Peggy_Walters opened this issue on Apr 11, 2008 · 36 posts
Peggy_Walters posted Fri, 11 April 2008 at 10:24 PM
Update to Version 6.60 - Build 292700. Don't see a lot of changes listed, but I have installed and Vue is running good.
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ShawnDriscoll posted Sat, 12 April 2008 at 2:49 AM
I'm guessing Vue 7 Infinite is close to its release soon.
FrankT posted Sat, 12 April 2008 at 12:39 PM
Thanks Peggy - just downloading it now
silverblade33 posted Sat, 12 April 2008 at 3:26 PM
Quote - I'm guessing Vue 7 Infinite is close to its release soon.
*I wish I wish upon a star!
Particles and faster rendering, from afar!
Dispalcements that doesn't force models to come ajar!
Sub-surface scattering that doesn't make me hit head, with iron bar!
Polygon rendering, like radar!
I wish, I wish upon a star...
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ShawnDriscoll posted Sat, 12 April 2008 at 4:50 PM
I hope for normal mapping. Beta testers here probably can't say what it will have.
offrench posted Sun, 13 April 2008 at 9:16 AM
Is there (or was there) an "official" wish list for Vue 7?
Also: are there rumors or enough information from e-on to make you think that V7 is close?
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scorpion5 posted Sun, 13 April 2008 at 1:38 PM
I want normal map and faster render.
now render is too slow ,I need a high quality and fast render.
FrankT posted Sun, 13 April 2008 at 2:19 PM
High quality/Fast - pick one :)
silverblade33 posted Sun, 13 April 2008 at 4:53 PM
Scorpion5,
well, I've got Maxwell, long as scene is simple it's pretty fast, but when it's complex...
This was done before the model was UVMapped, properly textured etc, and just a model render, not a proper scene , done in Maxwell (form Rhino).
So gives you an idea what's possible. But Maxwell is an expensive renderer, that's all it is, render engine, not a scene builder (well you can import items into maxwell Studio, but it's not like Vue etc)
it's an "unbiased" render engine.
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scorpion5 posted Sun, 13 April 2008 at 5:43 PM
I just want a common render speed ,just like vray in 3dmax.
then we can use vue to do some commercial work in deadline.
this is rendered by vue ,final size is 1600*1000pixels ,rendertime 13 hours .
my pc: p4 2.8 g, 1G ram.
in 3dmax I can get high quality over this just in 2 hours.
I want to use vue to render some animations ,but speed is very slow. my client will not wait me so long time
scorpion5 posted Sun, 13 April 2008 at 5:52 PM
and I have seen many talking about flickering animation.
I also have this question. I wish it can be solved in furture.
and I don't know why my animations are so blurry, but my still images are very sharp and clean.
silverblade33 posted Sun, 13 April 2008 at 7:19 PM
That's a great render! :)
well, as said before, I found upgrading my PC to quad core, vista 64 ultimate 8 gig ram = x10 render speed increase over my P4 3GHz....
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MyCat posted Sun, 13 April 2008 at 8:29 PM
I tried the update but went back to the non-beta version. With this new beta, the interface would hang for fifteen seconds or so after each thing I did when I had a large scene loaded.
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Vue never went above 1.4GB RAM usage, Windows task manager showed about 4GB free so memory wasn't the bottleneck. Windows XP Pro 64bit, Intel Q6600, 8GB RAM total.
The official version of Vue runs smooth as butter.
silverblade33 posted Sun, 13 April 2008 at 11:27 PM
yeah i've had, say the material screen, show black for a few seconds on first triggering it
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Osper posted Mon, 14 April 2008 at 12:13 PM
I just want them to release a new version after not before I've finally figured everything out .
ShawnDriscoll posted Mon, 14 April 2008 at 6:34 PM
Rendering is faster if you use Xstream I think. If your renderer is faster than Vue 6's.
