Hey fused...
I just rechecked all bugs I found before, and did a new list, also with new stuff I found:
1) phase_function is implemented wrong, it allways gets exported
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<phase_function>
<uniform />
</phase_function>
this means no phase_functionality (or a zero functionality?!?)
But phase_function could be uniform using a value like:
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<phase_function>
<uniform>0.33</uniform>
</phase_function>
or even a not uniform rgb value like:
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<phase_function>
<rgb>
<rgb>0.2 0.3 0.4</rgb>
</rgb>
</phase_function>
The Henyey Greenstein phase_function can be RGB too... still not fixed
2) if no "indigo settings tag" exists, the camera doesn't get exported.
3) for diffuse_transmitter you use a special exponent setting.... why don't take the existing for textures you already implemented?!
4) for the OBJ export you export a <material_name> Tag inside the <external> Tag.
This one is useless, because the material name is taken from the OBJ material name definition!
5) Instancing on sphere Primitives don't work
6) Specular & glossy_transparent materials need a medium, but it may be deactivated in your exporter, throwing a error in Indigo.
7) Bump Maps get exported to XML even if they where deactivated in the Material settings of C4D's Material Editor.
8 ) It seems a Object Tag on a no-polygon object like hyper Nurbs, null object etc. exports a empty obj file, that crashers indigo.
Also tree hierarchy gets totally ignored
9) I can remember that in version 0.7x an object tag on a Hyper nurb correctly exported the (subdivided) mesh that was attached to the hypernurb.
Now the Object tag don't convert c4d primitives and other objects to polygone mesh like before, but it exports an empty obj file with correct materials set.
10) The rotation Bug is still there,
here a sample Scene.
(file was not natively created in C4D, perhaps this info helps)
11) Instancing of interlocked (verschachtelt) object doesn't work,
the (mesh) child of a mesh parent doesn't get exported...
Also instancing of null_objects containing mesh information doesn't work.
12) Rotation of instanced Objects gets ignored.
13) In
this example Scene the room walls use not the defaultMat
(no material applied in C4D so they have to use defaultMat!),
but another material containing in the scene!
Strange, because the igs & obj files seem to use defaultMat
(maybe a Indigo Bug!)
14) In some situations the obj export just clamp the material name after the first word =>
Example Scenefile.
So my material called "shiny ground texture" gets exported right in the igs,
but in the obj file its only named "shiny" => Indigo throws an error about a undefined material
15) Materials that are exported without the material link in the "indigo material tag",
gets exported to igs with the material name "MATERIAL LINK NOT SET!".
(instead of using deafultMat for the exported meshes, a alert material could be used.... like pink
)
But for blended materials that has no such linkage, the blend material exported uses the name defaultMat, overiding the gray diffuse standard defaultMat!
16) A Material like specular or glossy transparent, that uses medium, exports this medium even if it get changed to diffuse or phong etc.
17) The Tile settings & texture Offset values for UVW mapped Textures don't get exported.
18 ) You sure know, but the normal length normalising, that Indigo does for you, totally sucks for big Meshes!!!!!
80MB normalize for ~26min using only one core
My Hair2mesh2Indigo test are some freakin pain in the ass...
**EDIT** workaround this issue by reopening the exported OBJ Files in C4D and export them as Wavefront OBJ file size gets reduced to ~65% of the original filesize, BUT NORMAL SMOOTHING GETS DISABLED!!!
19) The new "chose indigo folder" request, that prompts after first start choses a the wrong folder (one hierarchy higher), also the cindigo.config is written in the Maxon PlugIn folder not in the Folder of cindigo...
Here are some missing features:
1) Instances should be able to have different material settings from their parent!
2) Exponent Map implementation missing.
3) a, b and c values for every type of textures (see updated manual)
4) Multiple blending of (already blendet) materials **EDIT** works already perfect.... my mistake
5) Support for multiple textures on a single mesh
6) Background can also be disabled, also light options for background mode are missing (blackBody, peak
etc.)
Here some ideas about (layout) optimization of you exporter and stuff:
1) In the indigo "render settings tag", advanced could be a own tab for better overview.
2) Internal_medium could use some clean up too, like the basic material you already did.
hemoglobine & melanin stuff should be available for dermis/epidermis stuff only.
also all the SSS related stuff should be only availible if SSS is activated.
3) internal medium should be availible ONLY for materials that supports it.Default Naming should be materialname_medium.
4) How about using the C4D OBJ export for all meshes that have normal smoothing disabled, so this would workaround the normalisation issue...
5) "Export igs only" would come handy if you just play around with your material settings, would save some time
BTW: you could give your self some credit in the exported igs in the first lines after Exporter version
(would do it myself but im lazy)
^^