Latest Info

v17.0 Beta 03

Mon, 07 May 2012 18:29:01 -0700

Installers:
http://www.hash.com/ftp/pub/updates/window...ta/AM_32BIT.exe (Windows 32bit)
http://www.hash.com/ftp/pub/updates/window...ta/AM_64BIT.exe (Windows 64bit)
http://www.hash.com/ftp/pub/updates/osx/v17_beta/AM.zip (Mac)

Change All:

Changed All
Rotoscopes empty rotoscopes are not longer loaded/saved rotoscopes for figures having also now their own folder (like camera/lights in the chor), but only when You create a new rotoscope, existing rotoscopes are displayed as before outside a rotoscope folder in a chor this folder is only displayed , when "Show more than drivers" for the model is active
New All:
[bug]6107[/bug] Snap-To-Surface: Offset-Value it's now possible to use a offset , when adding cp's and Snap To Surface is active the offset value can changed under Tools->Options->Modeling and is used when You hold down the Shift-Key while adding cp's the offset is added in the normal direction for the underlying object patch it work's in the same manner also for "Snap Group to Surface"
Fixed All
[bug]6119[/bug] particle system keys corrupted after reload of PRJ
Fixed All
[bug]6133[/bug] Refresh-Problem for fluid-particles in shaded mode
Fixed All
[bug]6131[/bug] Newton creates keyframes at 25 fps, not the PRJ fps setting
Fixed All
[bug]6132[/bug] CP weight editor displays incorrect values
Fixed All[/b]
[bug]6122[/bug] Composite doesn't free memory after each frame resulting in a rapid buildup of memory and hanging the computer
Fixed All
[bug]6124[/bug] NetRender "elapsed" column diplays strange numbers
Fixed All
[bug]6115[/bug] Invisable Particle Sprites in "Render Lock Mode"
Fixed All
[bug]6120[/bug] Closing PRJ during progressive render causes crash
Fixed All
[bug]6121[/bug] Translate manipulator appears as solid box in Bones Mode
Fixed All[/b]
[bug]6118[/bug] Refresh-Problem for some materials > Results in a Crash
Fixed All
[bug]6113[/bug] Rotate manipulator not visible when editing Distortion Box CPs
Fixed All
[bug]6112[/bug] Editing Distortion Box causes crash
Fixed All[/b]
[bug]6114[/bug] Dragging CPs in model window causes crash
Fixed All
[bug]6117[/bug] "selected" tab doesn't wok in Actions

v17.0 Public Beta 02

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 18:36:46 -0700

fixed all
[bug]6104[/bug] AM V17 having extremely slow render times. 24 hours to render a frame that takes V16 15 minutes
fixed
[bug]6100[/bug] Cloth Simulations don't work properly in Camera View
fixed all
[bug]6097[/bug] Can't create a double linefeed in AMA text
fixed all[b]
[bug]6101[/bug] Deleting Chor then closing Project causes crash
[b]fixed all
[bug]6099[/bug] Flocking PRJ causes crash
fixed all
[bug]6090[/bug] V17 crashes while rendering complex models
fixed all
[bug]6096[/bug] Render get stuck
fixed all
corrected behavior, when the RotateManipulator is selected and ALT-Key is holding down for chor and model views (angle doesn't snap longer in this case)
new all
plugin simcloth
added option "HiRes Simulation" for the simcloth choregraphie properties with this option the simulation has more time to fix intersections and collisions so they will give a more precise result, but offcourse the simulation is slower
changed all
speedup for finalrender with AO and high Multipass values
Changed all
[bug]6050[/bug] (AMA) find now also similar entries , as example for Surface properties they documented entry was found in the versions before only if You have selected a surface propertie from a figure, the documentation now are also found if you select a surface propertie from a group or material
- new textparser for the format tags in the display window (formatting with whitespaces not longer possible, use instead)
- Editor
- the editfield for the description has now a scrollbar , if the displayed content has more lines than the editfield can display
- the formattags now set correct, if a portion of text is selectetd and a format button is hit (tags enclosing now the selected text)
- new format option inserts 5 whitespaces at this position

v17.0 Public Beta 01

Fri, 23 Mar 2012 22:06:28 -0700

Installers:
v17.0 Beta 01 Win 32bit
v17.0 Beta 01 Win 64bit
v17.0 Mac Beta 01

Change Log:

fixed all
[bug]6089[/bug] Manipulator Options>Translate Only makes bone disappear
fixed all
[bug]6076[/bug] CameraPostEffect - Active Off?property does not work.
fixed all
[bug]6083[/bug] Snap Manipulator to Grid is broken "Snap Manipulator to Grid" and "Snap Mouse to Surface" now mutally exclusive
fixed all
[bug]6082[/bug] CutPlane plugin confused by close splines
changed all
for [bug]6050[/bug]
if the "Property Info" window is visible , the help text for the property
is now displayed, when the property is selected
if the property is a plugin property , than the title line displayed also
the plugin name
added possibility to edit the documentation/external links in A:M self