FrankT posted Tue, 15 April 2008 at 6:34 AM
I think I'm going to have to revert - the Viewport performance is a bit iffy when I load something like the Med streets. I have 512Mb VRAM so that shouldn't be the problem
FrankT posted Tue, 15 April 2008 at 1:15 PM
Update - reverting has cured the viewport slowdowns so I'm going to log it as a bug with E-On
stormchaser posted Tue, 15 April 2008 at 1:21 PM
Vue has a bug? Nah, I don't believe it!
FrankT posted Tue, 15 April 2008 at 1:21 PM
not a bug, it's an unexpected feature :)
stormchaser posted Tue, 15 April 2008 at 1:24 PM
Quote - it's an unexpected feature :)
That's a great term Frank. But you really shouldn't have posted that, software developers will use that as a get out clause for many software faults!
Xpleet posted Tue, 15 April 2008 at 5:39 PM
arrrrww i'm gonna kick my windows and strip it over again. nothing works lol.
Is it true that Vue renders respectively slow compared to those other engines? I always thought it was extraordinarily fast in some cases.
FrankT posted Tue, 15 April 2008 at 5:47 PM
it's faster than Maxwell (then again so is a glacier) but probably slower than VRay. Bear in mind though that VRay costs as much as Vue Infinite and Maxwell is about twice the price
ShawnDriscoll posted Tue, 15 April 2008 at 6:23 PM
Quote - it's faster than Maxwell
But Maxwell is rendering a lot better.
silverblade33 posted Tue, 15 April 2008 at 6:52 PM
Maxwell is FAR too slow for folk who don't have 64 bit quad cores.
It's a hell of a lot faster on my new rig than on my old P4, for simple model renders outputs, nice 800x600 in 10 to 20 minutes (as shown above).
But....complex scenes can sure add up the render time to heck....
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ShawnDriscoll posted Tue, 15 April 2008 at 6:59 PM
10 to 20 minutes is fine for me. Carrara would take hours to do that same render on my P4.
silverblade33 posted Wed, 16 April 2008 at 4:39 AM
yeah butr 10-20 mins is on my quad core 64 bit, used ot take 2+ hours on P4 :p
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ShawnDriscoll posted Wed, 16 April 2008 at 6:31 PM
Your render would take 8 hours (easy) to render on my P4 using Carrara with best settings and GI Interpolation turned off. modo would render it in under 10 minutes.
silverblade33 posted Wed, 16 April 2008 at 6:47 PM
And, how much does Modo cost vs Carrara? :p
I got Maxwell in the Alpha for a LOT less than current price, no way I'd pay full price for it, as a hobbyist :/
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ShawnDriscoll posted Thu, 17 April 2008 at 12:10 AM
Carrara Pro 5.1 is free now. modo is $900 I think. Sometimes cheaper through competitive sidegrading.
Byrdie posted Mon, 21 April 2008 at 1:33 PM
Where is C5 Pro free? I know it was on a magazine disc some months ago but the stores around here didn't carry it so it I missed out. Anywhere else to get it?
Peggy_Walters posted Mon, 21 April 2008 at 2:41 PM
3DWorld magazine issue 100. You can find back issues for sale from http://www.3dworldmag.com/ or sometimes on e-bay. Because this issue had Carrara, it may be a bit harder to find.
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ShawnDriscoll posted Mon, 21 April 2008 at 2:41 PM
Order back issues from 3D World mag's site. The issue was #100. Carrara Pro 5.1 comes on a DVD.
Byrdie posted Mon, 21 April 2008 at 2:53 PM
Thanks, will look into it.
AboranTouristCouncil posted Mon, 21 April 2008 at 3:02 PM
Quote - Carrara Pro 5.1 is free now. modo is $900 I think. Sometimes cheaper through competitive sidegrading.
Wait, what? Carrara Pro 5.1 is free? Where?
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Peggy_Walters posted Mon, 21 April 2008 at 5:01 PM
Yes - issue 100 of 3DWorld had a free copy of Carrara 5 Pro.
Well, it looks like it is sold out at 3DWorld, so your best bet is E-bay.
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