Instrument set for 3ds Max
July 3rd, 2011
Leamington Spa, United Kingdom
After about three years, many small updates and major rewrites, the IllusionCatalyst suite is now retired. Major issues have been reported with the latest versions of 3ds Max.
I invested a huge amount of time on these tools in the latest years, but I don't have that luxury anymore. Now I'm working full time in-house as a Technical Artist, and I must determine priorities about what to do in the time left.
I'm putting every bit of available energy in coding a completely new set of instruments, with the 3ds Max SDK. Starting from the old tools, I plan to make them shine brighter, boosted by the native source code and new features.
The road is still long, because there are a lot of issues to overcome with this massive software. Anyone who ventured into it shares the pain of the fifteen years old 3ds Max SDK. It is too early to give an ETA, I hope to restart the DevDiary section soon, to keep you posted with the progress.
I wish to say a heartfelt thanks to all of you who used and abused IllusionCatalyst, discussed, supported, liked, hated, broken, improved with new ideas and suggestions. I will need your help soon to make IC v3 the brilliant set of tools that will let you make art hassle-free!
Sincerely Yours,
Enrico Gullotti