Beta0 Change Log:

changed windows installer
the installer check's now , if the target processor support the SSE4 extensions
and install in this case a SSE4 optimized version
changed windows 64 bit
a processor with SSE3 support is now the minimum requirement for the 64 bit version
changed windows
final render now uses for some funtions a SSE3/SSE4 optimized vector class
changed mac
final render now uses for some funtions a SSE3 optimized vector class
changed all
rendertime and memory usage are now logged into master.log
fixed all
finalrender rendertime prediction and status for props and particelsystem fixed
fixed mac
[bug]6067[/bug] mdd export not working on mac

Render time comparison
all times in seconds
Project1 threeteapots (the forum benchmark)
Project2 modified threeteapots (bigger size, multipass, additional model, material plugin)
Project3 modified threeteapots (bigger size, multipass, additional model with hair, material plugin, additional prop model)

windows 32 bit
V16 V17 V17_SSE4
Project1 225.556 223.864 179.74
Project2 300.213 298.786 236.771
Project3 392.736 388.575 323.397

windows 64 bit
V16 V17 V17_SSE4
Project1 159.363 135.184 127.933
Project2 210.555 178.494 169.374
Project3 274.396 238.294 227.177

OSX
V16 V17 V17_SSE4
Project1 224.469 198.603 na
Project2 294.348 265.616 na
Project3 436.776 349.503 na

Complete Change Log:
http://www.hash.com/reports/changelog_page.php

v16.0b

Thu, 29 Sep 2011 23:31:43 -0700

Installers:
Windows 32Bit

Windows 64Bit

Intel Mac

Change Log:

all fixed

fixed all

all fixed

V16.0a

Tue, 21 Jun 2011 22:00:21 -0700

Installers:
Windows 32Bit

Windows 64Bit

Intel Mac

Change Log:

mac fixed
[bug]5923[/bug] A:M hangs - does not crash
mac fixed
[bug]5929[/bug] Message server 1 will not connect
all fixed
[bug]5925[/bug] Upgraded code usb Dongle hasp not working
all fixed
[bug]5920[/bug] Copying and Pasting Keys causes unwanted "Bone Position" channels to be created
all fixed
[bug]5924[/bug] Render Presets don't capture full filename path
mac fixed
[bug]5919[/bug] Slikpping off an imput box causes standard dialog box to open
mac fixed
[bug]5921[/bug] Deleting "W" driver re-selecting bone causes A:M to crash
all fixed Netrender
[bug]5909[/bug] renderslave can't save rendered files Jobwizard is checking now the accessibility for the output (rendered files) directory, if they can't accessed, a error message occurs and it is not possible to finish the wizard without changing the output directory to a directory, which can be accessed from the renderserver
mac Rendermessenger
removed the OpenMP checkbox , because OpenMP doesn't work on the mac in V16
all fixed Netrender
[bug]5902[/bug] Net Render will not launch , when the IP-Adress for the renderserver machine is not a static IP the rendermessenger has now a additional option "RenderServer is using a dynamic IP" this option is in the wizard (new installation) set to true and should be only unchecked (set to false) , if the machine where the renderserver is running, has assigned a static IP adress. In the case that the rendermessengers are running on a different machine than the renderserver, this option must be unchecked too, but in this scenario a static IP adress for the renderserver is a MUST !
all fixed
[bug]5899[/bug] Changing "Particle Baked" setting causes crash.
all fixed
[bug]5908[/bug] Crashes when editing sprite emitter in choreography
mac fixed
[bug]5900[/bug] Render animation preview results in garbage Quicktime movie
all fixed
[bug]5894[/bug] Baking Dynamics (and sometimes turning on hair) will corrupt properties of unrelated models in chor
all fixed
[bug]5895[/bug] Curve editor doesn't display correctly after scaling keyframes in Dopesheet
all fixed
[bug]5878[/bug] Subfolders - Crashes with Large number of items There is now a new entry for the choreography popup menu "Select children with filter" In the "Serach and Select" dialog put in the name to search (not casesensitive, no wildcards) objects in the chor which have the searchstring in the name (at any place) are selected this works much faster than selecting with Shift+LMB , in special for selecting a big bunch of objects
all fixed
[bug]5892[/bug] A minor refresh bug with the cp
all fixed
[bug]5913[/bug] Loading large (15k patch) model into new action crashes A:M
all fixed
[bug]5885[/bug] Cookie Cutter Image Sequence - Causes Triangles and Lines to occur when intersecting other objects (occurs in non multipass render)
all fixed
[bug]5874[/bug] Cookie Cutter or Color w/Transparancy
all fixed
[bug]5905[/bug] 16 Rel Ver. Crashes during RENDERING

