aping Posted April 19, 2004 Share Posted April 19, 2004 Hi, I need to know from your experiences with Viz4, is this software stable? because currently I use viz 3 and I found quite a lot of annoying experience, such as corrupted file, auto shutdown, unrecovereable object etc. and what are the plugins included, and are there a lot of free plugin we can use and download outside? thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaguar lover Posted April 19, 2004 Share Posted April 19, 2004 I have had a lot of crashes when changing IES-files.. (instead of bringing another fixture into the scene I just change IES-files If this is due to software or corrupt ies-files I dont know.. When I need a plugin I usually find a free one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graphix Posted April 19, 2004 Share Posted April 19, 2004 Been using Viz 4 for over a year and a half now and other then the ocassional lock up, it is very stable. As for plug-ins if it isn't built in there are a lot of free ones on the net to do just about anything. graphix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightning Posted April 20, 2004 Share Posted April 20, 2004 No, Viz4 is not very stable, only slightly more than Viz3 I must say. As part of my work with it I accustomed a habit of making a backup copy every time I save my work. This was due to the habit of Viz3 to crash while saving and erasing the file in the process. Things are getting really unstable when using radiosity. Even with models that are no very complicated. Don't get me wrong, it is a great tool for architectural visualization, especially for AutoCAD oriented offices, but that sometimes come with anguish and pain. I'm recently looking into Max6 which was promised to be stable, although I had some crashes with it also. Since I believe Viz2005, that was announced today, is based on Max6 I hope that stability was in mind when creating this product. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STRAT Posted April 20, 2004 Share Posted April 20, 2004 funny, i've rarely have viz 4 crash, and i cant even remember the last time viz 3 crashed. i guess ur pc configuration counts allot too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Denby Posted April 20, 2004 Share Posted April 20, 2004 Viz 4 (with patch) for me is very stable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aping Posted April 22, 2004 Author Share Posted April 22, 2004 dunno whether the problem is with the hardware but i remember when i used a spare computer, it happen also, although not that often with mine (maybe compare to the period of time, I used spare computer only for 3 weeks) the peak happen when my HD is crash, it's a scasi HD. First time it was recoverable, the second time it completely dead, I have to buy another hard disk. So far, the error not really major, it's like sometime the file auto shutdown or hang, usually once happen, it will repeat few times a day.... I recall my computer is still Pentium 3 dual processor, got 1 G Ram, graphic card elsa gladiac if i'm not wrong, and i think it's 32/64 HD capacity, last time only 17, now 73 G.. anyone know whether this configuration affect the 3d studio viz perfomance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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