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Forest Pack 5.1.0

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We are pleased to announce the release of Forest Pack 5.1.0 Lite and Pro, introducing support for 3DS Max 2017 and V-Ray 3.4 plus many other fixes as described in the release notes shown below.

Forest Pack 5.1.0Forest Pack 5.1.0

This release adds support for 3DS Max 2017 and V-Ray 3.4 and includes the following bug fixes.

New Features​

  • Added support for Max 2017.
  • Added option to customize Font Size for the Lister (see Options).
  • All configuration keys defined at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE can be read alternatively from same branch at HKEY_CURRENT_USER. This feature lets you to create custom installations using non-administrative accounts.

Improvements​

  • Actions of the Toolbar are available at "Customize User Interface" (within "Forest Pack" category).
  • Forest Lister is sorted by object's name

Fixes​

  • Fixed invisible objects in V-ray when using VRayPhysicalCamera with motion blur or PhysicalCamera.

  • Fixed: Effects->Distance to area attributes don't return correct values at least that Area->Fallof is enabled.

  • Fixed bug with Animation modes in Mental Ray.

  • Fixed rare crash bug when using Animation modes and Display limits.

  • Fixed crash when rendering without license.

  • Fixed: Effects->dotprod function was decleared as vector instead real.

  • Fixed: Toolbar placed out of screen and not visible (see [Note 1]).

  • Fixed: Toolbar is not available after a Workspace change.

  • Fixed: Effects->random generator doesn't return consistent values in Custom Edit mode.

  • Fixed rare bug that would cause animated objects are not updated correctly.

  • Fixed: in some cases Forest Exclude Areas has no effect after the first animation frame.

  • Fixed: Forest doesn't update with changes of rotation or scale on Custom Objects, until scene is reloaded.

  • Fixed bug with XRef scenes binded to a rotated object.

  • Fixed updating issue with Effects using "max.time" property.

    note

    if toolbar is not visible even after this update, try removing the following file and restarting Max:

    C:\Users\[your user name]\AppData\Local\Autodesk\3dsmax\[your max version]\ENU\en-US\plugcfg\forestpack_toolbar.ini