v16.0 Release

Tue, 26 Apr 2011 11:48:36 -0700

Installers:
Windows 32Bit

Windows 64Bit

Intel Mac

Change Log:

all changed
splash picture is now Tar (updated, thanks to fuchur for his works on this)
All New
Stereolitography (STL) export plugin
Mac Fixed
[bug]5888[/bug]Launching A:M file from Finder does not work first time.(happens only if the projectfile is not on the bootvolume)
all fixed
[bug]5886[/bug]Net Render quits with errors.(happens only if a Force object is in the modelbone container)
all fixed
[bug]4831[/bug]Black lines around fluids in front of transparent surfaces in final render mode
all fixed
[bug]5361[/bug]Surface-Transparency and output with alpha buffer problem
all fixed
[bug]5383[/bug]Yves environment plug in shader does not render correctly
all fixed
[bug]5884[/bug]Terrain Wizard won't import bitmap
all fixed
[bug]5870[/bug] Hair system remains on if it is set to ON and the rendersettingsdialog is canceled
all fixed
[bug]5869[/bug]Multiple select of model file to move does not work (in object or material container) changed dropping multiple selected object into a chor is possible now too
all fixed
[bug]5868[/bug]The plug-in Merge and purge Decals (crash , when no decal in model) solved too for Merge and Purge Groups
mac fixed
[bug]5867[/bug]Play Animation in the Render tool bar does not work
all fixed
[bug]5625[/bug]Bump maps not shaded according to light direction. (happens , when used as patch image , decals not affected) fixed for normal and displacement maps too There is also a new menu entry "Reset Group Images Rotation".
all fixed
[bug]5180[/bug]Volumetric Light on a Spot-Light with 'Width Softness'-Problem
all fixed
[bug]5152[/bug]Volumetric Effects render with hard edges when Multipass is ON
all fixed
[bug]5151[/bug]Volumetric Effects with type set to "Box" do not render
all fixed
[bug]5858[/bug]Mist (and dust) object artifacts
all fixed
[bug]5844[/bug] Volumetric artifacts
all fixed
[bug]5782[/bug] Volumetrics rendered with standard renderer causes artifacts
all fixed]
[bug]5864[/bug]Backup not working exactly like I expect it to
all fixed
[bug]5601[/bug] Anaglyph Color (stereo) render is broken
all fixed
[bug]5710[/bug]Camera Rotoscope causes background color error in Stereo renders
all fixed
[bug]5503[/bug]Stereoscopic renders are blank when Multi-pass is on
all fixed
[bug]5832[/bug]Fixes Extruder plugin four of them.
all fixed
[bug]5798[/bug] Stereo render causes crash
all fixed
[bug]5820[/bug]Crash when rendering with camera in model on Netrender
all fixed
[bug]5852[/bug] Problem with Camera rotate properties slider
all fixed
[bug]5862[/bug]Porcelain Material is Blotchy
all fixed
[bug]5856[/bug]PLY export of models with displacement maps adds bumps to surface (has affected all polygon exporter plugins)
mac fixed
[bug]5530[/bug]Animated Rotoscopes not working
mac fixed
[bug]5700[/bug]Render Animation Preview fails in model window
all fixed
[bug]5159[/bug]Image Sequence Import and Composite Issues
all fixed
[bug]5860[/bug]Adding 72nd "Aim At" constraint fails
all changed
"Aim At" constraints can now point to each other
all fixed
[bug]5859[/bug]CP Weight Editor "Lock" not working with 4 bones added also a option "Balance all Bones" , for even distribution weight to all bones in the boneslist (RMB on a elected bone in the boneslist)
all fixed
[bug]5861[/bug]HDRI loads incorrectly (hdr and pic files now are gammacorrected to 2.2 (NTSC) at import)

Animation:Master rc02

Thu, 10 Mar 2011 11:45:49 -0800

Animation Master Release Candidate installers:(installers updated)

Windows 32bit
Windows 64bit
Mac Installer

Change Log:

all new
Project Backup
Animation Master new global backup option found under tools->Options->Backup. The backup is saved in a folder with a directory structure containing all of the files used in the project. The folder contains subdirectories based on disks->folders->files, similar to the consolidate project function. If the "Use Global backup directory" option is ticked then the backups are created in the specified location, otherwise they are created in the
project folder.
1. Intervall sets the number of minutes between each backup.
2. Count sets the number of backups saved. Once the number is reached, the oldest backup is deleted each time a new backup is created. The backup creates a duplicate of all files in the project. This means that projects containing large video, image sequence or audio files will quickly fill up your hard drive.

