Materials Manager Update History

Materials Manager v.1.68.72

• Adds support to 3ds Max 2019
• Adds capability to render in batch mode using Maxwell Renderer
• Now materials and textureMaps which drag into Slate Material Editor places under mouse *
• Uses Real World and mapChannel settings from materials when rendering preview for materials. **
• More accuracy find compatible renderer by material
• Simplifying Deployment. New capability for installation plugin and creation the identification files in silent mode.
• Fixes an issues with drag&drop textureMaps to the render dialog
• Fixes an issue with using Vray Frame Buffer for rendering thumbnails in Vray Next.
• Fixes a minor issue with dragging some directories in treeView.
• Fixes an issue with flickering toolTips in Windows 7
• Fixes a bug with freezing the Command panel after rendering previews
• Fixes an issue with renaming a directory/material library with same name to different case.
• Fixes some minor issues with backup database
• Fixes a potential issue with generating bug-reports.
• Fixes some potential issues with compatibility with other 3ds Max plugins.
• Fixes other some minor interface issues

Materials Manager v.1.67.03

• New default render-presets. Adds default presets to Final Render, Octane, Redshift, Fstorm and Arnold renderers
• Adds support to Final Render trueHybrid
• Adds an ability to rendering previews using Vray Frame Buffer ( available for Vray 3.20.02 and above )
• Fixes an issue with creating new material of desired class in multi/sub-object material when drag map
• Fixes a bug in FStorm Render when 3Ds Max crashed on trying to access Bitmap FStorm properties
• Fixes an issue with very slow relinking of materials in Corona 1.7
• Fixes an issue with display some image files in the listview when running different Kstudio’s plugins at same time
• Fixes an issue with opening user scripts for edit from “Manage Custom Menus” dialog
• Fixes an issue with using a full and demo version of different Kstudio’s plugins at same time
• Fixes a compatibility with plugins which use a old version of NLog library
• Fixes a bug when in some situations window not drawn properly
• Fixes the issue with slow loading the material libraries in some situations
• Fixes the issue with display the preview for materials from large thumbnails in some situations
• Fixes the bug with copy materials beetween material libraries
• Fixes the bug for 3Ds Max 2018 with crashing the 3Ds Max when user try delete some materials
• Fixes the bug with dragging materials when some modifiers present in scene
• Fixes the issue with rendering preview when using the custom studio with VRayPhysical camera
• Fixes the issue with opening VrMat files with #Found status
• Fixes the issue with found compatible renderer for some materials
• Fixes the issue with saving Material Library after changing the path to VrMat file
• Fixes some minor issues with rendering previews
• Supports only to x64-bit system

Materials Manager v.1.65.34

• Fixes an issue with saving materials with maps.
• Fixes the bug with “Render Thumbnails Preferences” dialog.
• Fixes an issue with network paths in Folder Browser dialog.
• Some optimisations and speed improvements.

Materials Manager v.1.65.18

• Now you can save materials to library by dragging them directly from Material Editor.
• Caching the materials thumbnails.
• Details View for Materials.
• Fixes an issues with managementing some particular assets, used on materials.
• Adds the ability to save sceneMaterials to Material Library using context menu of treeview.
• Adds the ability to adding buttons for custom scripts to toolbar.
• Some interface changes and speed improvements.
• Adds the ability to set custom path for cache folder.
• Fixes the bug with filtering items in Demo mode.
• Fixes the bug with crash of 3Ds max when Corona interactive rendering is active.
• Fixes an issue with very slow loading material libraries on complex scenes when use a Nitrous Direct3D Display Driver.

Materials Manager v.1.60.00

• Redesign the interface.
• Increase the size of thumbnails up to 512px.
• Adds support to different screen dpi settings.
• Adds the ability to working with assets of material library directly from opened library.
• Adds the menu item “Save Material From Material Library”.
• Now the list of sceneMaterials and meditMaterials refreshes automatically after loading a new scene.
• Adds a menu item “Reveal in Windows Explorer” to Material TreeView context menu.
• Adds the ability to select into delete dialog which dependent files will be removed with material.
• Updates the SQLite and MySQL libraries to latest version.
• Fixes an issue with auto detecting the Corona as default renderer for materials.
• Fixes an issue with detecting a compatible renderer for materials.
• Fixes a minor issue with sorting items into listview.
• Fixes a bug when 3ds Max freezes when interactive render materials.
• Fixes a bug when 3ds Max sometime crashes after opening some material libraries.

Materials Manager v.1.04.01

• Fixes a bug with message “Item ParentNode” what occurs on some computers.
• Updates the studio for rendering previews for materials.
• Some minor interface changes.
• Fixed a bug with updating what occurs on some computers.
• Fixed a minor issue with assigning materials to object.
• Fixed a minor issue with sorting items in the listview.
• Adds an ability for select items by typing them names on the keyboard.
• Zoom to a map/material after placing it into the Slate Material (3ds Max 2014 and above).
• Fixed another bug with opening the ‘Folder Browser’ dialog what occurs on some computers.
• Fixed a bug what occurs on some computers with setting the Material/Map Browser to old style.
• Fixed a bug with opening the ‘Folder Browser’ dialog what occurs on some computers.
• Fixed a some minor bugs with updating.

Materials Manager v.1.02.20

• Some updates and improvements for check of updates.
• Fixes a specific problem when dragging a materials to the objects.
• Fixed issue with renaming a Catalogs.
• Fixed some minor issues with material tree.

Materials Manager v.1.02.05

• Adds the ability to display a materials with submaterials and textures.*
• Change a database type from XML to SQL format (you can use a SQLite or MySQL** database).
• Adds the ability for translating a paths in database from local to network and back.
• Fixed some minor potential issues with renaming a Favorities folders.

Materials Manager v.1.00.14

• Some optimization for assigning materials.
• Fixed a bug with using the plugin with ‘Batch Render&Relink’ and ‘Models Manager’.
• Fixed a minor issue with assigning a material to object on subobject level.

• First Release

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