RayFire 1.55 release.

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Forum: CG News
Posted By: mir-vadim
Post Time: 03-17-2011 at 02:04 PM
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RayFire 1.55 Plugin for 3ds Max 2009, 2010 and 2011 released.

Fragment, destroy, demolish, wreck, break down, wreak havoc, blow up, burst, detonate, explode and do other similar things you have always dreamed of to do in Max...

RayFire 2010 promo.


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Go to RayFire website.

Feature list:

• NVidia PhysX Rigid Body support via RayFire user interface.
• NVidia PhysX Force Influence Allows You to affect on objects in simulation by forces, space warps and mouse cursor. Animatable Time Scale property allows You to create Bullet Time effect in a seconds. Glue allows you to glue objects together and break connections between objects during simulation.
• Interactive Demolition System.for NVidia PhysX engine. Creates dynamic simulation and demolishes objects accordingly to their material and collision strength. Each fragment can be demolished further with proper amount of collision strength.
• Different Fragmentation types. Allows you to fragment geometry objects. RayFire Tool supports Irregular, Uniform, Voronoi, Wood splinters, Radial fragmentation types. Ability to draw cuts over your objects by mouse.
• Automatic update system.

New features in version 1.55:

• RayFire Fragmenter modifier with full x64 and multi core support. Fragments objects x100 faster than older max script method.
• Custom Fragmentation properties for Interactive Demolition depth levels.
• Secondary fragmentation. Fragments object on top of first fragmentation pattern producing more natural fragments.
• New Voronoi Irregular frag type. Produces more natural crack pattern than Uniform frag type.
• New Voronoi Wood frag type. Produces clean and PhysX friendly convex wood splinters.
• New Voronoi by Thickness frag type. Fragments object taking into account it's thickness creating more fragments at thin areas.
• New Brick frag type.
• New By Elements frag type.
• Custom UI properties for each fragmentation type.
• Time Delay property for Interactive Demolition. Prevents first demolition level fragments from instant re demolishing.
  
  Click on feature to see video on YouTube.

Production samples:

World Of Warcraft: Cataclysm. Blizzard studio finally used RayFire for new cinematic intro.

Watch on YouTube

Silestone | Above Everything Else Commercial from Alex Roman

Watch on YouTube

DC Universe Online - Fractured Future from Blur studio.

Watch on YouTube

Batman Arkham City: Hugo Strange. One more from Blur.

Watch on YouTube

Firefall Cinematic Trailer, And another one from Blur.

Watch on YouTube

DC Universe Online. Blur...

Watch on Gametrailers.com

RayFire 1.55 is free for v. 1.5 and 1.51 customers.

For older version

Go to RayFire Tool website.



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