tools -> option -> backup page

backup project files enables the backup global (not longer per project)
Use global backup directory if enabled , the backup is saved in the selected directory
the backup directory for the project has the following naming convention "Projectname_PathHash_Timestamp" The PathHash part is needed, because You can have as example D:\test\Project1.prj and E:\test1\Project1.prj, in such a case the backups
will overwrite the false one , if counts is reached. if disabled , the backup is saved in the project directory , where the backup directory has the following naming convention
"Projectname_Timestamp"
Intervall time between the backups
Count (need a better name ...) how much backups for each project are created , before the oldest one is overwritten

The backup function works like "Consolidate", means also all external linked
objects als backuped up. Backup run's only , if the project is named (means project was saved a first time) anything in the project is modified and not rendering or any baking action is running at the time where the backup should start.

all new
obj plugin exporting textures (as own material)
following texture types supported
Color, Transparency, Bump, Legacy Bump, Specular Intensity, Ambiance Intensity
textures are NOT exported, if "Generate model maps" is checked
Ambiance color now also supported
all changed
32 Rendermessengers are now possible per machine (depends on the used license and
the avaible cores (real and virtual))
- all new
preview icon for materials possible
all changed
if "Apply camera's PostEffects to renderings" is ON Alpha buffer is also shown
even the selected fileformat doesn't support alpha channel
all fixed
crash when a project is cloth after a first time custom groups to simcloth added
and changed from NONE to a existing group
all fixed
simcloth plugin , custom groups not longer marked as modified after saving
all fixed
fixed a crash , when in a new created project (wich was not saved at this
time) a pathconstraint is added for a model
all fixed
hair has different directions, if the hair emitter is heavily scaled in a instance
mac changed
startup (splash) screen enabled
mac fixed
some issues in msdev
all changed
general undo (means undo restore the state before the plugin is started) for following plugins extruder,sweeper,duplicator,split,smooth,setposition,splitpatch,resurface, resamplespline
all fixed
SDK, crash if starting from a temporary group and DeselectAll() is used in a plugin
all
[bug]5855[/bug] translate snap fix (snapping the group pivot only, when Shift+Snap to Grid, don't snap the group cp's in this case)
all
[bug]5851[/bug] Ground Ambience Color wont' stay Not Set
all
[bug]5827[/bug] Surface Attribute window closes when setting defaults
all
[bug]5847[/bug] PNG not included in filetypes when browsing for replacement images
all
[bug]5849[/bug] changing End Scale for bone falloff fails , if multiple bones are selected
all
[bug]5845[/bug] Bump percentage for materials not used for bakesurface
mac
[bug]5841[/bug] bones always snap to grid in the bones setup window
mac
[bug]5826[/bug] A:M not deleting temp files properly
all
[bug]5833[/bug] Bone dragging in PWS incorrectly creates bone copy
all
[bug]5831[/bug] Extruder crashes if Untitled group is used (fixed also for sweeper)
all
[bug]5828[/bug] Netrender hanging on "Trying to open slave"
all
[bug]5825[/bug] output filename doesn't match the output filename for chor cameras
all
[bug]5830[/bug] Render with Blobbies fails

v16.0rc_01

Wed, 19 Jan 2011 18:19:01 -0800

Animation Master Release Candidate installers:

Windows 32bit
Windows 64bit
Mac Installer

changed (windows)
autosave and timelog not longer installed by default
if You would install them , uncheck "Don't install additional plugins"
in the installer (Page "Choose Components")
if this option is NOT unchecked , in the hxt folder existing versions from
this plugins are deleted
both plugins having in older versions always influence to the rendertime,
even if in the projectsettings they are set to off
(master and netrender affected)
mac users
Please delete this plugins manually from the hxt folder , if You don't
use them , I can't find any option in packagemaker , which will allow
the same functionality as the windows installer
fixed
handling for loading renderpresets in renderserver (advanced mode)
checking if the output filepath is plausible, trying to correct if not
if multipass is on , number of passes and "Soften" are now loaded correct
fixed
plugin autosave creates the backup directory first , if they is needed
autosave and timelog only creating their (hidden) dialogs, when they are
set to active
they are not longer loaded for renderslave (doesn't make sense here)
all
[bug]5823[/bug] Cannot Save As ... Scheme
selecting a other directory for saving scheme files makes no sense , because
they are only loaded from the application directory, thatswhy this
selectiondialog is removed
all
[bug]5815[/bug] A:M rc1 no longer leads last project
Tools -> Options -> Global page
the checkbox for "Reload Last Project when avaible" is removed ,
"Reload last project" can now selected from the "At start up:" combobox
all
[bug]5811[/bug] Grid Snap dose not work for bone translate manipulator
New menu entry in Bones mode "Snap to Grid"
snapping the Bone start and end to their nearest grid points
If the Shift key is hold down , only the Bone start is moved to his nearest
grid point, the end is only moved to maintain the bone length and rotation
if the bone is a member of a bone chain the parent bone end position and
the progeny bone start position is moved also to the new positions
all
[bug]5781[/bug] crash when camera is in model on net render
all
[bug]5795[/bug] "Extruder Plug-in" add option to extrude by CP's
all
[bug]5783[/bug] Glow + volumetric light + multipass render causes anomalies
all
[bug]5819[/bug] rendersettings advanced mode false outputformat
(false imageiio is used if in the rendersettingsdialog (advanced mode)
nothing is changed before rendering)

v16.0rc

Wed, 22 Dec 2010 15:57:58 -0800

Animation Master Release Candidate installers:

