operaguy opened this issue on Aug 18, 2007 · 81 posts
pjz99 posted Mon, 20 August 2007 at 4:16 AM
No, and I don't expect it ever would - however in this context it's not a factor. It's just as true to say a flaw of the Autodesk products is that they don't have a connection to C4D's Advanced Render (not that it's the be-all end-all either). Are there some major features that Mental Ray has over any other big-price render engine? When you get into specific app choices to follow some production house, of course it would make great sense to go with what your employer uses.
Note there are also other powerful render engines that integrate with C4D if you're really serious, like Maxwell or FinalRender, although the features offered by those engines are out of my league (at least right now).