leoA4D Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 What is with the NL home page? The main window is blank and there is no explanatory message. The Preorder button took me to a "Sorry, that page cannot be found." page. Edit: the main window is back but the Product, Preorder and Gallery button switch to http://www.maxwell.com/whats.htm. Preorder and Gallery are accessible via the two buttons at the bottom of the window. Are they modifying the site? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Jeff Mottle Posted December 20, 2005 Administrators Share Posted December 20, 2005 http://www.maxwellrender.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJLynn Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 Is that very good kitchen render accompanied by a Maxwell RC Features button actually an RC render? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rivoli Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 nope, it's beta one. here's the original thread: http://www.maxwellrender.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8570&highlight= Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJLynn Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 Damn that's a good render. Too bad there aren't any actual RC renders that are good enough for advertising. This makes it look like the RC actually works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leoA4D Posted December 20, 2005 Author Share Posted December 20, 2005 Everything is back in order including the special offer. Sorry for the false alarm; perhaps they were doing some housekeeping. From the forum, I assumed that cleaning happened only in the wee hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leoA4D Posted December 20, 2005 Author Share Posted December 20, 2005 nope, it's beta one. here's the original thread: http://www.maxwellrender.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8570&highlight= Isn't there a problem with glass and the beta v.? The glass in the rendering, very nice!, seems a bit too foggy and doesn't quite match the rest of the image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamT Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 What's really misleading is that NL is still advertising the RC, when they've stated on their forum that it's too buggy and everyone should go back to using the beta. There are some issues with glass in the beta--especially combining dielectrics with sunlight. It also takes a very long time to clear up, both in terms of transparency and noise. It gets much worse if you use a realistic IOR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devin Johnston Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 Yes the problems with dielectrics and sunlight in the beta are a thorn in many people’s sides, it's the primary reason they began development of the new RC engine which turned out to be a waste of time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernest Burden III Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 Yes the problems with dielectrics and sunlight in the beta are a thorn in many people’s sides, it's the primary reason they began development of the new RC engine which turned out to be a waste of time. That's what made it hard for me to want to work with the beta, despite the otherwise beautiful results. Glass + sunlight = archvis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wondertonio Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 That's what made it hard for me to want to work with the beta, despite the otherwise beautiful results. Glass + sunlight = archvis. Waiting for a fully working release, you can render without glass (much faster) and then render reflexion & specular passes with Mental ray or whatever, keeping same camera parameters and then composite in Photoshop... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernest Burden III Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 Waiting for a fully working release, you can render without glass (much faster) and then render reflexion & specular passes with Mental ray or whatever, keeping same camera parameters and then composite in Photoshop... Thanks. I've though about trying that, it's just been deadlines back to back, so little room for an experiment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Griger Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 Waiting for a fully working release, you can render without glass (much faster) and then render reflexion & specular passes with Mental ray or whatever, keeping same camera parameters and then composite in Photoshop... That is something I wanted to play with as well, maybe after X-mass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Griger Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 BTW, NL has finally removed the "Last Chance" terminology from their front page. Now the main page just gives the usual offer of saving 51% on M~R, which at this point is basically nothing. And basic Math tells me that: .51*0=0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wondertonio Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 That's one of the points that annoyes me the most : they manage to remove specific terms like "last chance" but keep on saying that RC is out. Technically yes, a so called RC is out... but it doesn't work... if that's not bad faith from NL... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devin Johnston Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 I don't know what there doing, but I just got an e-mail from Maya replying to an e-mail I sent her 2.5 weeks ago, this is what she said. "First of all, please accept my apologies for this delayed answer but we have a large amount of work at the moment. I understand your concern about the current situation. I am sure you received the email with the announcement our CEO, Victor Gonzalez, did some days ago. I hope that most of the questions you had, were answered. We are releasing the RC5 soon, this version will solve most of the problems the current RC has. I am sure you will enjoy this version as much as the beta version. " By the way, none of the 6 questions I asked were answered by either Victor or Maya. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lebbeus Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 I fell for the "last chance" trick back in October when v1.0 was supposedly coming out. . .Beta's not bad, really, though it would be nice if the Rhino and Maya plugins worked as well as the Max plugin. I'm still optomistic about v1.0, whenever it comes out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtamagini Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 i was roped in with get it for 495 once we go to beta the price will start going up, and it hasnt, so i started with alpha 1.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernest Burden III Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 i was roped in with get it for 495 once we go to beta the price will start going up, and it hasnt, so i started with alpha 1.2 Was a Maxwell licence ever $395? I keep saying I've got $800 invested in MWR, but I just saw my bill for the second licence and I paid $495. So I'm either $900 or $1000 invested. Not that it makes much difference regardless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devin Johnston Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 I think I purchased my licenses when the price was $395, was it ever lower than that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackb602 Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 Was a Maxwell licence ever $395? Yep, I paid $395 for a license last January. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernest Burden III Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 Yep, I paid $395 for a license last January. Thanks. Then I must have bought one at 395 and the second at 495. Glad we got that cleared up, the world can move forward again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamT Posted December 22, 2005 Share Posted December 22, 2005 I paid $395 too, which I'd actually forgotten. I feel a little better now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtamagini Posted December 22, 2005 Share Posted December 22, 2005 now that i think of it i was 395 not 495, well it wont make me sleep muck better tonight but the open bottle of single malt sure will :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sawyer Posted December 22, 2005 Share Posted December 22, 2005 I was given an offer for 1/2 beta price. Guess I should have done it. (actually i kept being tempted till rc1). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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