The real deal on 9.X

Morn’n Folks,

Took a bit of a break from modeling… Just testing the waters again – anyone care to comment on 9.X… Is it ready for prime time yet ??? Paul’s plug-ins work ??? I can do LOD’s and Animations ??? Improvements to texture mapping ??? Anything else worth mentioning ???

Thanks,
Scott

Hi Scott,

Good to see you back.

I am using version 9.1 now and it works ok, just the occasional crash every now and then.
I realy like the new texture features, specialy the new Auto Unwrap plug-in.
And yes Paul has released a 9.1 version of his plug-ins
I don’t know about the lods the way you were using them, but animations work ok.

The new icon in the viewports to quickly change view modes is definatly worth mentioning.

So, all in all, I like it.

Regards

Gerrit

yes I am using 9.1 and it seems ok, has its moments when it decides to do its own thing.
The auto unwrap is nice when it works, but most the time I get a couple messages, one about unable to open so using defaults, then one it just can not open it. Theres no set pattern, at first I was thinking it was the model had to many parts, Or the part had been joined. Recently however I started a factory, to practice my texturing, lo and behold the auto unwrap would not work in it, yet its only one part, no others present.

is only Faces: 55 (118 triangles) Points: 65, so its not massive by any stretch.

Still there is some very nice features in 9.1, and if the export wizard could be sorted, plus a few other thngs, we are on the road to a top notch modelling program.

Biggest negative I feel at the moment is the documenation, or lack off…

Hi Gerrit & Peter,

Thanks for taking the time to respond… Yeah – trying to get up the motivation to dive back in… I was hoping for some real substantial progress… One last thought – do we have full screen texture mapping windows yet ??? Is Richard actively working the product now ???

Regards,
Scott

Hi Scott,

[quote:2kezzmqd]Is Richard actively working the product now ???[/quote:2kezzmqd]
The last month is a bit quiet, but before that, a lot of work has been done I guess.

The unwrap, UV map and UV re-map are sizeable now, the texture cropping is still the same size.

Why don’t you try the free version of 9.1, you can install it alongside version 8 and 7, and see for your self.

Regards

Gerrit

Thanks Gerrit – will do…
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Regards,
Scott