simonm Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 (edited) for those who have been waiting - its now available in the subscription centre... installing now and looking forward to taking it for a spin.... MCG looks promising.... hoping the the plugins (ie forest/railclone/vray) etc play nice with it Anyone else having a play? Edited April 16, 2015 by simonm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notamondayfan Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 How did you get on with the install and plugins (mainly vray and forest)? Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonm Posted April 20, 2015 Author Share Posted April 20, 2015 yep works flawlessly.... although i havent completely migrated from 2015 as yet. Will do so in between jobs. it does have a few nice feature though. How did you get on with the install and plugins (mainly vray and forest)? Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notamondayfan Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Good to know the plugins work! I'll be upgrading when my new PC arrives. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
braddewald Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 How is it going? Have you noticed any hiccups? I'm astounded that there is already support for 3rd party plugins - it usually takes about 3 months. Any noticeable performance improvements? Huge changes? Improvements or steps backward? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josef Wienerroither Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 How is it going? Have you noticed any hiccups? I'm astounded that there is already support for 3rd party plugins - it usually takes about 3 months. Any noticeable performance improvements? Huge changes? Improvements or steps backward? I would warn everyone from jumping immediately onto Max 2016 this early. At least wait for the first servicepack. Some serious performance problem already was found with closed groups containing many objects ( in the thousands) which might apply to your archviz projects. Just read more here http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/3ds-max-3ds-max-design-general/max-2016-groups-cause-viewport-slowdown/m-p/5608415/highlight/true#M104323 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonm Posted April 26, 2015 Author Share Posted April 26, 2015 (edited) For me - it has been a good update but I havent had a chance to explore some of the changes. My typical workflow includes the use of the following PLUGINS: Forest Pro (during install just change the 3DS default directory to 2016) Railcone (during install just change the 3DS default directory to 2016) Vray Material Presets Pro (I use this mostly for the material manager which is fantastic) - no native install for current 2016 version but support did instruct me which files to copy over from the 2015 3DS plugins folder to 2016 VIZPARK Walls n Tiles - no native install for current 2016 version but support did instruct me which files to copy over from the 2015 3DS plugins folder to 2016 Grow FX All in all the plugins work perfectly. I have had at least 3 MAX crashes in a week but thats not unusual for MAX - it has always been temporomental. In regards to your comments regarding groups. I consider a group with thousands of objects to be VERY VERY bad practice. In my experience 3DS plays more nicely when items are attached rather than grouped. Im very selective over which items are grouped and attached. In regards to the viewport performance, I does feel much smoother for me. Im using a GTX 780 6GIG EVGA I would warn everyone from jumping immediately onto Max 2016 this early. At least wait for the first servicepack. Some serious performance problem already was found with closed groups containing many objects ( in the thousands) which might apply to your archviz projects. Just read more here http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/3ds-max-3ds-max-design-general/max-2016-groups-cause-viewport-slowdown/m-p/5608415/highlight/true#M104323 Edited April 26, 2015 by simonm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
braddewald Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 I don't even see a Vray 3.x build for Max 2016 available on Chaos Group's website - am I missing something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonm Posted April 26, 2015 Author Share Posted April 26, 2015 There isnt, but when you install it - just re-direct the installation path to 3DS 2016 folder and it will install fine. I don't even see a Vray 3.x build for Max 2016 available on Chaos Group's website - am I missing something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elipan Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 I don't even see a Vray 3.x build for Max 2016 available on Chaos Group's website - am I missing something? You can request a Nightly access. V-Ray 3.2x supports 3Ds Max 2016. I did not migrate yet. I am still under Max 2014. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Law Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 (edited) I was all excited to get my 2016 suit. This is a Autocad, 3dsmaxdesign,Mudbox,Sketchbook designer suit when I bought it in 2013. It was a nice suit then. Last year they dropped Sketchbook designer. This year they have dropped Mudbox from it and are expecting me to pay the same subscription. This isn't cricket people. Edited May 26, 2015 by Greg Law Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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