Thinkbox Software has posted installers for its latest 3DS Max tool called Stoke MX, a particle simulator that aims to simplify the creation of high volume particle clouds. You can read the full details, and download Stoke MX from the Thinkbox website.
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I see this supports max2014. When are all the other products going to have an installer for max2014?
Hi Joe,
We posted the Frost installer with 2014 support yesterday, XMesh is also expected this week.
Krakatoa MX might take a bit longer since we are adding some more stuff to it, but you can already use it in Max 2014 by simply copying the Krakatoa line from the Max 2013 plugin.ini into the Max 2014 plugin.ini. This applies to all Thinkbox products, since 2013 and 2014 use the same DLLs anyway.
If you need instructions how to do it manually, please let me know.
Thanks for the info Bobo. I don’t see the Frost 2014 installer on the thinkbox site. Only under beta builds did I find one.
The Frost with 2014 support IS under the Beta folder. We put the newest updates under “Beta” because they might be stable to our best knowledge, but they have not passed through the same rigorous testing like the major version releases. After a few weeks or months, if nobody complains about any issues with the build, we promote it to official build on the main page. We consider them “Public Betas” – this way, the end user understands there is some minimal risk involved, esp. if in the middle of production… 😉
The previous Version 1.3.5 had more enhancements under the hood, for example support for direct Stoke meshing, and changes in the handling of time channels dictated by changes in Stoke and Krakatoa. That’s why the latest “official” release is 1.3.4 – we never got any complaints about 1.3.5, but it was still considered a “Public Beta” and was just a few weeks old…
I usually never install beta stuff but knowing this is how Thinkbox does it I’ll do that.
Thanks for clarifying Bobo
LOL I ALWAYS install their betas 🙂
In a large production environment sure it is understandable to heed caution but small and single user enviros you have much to gain in the way of fixes and added functionality.
In my experience if there does happen to be something “super” broken more often than not Thinkbox will generally post a quick fix or at the very least a workaround.