3ds Max 2012 Hot Fix 2
The 3ds Max 2012 Hot Fix 2 is now live. Go install it, all ye 3ds Max users:
- Autodesk 3ds Max 2012 Hot Fix 2 for 32-bit and 64-bit
- Autodesk 3ds Max Design 2012 Hot Fix 2 for 32-bit and 64-bit
Hot fix 2, which comes a month after Service Pack 1, lists 10 new fixes for 3ds Max 2012. It addresses issues with CAT, MAXScript, the material editor, and more. Like the Service Pack before it, Hot Fix 2 is a cumulative update. This means that it includes all the previous fixes (Service Pack 1 and Hot Fix 1), so if you just installed 3ds Max 2012 you don't need to worry about the previous updates, just download Hot Fix 2.
Take a look at the table included at the end of this post or the "Readme" PDF in the links above for the full list Hot Fix 2 specific fixes.
Minefields
It's been a while since our last update so I present a picture of a cat in a loaf of bread.
Just loafin' around.
We've been working on a few animations, but with all the bugs we've encountered, the process has been slow. The latest 3ds Max 2012 service pack may have fixed loads of bugs, but it also introduced a few new ones. The Character Animation Toolkit rig, which I've been using on our latest project since it has a lot of potential and would be good to learn, keeps crashing or otherwise becomes corrupt (eg, joints scale each time I move them). Furthermore, digit control is impossible with the CATMotion layer in 2012 SP1 - when it's not causing 3ds Max 2012 to crash by simply selecting the controller, changing the values has no effect on the rig. Update: Digit controls were fixed in 3ds Max 2012 Hot Fix 2.
In other news, Dan is preparing to release another app on the Android market. He's been working with the developer of a MUD game (multiplayer text-based roll-playing game) to release a variant of the BlowTorch client with customized for the Aardwolf MUD.