05.05.2008 - R9 R2008 R2009

New Plugin: Materials

Gradient Edge v1.0 from Vladislav Gavrilov.

GradientEdge is similar to the commercial plugin FEdge, but it uses 2 colorpickers and lets you use an edge selection based on various settings. At the moment it is a bit slow in the MaterialEditor.

05.05.2008 - R8 R9 R2008 R2009

Plugin Update: Modifiers

Uniform Spline v1.2.0 from Vladislav Gavrilov.

Changes for v1.2.0 are:
- Fixes a minor bug with the 64-vit version of the plugin

05.05.2008 - R8 R9 R2008

Plugin Update: Import / Export

OgreMax v1.6.13 from Derek Nedelman.

Changes for v1.6.13 are:
- Fixes a bug with some objects not being exported into .model files as they should have been

05.05.2008 - R2009

Misc Update: Max 2009 Hotfix available

Autodesk have released a hotfix for the 32-bit version of Max 2009. It fixes the problems some people were having with the ProMaterials and Athlon processors. All the details and the download can be found here.

05.05.2008 - R9 R2008

Plugin Update: Modifiers

Turbo Unwrap UVW v0.1 Beta from Steve Johnson.

Changes for v0.1 Beta are:
- Adds support for Max 9 and 2008 (32-bit only)

03.05.2008 - Commercial

Plugin Update: Import / Export

MAX2AE v3.0 from Boomer Labs.

Changes for v3.0 are:
- Ability to export particles as layers, nulls or lights
- SpaceWarp support
- Automatic scene scaling
- Support for 23.976 fps HD drop frame format
- Layer selection possible using orientation arrow
- Actual frame rate shown in dialogs
- Improved Windows system detection for AE scripts
- Improved filepath truncation
- Adds support for Max 2009 (32-bit and 64-bit)
- Improved memory management
- Various UI and documentation improvements

MAX2AE is available for Max 6 to 2009 and costs $250. A demo version is available here.