EIAS Update 6.5

#1

The update to 6.5 has been put online here:
http://www.eitechnologygroup.com/support/updates.html

nice spalsh screen, btw.

#2

You beat me to it!

#3

No FBX export? Hmmmā€¦ thatā€™s disappointing. (Unless Iā€™m missing something)

#4

hmm, seems like i have problems opening projects from 6.5r2!
it takes about 10x longer to open old projects.
has anybody the same problem?

win xp sp2
2gb ram

#5

So far, Iā€™m not noticing that on the Mac side.

#6

For those of you interested hereā€™s the list of improvements:

  1. Improved Weight maps for FBX importing. Automatically assigned to bones.
  2. FBX project merging.
  3. FBX animation data import added.
  4. Basic material colors are imported with fbx geometry.
  5. Local FBX scaling and inheritance mode added.
  6. Progress bars added for fbx importing.
  7. New shortcut keys to navigate the hierarchy. (Pick walking within a model)
  8. Cancel fbx import fixed.
  9. Camera FOV and Aspect Ratios for fbx import fixed.
  10. Gell pull down menu no longer extends beyond edge of illuminator info window.

Not exactly a HUGE update. Great for FBX users sans FBX exporting. :frowning:

#7

No probs opening 6.5r2 projects for me eitherā€¦

Also, Iā€™m no interface designer (well, I am, but thatā€™s besides the point) but using the left and right keys to go up and down, seems to be rather bizarre and un-natural!?

Better to add a modifier (say shift) and then use up and downā€¦ Me thinksā€¦

Too late now though,
Ian

Edit/ possible explenation: There could be a limit on the number of keys you can press at the same timeā€¦ I seem to remember their being a PC (or classic) issue like that from when I was learning to codeā€¦

#8

I seem to be having a problem where I have to ā€œend taskā€ EIAS when I close it now. Anyone having a problem like that?

#9

hey, problem solved. 6.5 is great, it was a user error.
i accidentialy upped the division for a uberplane to 1000, instead of 100.
my second testproject was quite large, so took a while to load (in 6.5r2 the same, i simply forgot how long it took).

so, all good, no harm done. :wink:

#10

if you are on windows, this is the same for me for some time now. itā€™s not allways, just sometimes. itā€™s annoying, but not really a problem.
if you are on a mac, i am no help here, sorry

#11

Yep, Iā€™m on Windows, sorry I didnā€™t specify that. Is there a place I can log bugs for this type of thing. Itā€™s definitely no big deal but I think EIAS should close gracefully when you close the application. For a new user it gives the impression that the application isnā€™t stable which Iā€™m happy to say isnā€™t true at all.

Nice new FBX Support so thatā€™s cool.

#12

That problems been around since EI first landed on Windows, but apparently it is a quicktime issue. :shrug:

Reuben

#13

Wow, thats pretty interesting. I hope they fix it, but if itā€™s been around for a while I guess the problem would be low priority. Iā€™d hate to think that people who demo this on Windows would lose faith because everytime they close the application they get a critical error type thing.

The first time I saw it I was like ā€œOh hell no, tell me that didnā€™t just corrupt my scene or somethingā€. It didnā€™t of course but if youā€™re a Maya user like, me and see an error like that. Thereā€™s a good bet that if you didnā€™t have incremental saves set, you were in for a night of hell!

Oh well, thatā€™s the way it goes I guess. =)

#14

I havenā€™t checked it out yet but if anyone has a problem with the tutorial files"Pupil" fbx on the EI site. I will up a new one or email me directly. The slideshow movie should be fine but there were some changes in this build that may cause scaling issues in my old rig. I have a bad transform node affecting the model geometry and hip bone.

http://homepage.mac.com/avtpro5/iMovieTheater40.html

I will up Pupil because itā€™s still a learner but not Lovita. Thatā€™s over and done with.

#15

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