it. Please test it to pieces before releasing! I really don't mind waiting.

Anyway, questions noone has obviously given any thoughts yet.
But I believe it's rather essential at least to me.

1. Will clipmaps work properly again?
2. Will the good old alpha mask be back?
3. Will there be a summer beach party user meeting in Spain?

Looking forward to that release, great effort.

Cheers,

J

[arch4d]

THIS is totally cool, guys!

I knew maxwell 1.0 would really rock...

cheers !

[jdp]

thx guys for the hard work and the infos.

these are great news but for the caustiscs issue since wheightmapped shadows are getting improved (as tom said here).

my preferences goes to the interactive light feature, MXED and the material wizard translator.

here my questions:

1. Is the wizard already implemented in studio? I guess so, but it is better to ask.

2. can we linuxers have at least an RC5 release maybe with a working SDK? I just want to know if I can finally switch to linux at all...

3. Will there be a summer beach party user meeting in Spain?

this is a great idea, I support this...

[tom]

1. Will clipmaps work properly again?

See my post at the top of this page.

2. Will the good old alpha mask be back?

It's already here, but the name is "transmittance map"

3. Will there be a summer beach party user meeting in Spain?

Maybe..... I don't want to be killed by customers
(NEWYORK TIMES: Fran killed tom on the beach, awesome! )

[Frances]

Thanks for the info, Mike. Nice piccies.

[tom]

1. Is the wizard already implemented in studio? I guess so, but it is better to ask.

Yes

2. can we linuxers have at least an RC5 release maybe with a working SDK? I just want to know if I can finally switch to linux at all...

Will be on the way...

[Fernando Tella]

2. Will the good old alpha mask be back?

It's already here, but the name is "transmittance map"

I think he refers to render the alpha channel.

[Maximus3D]

That beachparty sounds great! count me in aswell

And thanks to Tom, Mike and all of the coders at NL who been working until they turn blue like Smurfs to do all that's shown in the announcement while they been getting slashed by the users on the forum.

Keep up the good work!

/ Max

[tom]

I think he refers to render the alpha channel.

Yes, it will be back.

[boilerhead]

3. Will there be a summer beach party user meeting in Spain?


great idea ! !



but when we will get this superb release ?

[DrMerman]

Its so nice to wake up to good news! Seriously cool guys, really...

(Yes I overslept...)

[boilerhead]

(Yes I overslept...)

Shame on you !

[ludenhud]

Give us an estimate date for the release and I'll do the math out of that for you ;P Great announcement, waiting for another one next week.

Cheers

[lllab]

absolutely coooool stuff!

i knew you work on good stuff, but it is better than expected.

one BIG Q: -HD option? does it work again for big images?

cheers
stefan

[big K]

WOW ! LOVE IT ! COOL ! :
this was an announcement that was worth being announced in another announcement !

no, really great news !

(just a hint: if you maybe release the news of one feature each week and not wait 5 weeks for 5 features (haven´t counted) - people might stay more calm than they did before )

cheers
michael