Windows 32bit
Windows 64bit
Mac Installer

Changed
rendering stopped, if it is not possible to write the result to a file
(mostly occured for avi or quicktime, if the selected output format is not supported)
Changed, windows only
Autosave and Timelog plugin , the default directory is now the users directory +"\AM" instead of the application directory , due a possible access restrictions problem
Fixed, mac
Align plugin has now the correct CBundleIdentifier, fixed the problem with double entries for the Autosave plugin
New
Rendersettingsdialog Checkbox "save preset incremental" only avaible in advanced mode saving renderpresets incremental in the project directory, if anything in the render/outputsettings is changed and "OK" or "Apply" is pressed filename convention Projectname+"Preset"+Digit+".pre"
Changed
Rendersettings -> Buffers "Shadow" is back , be sure that the shadows are only visible in the alpha channel
FixedRendersettings -> Buffers only buffers they are possible for the selected output format are visible if a buffer was set to "ON" and the newly selected output format doesn't support this buffer the buffer is now set to "OFF"
Fixed
if "Use Settings from:" "The Camera" is set (Options->Rendering), the camera settings are only changed if really the render or output settings in the Rendersettings dialog are changed
New
select and expand in the pws the longest choreography actions with Strg+Shift+F (or from the "Edit" menu -> "Find longest actions")
New
new menu entry for choreographys "Shrink Length", shrinking the length for this choreography to the length of the longest action that any members of this choreography has
New Netrender
Renderserver has a new option (Options Global page) "Shutdown running Messengers at exit" , default is ON Closing all running messenger instances , when renderserver is closed
All Netrender
changing options for rendermessenger now only possible for Instance0
Mac Netrender
rendermessengers can now also minimized changed startup script (Netrender.app) , bringing back now renderserver to the foreground (active app) after starting messengers correctet "Save As" for renderserver (avoid triple extensions)
Mac
memory detection fixed, if more than 4 GB ram is installed
all Netrender Renderslave
memorylimit now set correct, in conjunction of the installed memory (was on the defaultvalue , equal how much memory is installed)
All
[bug]5780[/bug]Can't create expression
All Netrender
[bug]5762[/bug] Still can't get two renderslaves to work (happens only on machines with more than 8 cores (physical+virtual))
Mac
[bug]5786[/bug] Extension problem when saving pool
All
[bug]5790[/bug] Turning Attach to Parent OFF causes crash
All
[bug]5791[/bug]Grid Wizard crash
All
[bug]5793[/bug] Crash after repeated Extrudes
All
[bug]5802[/bug] "Shortcut to" Material loses setting of original Material
All
[bug]5804[/bug]Chor length lost on save/reload see the new options (Find longest action and Shrink Length)
All
[bug]5805[/bug] Project>Revert causes crash
All
[bug]5806[/bug]EXR rotoscope causes incorrect Camera background color in renders new setting for rotoscopes "Use additive color" to control this behavior default is "ON" same behavior like V14/V15
Windows
[bug]5807[/bug] Can not render to any AVI codec
All
[bug]5812[/bug]TimeLog: Error Opening Project on PC after Importing a Model made on a Mac

v16.0 Beta 05

Fri, 05 Nov 2010 15:55:22 -0700

Animtion Master Beta installers:

Windows 32bit
Windows 64bit
Mac Installer

If you have a v15.0 CD you can install and run V16.0 just like V15.0. If you have a subscription you will need to copy your current 'master0.lic' file to your v16.0 folder.

