Installation:
- Extract the archive content on disk.
- In Maya, open the Script Editor window.
- Source mti_installation.mel.
- Follow instructions.
In order to use Indigo during a Maya session, the exporter must be initialised once by clicking any Indigo shelf button. That will make Indigo available among other renderers.
Please post bug reports and questions here.
This release adds a partial renderer integration, tangent space normal maps support, orthographic cameras, clipping planes, section planes (through the MtI menu), params and shared params, MEL in ISL, easy per camera environments and more bugfixes than I could record.
I care about user inputs a lot, I'm too close not to need feedback thanks !
Changes:
3.4.17 b
- fixes the showstopper error introduced in 3.4.17 when using environment
fixes medium related tag issues ("Scene parsing error: Found unexpected element [...]")
'mti_settings.mti_renderableCamera' is being obsolete, getCurrentCamera() is prevailing- Please let me know of camera detection issues with MtI.
Editor:
- f-stop is not showing up anymore for orthographic cameras.
- Fixed bug preventing the actual environment material to be used
fixed error "mti_GEN_param: no such case: 'bool'."
suppressed obsolete(?) tag 'scattering_coefficient_spectrum'.
fixed error with Indigo reporting a blend texture out of bounds
- removed debug lines
- MtI will initialize for a new scene if Indigo is choosed as the current renderer and a render is started, instead of requiring to click on a shelf icon.
- This eventuality becomes possible if MtI was initialized during the same Maya session for a previous scene.
Shelf:
- Clicking the Sun shelf icon will select the directional light if it existed. This is a restoration of the primary behavior.
3.4.16
+ fixed: attributes from a mesh connected to a nurbsTesselate would reset.
+ added array attribute 'textInput' to indigoText
- connect the 'text' attribute of an indigoText to the textInput of another to append ISL code (multiple/branched inputs supported).
+ fixed collapsed layout in editor
+ install: added obsolete file remover at some point (dict)
+ animated parent
+ orthographic cameras
+ camera clip planes with culling option
+ section plane node with culling option
+ changed launch method on Windows (more reliable ?, cmd, render and hypershade windows visible) due to a file IO bug. Temporary.
+ raw MEL output support in ISL code.
- colour must now be composited from the relevant float attributes (outColorR, incandescenceB etc).
- Params in Maya are custom attributes added to an IndigoText wich long names start with "param".
Shared params are params added to a supported material.
Params can be managed through the "Attributes" menu
of the Attribute Editor or the "Param" menu of the Indigo Editor.
+ per camera environment, one switch and one connectable RGB slot. Hassle free.
+ tangent space maps.
+ MtI now registers Indigo as a renderer.
- Now uses native rendering commands, icons and windows, including Render Globals and region rendering.
The Indigo Settings window is gone, just like the render icon from the Indigo shelf.
Note that rendering still happens in the Indigo GUI or console, integration is limited to ergonomics.
+ Indigo Editor is now always resizeable.
PDF documentation beta (3.4.16).
mti_3.4.17 b - current