MAX Plugins.de News Archive

Archived Plugin News  –  July 2000
 

New Plugin: Miscellaneous

Converts Max files into the Xplode X3D format. Converted files can then be used in the Xplode 3D Object transitions. Objects compiled with this program are not compatible with versions of Xplode prior to Version 2.0 (see News entry below).


New Plugin: Miscellaneous

Converts Max files into the Xplode X3D format. Converted files can then be used in the Xplode 3D Object transitions. Needed for versions of Xplode prior to Version 2.0.


New Plugin: Utilities

A utility that allows full control of visibility of all objects in your scene, whether hidden, grouped or otherwise. Also allows simple renaming of objects.


Plugin Update: Miscellaneous

Changes for v0.4.0: Added option to recompute normals, fixed sphere recognition bug, improved speed.


Plugin Update: Materials

Changes for v2.11 from v2.05 include: UI cleanup, bug-fix in paint that caused bright green areas regardless of whether inking was on or not, changed the clamping on the number of paint levels from 10 to 255, added ink width clamp checkbox, and much more.


Plugin Update: Renderers

Changes for v5.03 include: Objects that have had been mirrored using the mirror tool will now reflect/refract correctly. There have been some minor improvements to the message/progress windows as well.


Plugin Update: Import / Export

Changes for v1.2.7 include: Level of Detail functionality improved, better poly-rendering, motion-blur per object settings cleaned up. For more information go to the Animal Logic website.


Plugin Update: Materials

An update to the standard Matte/Shadow material that supports double-sided rendering and displacement mapping.


Plugin Update: Modifiers

A modifier that 'pushes' an object out until it starts to fill its bounding box, similar to Spherify, but with a cube.


Plugin Update: Modifiers

New stuff includes: Parameters are now split into several roll-ups, support for soft selections, vertex groups with individual properties.


Site News: MAX Plugins.de goes online.

At the moment there are 382 freeware plugins in the database. If anyone knows of any I have missed out, or wants to let me know when new plugins come out, just mail me at the address above.


Site News: Database

HTML code is just about wrapped up, and should be ready to go online tomorrow. I just need to check the links and the CGI-stuff. Once that's sorted, it's all go.


Site News: Database

The database is now up-to-date, and is nearly ready to go online.