Bug List

New mac netrender
There is now an app called "Netrender.app" in the A:M directory. Running this app will start the renderserver and with a little delay also two rendermessenger instances (websubscription/cd version is limited to 2 messenger instances) in the case A:M is not installed at the default place the app doesn't work. For this reason an apple script called "Netrender.scpt" has been added to the A:M directory where you can change the path and compile it again
New all
New plugin "Delete keys for multiple models" accessible only from choreography, delete all keyframes in the range from frame 1 to chor length for the (in the dialog) selected models
Mac netrender
[bug]5755[/bug] Only one slave workes in pool
Mac
[bug]5757[/bug] Plugins PiMotion and Renderpasses not working on the mac
Mac
[bug]5756[/bug] no menu entry for NewtonPhysics plugin
All
[bug]5749[/bug] Multipass & DepthBuffer, depth sampling position
All
[bug]5751[/bug] depthbuffer corrupted ,when rendering with multipass off
All
[bug]5748[/bug] Importing a model (with relationships/poses) into another model, does not import the relationships as well.
All
[bug]5747[/bug] CFA creates distorted results near hooks.
All
[bug]5589[/bug] Particle Emitter Renders when Transparent
All
[bug]5138[/bug] can't change hair color along length
All
[bug]5146[/bug] cookie cut decal with repeat set to 0 on both x and y with no multipass render hangs
All
[bug]5557[/bug] Chors exported as models lose decal repeat values
All
[bug]5595[/bug] Hair - ignores surface properties (diffuse, spec) of emitter (renders differently than 15e) (in deep change AttrProp.h -> CopyForRender , can have sideeffects !, not for me to test all cases)
All
[bug]5701[/bug] HDR images loads flipped (vertically)
All
[bug]5449[/bug] animating multiply selected bones no longer works
All
[bug]5743[/bug] Choreography movement with translate problem with groups
All
[bug]5738[/bug] Saving choreography's under "new name" or "save as" do not prompt the project groups to save.
All
[bug]5741[/bug] Active ON/OFF on models in choreography is broken
All
[bug]5733[/bug] flipped bump maps not rendered correctly
All
[bug]5734[/bug] Model and/or decal color not rendered the same between V15 and v16

V16.0 Beta03

Fri, 17 Sep 2010 17:14:49 -0700

This has been the download for sometime but i have not posted the updates.

Animtion Master Beta installers:

Windows 32bit
Windows 64bit
Mac Installer

If you have a v15.0 CD you can just install and run V16.0 like V15.0 If you have a subscription you will need to copy your current 'master0.lic' file to your v16.0 folder.

Bug list

[bug]5682[/bug] decal issue
(decals not displayed)
- all
[bug]5694[/bug] Missing image IO plugin for PCX files
(pcx plugin doesn't decode pcx files correct)
- all
[bug]5692[/bug] Translate rotate error
- all
[bug]5691[/bug] Bake Particles broken
(has worked only with 30 fps)
- windows
added script for starting renderserver/messengers with a desktop link
- windows
dummy chm for loading help file (otherwise additional 30mb would need
to download everytime a new version is out)
- windows x64
[bug]5686[/bug] [Plugins] OnPtrMessage not mapped
(simbiont and some other plugins broken)
- windows x64
[bug]5685[/bug] Help files are outdated
(help files not loaded)
- all Renderslave
output broken (always tried to save as avi,was introduced from fixing #5670)
- mac
[bug]5687[/bug] Mac Installation creates new folder at root level
- all
[bug]5679[/bug] Incorrect icons shown for Curves>Interpolation

v15.0j+ with Mac text fix

Mon, 10 May 2010 19:45:30 -0700

Hello all,

There is a small patch added to v15.0j+ to address the text issue in the library panel.

You download the new installer here.

CD Installer

Subscription installer Installer

There is not a fresh installer for Windows.

Thank you,
Hash, Inc.

v15.0j+

Sat, 20 Feb 2010 15:28:24 -0800

Here is a Hot Fix for v15.0j
Here are links to the v15.0j+ installers

Windows Installer (Web Activated Yearly Subscription)
Windows Installer (CD Box version Update) volume name HASH
Mac Installer (Web Activated Yearly Subscription)
Mac Installer (CD Box version Update) volume-name HASH

This will adresses the problems with rendering fluids and baking systems,
I have also enabled the logfile for the pc version as standard now

Thank you,
Hash, Inc.

v15.0j

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 12:23:52 -0800

Here are links to the v15.0j installers

Windows Installer (Web Activated Yearly Subscription)
Windows Installer (CD Box version Update) volume name HASH
Mac Installer (Web Activated Yearly Subscription)
Mac Installer (CD Box version Update) volume-name HASH

fixed since last release:

