smeggy Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 I was just wondering what people were using and which of the numerous releases was considered best, I lost track over time of what release did what. Of course, being really clever I deleted all previous versons as we went (that's how confident I was LOL ). Might as well try to get some rendering done while waiting for for NL to pull that rabbit out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herve2 Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 hey Smeggy, I am using the beta 122a.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lambros Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 beta is the only version that can really deliver. All RC versions are experimental and are not intented for professional work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yog Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 I'm using the latest Beta version for testing purposes, although it's not much different from the Alpha. The Beta has a limited form of SSS, which I don't use, and is still slightly faster than the Alpha version. A lot of the initial big speed increases the Beta had over the Alpha were seriously diminished once NL took off the image blurring feature they added to the Beta and which so many people complained about. The only serious issue I have with the Beta (apart from bump and clip maps), is the long standing problem with glass (dialectic) materials. I had a car model that I wanted to render, most of the materials were reasonably noise free within a few hours, the windscreen and side windows were still noticably noisy 20 hours later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giovanni Scocchera Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 Me too again on beta :( But better than RC... what does it mean "RC"??!? Ciao, Jo Edit: I wrote "Not better...", but I wanted to write "But better..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polop Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 sth. like "Release Candidate" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giovanni Scocchera Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 sth. like "Release Candidate" Probably at NL don't know what it means "Release Candidate" Ciao, Jo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamT Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 I'm not using any of them atm. Beta's too slow, RCs are too buggy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devin Johnston Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 I'm using the Beta but only to play with, it's impossable to get any interior images out of it at any good resolution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernest Burden III Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 I'm using the Beta but only to play with, it's impossable to get any interior images out of it at any good resolution. I haven't used the beta, and never Dled the RCs. My reason is just time--I've had so much work to do I haven't had the learning time I wanted to spend with the beta. Hey, some great new avatars! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yog Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 Although I have reinstalled the Beta, I'm not really using it. There seems little point, no point practicing materal creation, we know that's going to change dramatically, and the RC whilst it was running showed the emitter values will also change dramatically (10,000W bulbs ?). I think I'm in the same position as several other people. Until Next Limit give us some indication which direction their new rendering technology is going (from the multiple ones they apparently were developing silmultaniously ?), we don't know which areas to reaserch and practice, or what areas will be dopped altogether in the "final" release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opus13 Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 a while back i remember reading on the maxwell forums of complaints that someone had given out their license to the general public and people were using maxwell for free. if the RC's dont actually work... does that mean that the old, illegitimate copy is actually now the most current? just seems like a weird concept in software development --when the old version is your most usable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Jeff Mottle Posted December 20, 2005 Administrators Share Posted December 20, 2005 Me too again on beta :( Not better than RC... what does it mean "RC"??!? Ciao, Jo Hi, Can you please update your user profile with your real first and last name. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Jeff Mottle Posted December 20, 2005 Administrators Share Posted December 20, 2005 sth. like "Release Candidate" Can you please update your user profile with your real first and last name. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamT Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 a while back i remember reading on the maxwell forums of complaints that someone had given out their license to the general public and people were using maxwell for free. if the RC's dont actually work... does that mean that the old, illegitimate copy is actually now the most current? just seems like a weird concept in software development --when the old version is your most usable I'm not sure about the warez issue, but I do think there are a bunch of illegal copies about. The six-month-old beta is indeed the best that NL has to offer at the moment. I can't imagine what they were thinking when they released those RCs. It was confirmed by beta testers that they only tested separate chunks of the RC system--never the integrated program. NL's customers were the first to have that pleasure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devin Johnston Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 They knew they had to get something out to us or there was going to be mutiny, they just threw what ever they had together to hold us off for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giovanni Scocchera Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 CUT... Hey, some great new avatars! Obviously you're not talking about mine; probably you can't remind me on NL forum, because I couldn't upload my avatar there Ciao, Jo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smeggy Posted December 20, 2005 Author Share Posted December 20, 2005 Bleh, my first Alpha was version 1.1.09 so I guess the current beta on the NL site should be ok until we get a real RC candidate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giovanni Scocchera Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 Hi, Can you please update your user profile with your real first and last name. Thanks. Did you do it for me? Thanks! I was only trying to show my nick as it was at NL forum. But it isn't a problem, ok? Ciao, Jo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Jeff Mottle Posted December 21, 2005 Administrators Share Posted December 21, 2005 Did you do it for me? Thanks! I was only trying to show my nick as it was at NL forum. But it isn't a problem, ok? Ciao, Jo Yeah I did, Just put your NL name in your Signature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giovanni Scocchera Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 The first one is RC4 (with a lot of time lost to fix, wrongly emulating sun...) [ATTACH]10480[/ATTACH] The second one is Beta, started in one minute! [ATTACH]10479[/ATTACH] For sure the lack of sky and sun is very serious! Ciao, Jo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leoA4D Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 Have you been able to get any good results from the RCs? The Beta is building a bit of a track record with some users like you. Nice rendering. I am busy atm but plan to play a bit with the beta again. It's s-l-o-w, limited and probably nothing like it will/will not be, but seeing pieces like yours gets under my skin and I must give it a whirl. BTW, nice project, too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernest Burden III Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 Obviously you're not talking about mine Actually, I was, among others. I don't know what it is, but its all bubbly, the colors work nicely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onslaught Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 B2B for me too....Back2Beta... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giovanni Scocchera Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 Actually, I was, among others. I don't know what it is, but its all bubbly, the colors work nicely. Look at this! [ATTACH]10489[/ATTACH] A shop's ceiling... Ciao, Jo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now