5575: Changing Glossy Specular Render Shader back to None causes program error
5573: Specular color for hair always white
5564: Space Navigator Roll and Spin are reversed under OSX
5571: Light lists lost when a model is swapped in a chor.
5569: Bone heirarchy changes not working if one bone is a light
- solved also for camera and nulls
5570: Font-Plugin is not creating a round surface when it was used with the flat-setting before
- round/flat affects only the beveling !
5520: Material "Baking" doesn't include transparency or reflectivity
- notes about this:
- only transparency is possible
- higher texturesize are possible now
- controlled with the "Resolution" settings , when starting "Bake Surface"
- with Shift key hold down (advanced mode)
- depends on the installed ram and the OS (windows only , when A:M is running
- in a 64 bit enviroment, mac always)
  - memory <= 2GB or 32bit OS maximal texture size 4096x4096 (upto 50 MB each uncompressed decal bitmap)
  - memory > 3GB and 64 bit OS maximal texture size 8192x4096 (upto 100 MB each uncompressed decal bitmap)
  - memory > 4GB and 64 bit OS maximal texture size 8192x8192 (upto 196 MB each uncompressed decal bitmap)
- settings are saved/restored in advanced mode
5565: Create material from surface properties (model/group)
Contextmenu for model/group "Create Material from Surface" this uses only the surface properties , NOT a applied material
5481: When Combiner uses two ShaderPlugin, A:M causes crash.
5546: [Rendering] quick render and progressive render quits in entire viewport
5544: [Bones/Rigging] right click "info..." (adding number of bones and nulls)
5545: [fluid systems] crash , when the (internally) memorylimit is reached
5545: [fluid systems] fixed a calculation bug , when "clipping to visible viewport" is set (under some cirumstands the fluids are not rendered in finalrender)
5552: corrected drawing for Null objects in the PWS , if the Null object is not a children for a model
5553: particle systems now updating correctly the chorview , if a propertie is changed
5554: Renaming a group fails , if the group is moved/rotated before
5549: Bit map plus is Wrong in 15i (worked in 15e)

Also the new splash screen windows, I just notices today that the info screen on mac was not changed. I will get that fixed for the next release.

Tin Woodman of Oz DVD

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 22:42:56 -0800

Here is the link!

http://www.hash.com/store/index.php?&products_id=29

v15.0i

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:48:51 -0800

Here are links to the v15.0i installers

Windows Installer (Web Activated Yearly Subscription)
Windows Installer (CD Box version Update) volume name HASH
Mac Installer (Web Activated Yearly Subscription)
Mac Installer (CD Box version Update) volume-name HASH

fixed since last release:

0005523 [Installation (Intel)] No netrender binaries in the AMnet instal..... (sgross) - resolved.
0005239 [_ Not Selected _] hair color does not change color overtime (sgross) - resolved.
0005202 [Hair] Hair system does not colour correctly (sgross) - resolved.
0005479 [_Other] Having to Force Quit When A:M Cannot Interface With Finder (sgross) - resolved.
0005400 [Particle Systems] Diffuse Color and Transparency of Hair Emitter Surface Properties Do Not Follow The Timeline-Channel-Driven Parameters (sgross) - resolved.
0005380 [Hair] Change hair diffuse color over length doesn't work (sgross) - resolved.
0005462 [Particle Systems] Hair color not keyable along length of hair (sgross) - resolved.
0005518 [Hair] Hair not using color of surface color (sgross) - resolved.
0005525 [Realtime] Opengl crashes when switching to shaded with a bitmap texture (sgross) - resolved.
0005521 [Modeling] Shaded view crashes progam on any model in Version H (sgross) - resolved.
0005533 [Modeling] Randome crashes in Version H while modeling a simple vase. see attached (sgross) - resolved.
0005526 [Rendering] Render Window - File Name dialogue lockup (sgross) - resolved.
0005510 [Interface] A:M does not remember to Use Settings from The Camera (sgross) - resolved.
0005524 [Interface] Libraries not remembered in Hash directories (sgross) - resolved.
0005528 [Particle Systems] baking particle fails , if systems having more than one instance (sgross) - resolved.
0005529 [Interface] Grammar error on Camera settings dialog (sgross) - resolved.

Changed

Bakesurface

decals are now always written to disk (standard as png , if not avaible as tga, but this should never happend)
decals are numbered ,if such a file still exist , can changed to overwritten when starting Bakesurface with the Shift-key holding down
experimental added transparency map (alpha channel) (#0005520) (not marked as resolved yet)

Manipulator Properties

displaying the cp position now rounded to 1e-9 , (before 1e-4) (sometimes cp are not at the expected position , in special if they should be at 0)
when You change a value there , now You can use also exponents means 1e-3 or 1E-3 is correct converted to 0,001

Particle Systems

drawing calls (all modes) returning immediatly, if no particles from this emitter are emmited (little speedup)
emitting calls now returning immediatly, if the trigger value not reached (little speedup)

Particle systems Hair

added new propertie for "Hair system" "Accurate hair transparency" default ON affects only final rendering and when the hair has transparency != 0% switching it to OFF, will render hair systems much faster , when their transparency is changed , but the transparency is not rendered correct
a sample can downloaded at www.sgross.com\am_test\ACCU_TRANS.zip (accu_off_hsp16.tga is the file rendered with this setting is off)
for testing hairs I have used www.sgross.com\am_test\hairtest.zip

v15.0h

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:23:09 -0800

Here are links to the v15.0h installers

Windows Installer (Web Activated Yearly Subscription)
Windows Installer (CD Box version Update) volume name HASH
Mac Installer (Web Activated Yearly Subscription)
Mac Installer (CD Box version Update) volume-name HASH

Fixes since last release:

0005425 [Rendering] exception 0000010 (sgross) - resolved.
0005506 [Interface] simple Boolean NOT filter not possible (sgross) - resolved.
0005514 [Help File] "Update" in Help menu (sgross) - resolved.
0005515 [Cloth] When Subdibisions is 4, Simcloth causes Crash. (sgross) - resolved.
0005510 [Interface] A:M does not remember to Use Settings from The Camera (sgross) - resolved.
0005434 [Installation (Intel)] Gradient folder missing, not installed (sgross) - resolved.
0005122 [Interface] [Mac] - Choosing "New Filter" Causes Program Crash (sgross) - resolved.
0005505 [Interface] Windows7 - Aero On, Group Mode drawing bug is still left. (sgross) - resolved.
0005491 [Animation] DOF-On,MultiPass-On,MultiShortcut, The first frame becomes abnormal. (sgross) - resolved.
0005486 [Interface] Change default camera resolution when for new chor (sgross) - resolved.
0005501 [Interface] [Cloth] When the project is loaded, Deflector-Subdivisions is set to 4. (sgross) - resolved.
0005478 [Interface] error: RPC server unavailable (sgross) - resolved.
0005497 [Interface] Feature request: Add selection filter names to bottom of drop down list (sgross) - resolved.
0005485 [Interface] Render lock keyboard shortcut brings up option dialog (sgross) - resolved.
0005488 [Realtime] A strange object remains on choreographie view. (sgross) - resolved.
0005494 [Bones/Rigging] Can't access bones on some models in the Chor (sgross) - resolved.
0005432 [Interface] channel for last item in PWS dopesheet always hidden (sgross) - resolved.
0005498 [Interface] Filedialogs should be resizable (sgross) - resolved.
0005475 [Animation] Copy-Paste-Mirror not correctly mirroring all necessary bones (sgross) - resolved.

v15.0g

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:52:56 -0700

Here are links to the v15.0g installers

Windows Installer (Web Activated Yearly Subscription)
Windows Installer (CD Box version Update) volume name HASH
Mac Installer (Web Activated Yearly Subscription)
Mac Installer (CD Box version Update) volume-name HASH

Fixes since last release:

0005450: [Interface] New Selection Filters not appearing (sgross) - resolved.
0005451: [Interface] Enhancement to Selection Filters (sgross) - resolved.
0005432: [Interface] channel for last item in PWS dopesheet always hidden (sgross) - resolved.
0005213: [Rendering] Can't render SSS when using Render Mode or Render Lock Mode (sgross) - resolved.
0005459: [Modeling] Can't draw new spline along existing spline rings. Undo crashes. (sgross) - resolved.
0005463: [_Other] "Gradient" choice for plugin shader not properly used on project reload (sgross) - resolved.
0005436: [Rendering] No more limits for Radiosity -> Why cant I go over 1.000.000 Photons / 500 samples? (sgross) - resolved.
0005473: [Lighting] Light Buffer objects not rendering separate objects (sgross) - resolved.
0005395: [Modeling] Grid spacing rounding off problem (sgross) - resolved.
0005442: [Realtime] Bones and Null objects should be colorable too.... and it should work in Chor-Window too (sgross) - resolved.
0005417: [Lighting] When an object is added to Choreography, lighting is changed. (sgross) - resolved.
0005460: [Interface] Particle system properties no longer accessible in Chor (sgross) - resolved.
0005455: [Interface] false rename option appearing for bones (sgross) - resolved.
0005454: [Interface] "View" buttons not available in Customize>Command Tab (sgross) - resolved.
0005435: [Interface] Status Line not correctly displaying status text (sgross) - resolved.
0005421: [Modeling] Groups selected will reset each group pivot point to the pivot point of the hole group. (sgross) - resolved.
0005433: [Rendering] Save (render-)settings for a rendering in txt-file / Save Rendersettings in the prj-file (sgross) - resolved.
0005423: [Rendering] A:M crashes after outputting AVI. (sgross) - resolved.
0005419: [Constraints] Attachment/Pin Constraint (sgross) - resolved.
0005452: [Installation (Intel)] A stub for help files? (sgross) - resolved.
0004819: [Interface] Right-Click on a feature-button (for example Lathe or Distortionbox) to get to its properties? (sgross) - resolved.
0005453: [Plugins] grid plugin always same width and height (sgross) - resolved.

I know that A:M Reports use to say (Reporter) not (Programer) but the new version installed on the new server does not at this time. I'm working on that but I did not think it should hold up the release!

A:M on face book

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:30:47 -0700

Hash, Inc has a face book page. at this time i'm just trying to see if it's worth our time to work at this and then we may bring back our myspace and get a twitter account. So if you have a face book you should add us:

Hash Inc on Facebook

or

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Vancouver-WA...nc/211213795693

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v12.0v+

Wed, 24 May 2006 10:28:10 -0700

See http://www.hash.com/forums/index.php?s=&sh...ndpost&p=175164