maya 2018.4 ???

#4

and here the release notesā€¦
https://knowledge.autodesk.com/sites/default/files/MayaMayaLT_2018.4_Update_ReleaseNotes_enu.htm

#5

hopefully 2019 is amazing

#6

Maya 2018 was released on Aug. 9 2017.

#7

Hereā€™s more info about Maya 2018.4

http://www.cgchannel.com/2018/08/see-the-new-features-in-maya-2018-4-and-maya-lt-2018-4/

It seems itā€™s basically bug fix and nothing more. Unless people were really looking forward Region Render on Arnold or some new knobs on Time Editor.

#8

arnold render in the maya viewport was already here, people forget that the development of Arnold and Maya are independent.
You have to check Arnold updates from time to time

#9

They know it needs to be. Buying it via subscription is the only way people can get it going forward

#10

What would make 2019 ā€œamazingā€ release?

#11

something that ups my productivity
by a level close to its competitorā€™s release improvements
houdini for example moves very quickly

#12

well if you notice Maya feedback there is many things now under review like Boolean and history.
check the list :
https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-ideas/idb-p/968/status-key/2
so hopefully they handles all these under review if yes its gonna be a big step.
so yeah 2019 maybe will be ā€œamazingā€ release

  • everyone go there and vote, and if you got ideas post it there.
#13

i swiched to houdini in last 6 months and very happy but the main issue for me wasnt proceduralism, just stability.

I can crash maya on any system in 5 minutes. lol.

Im positive about Mayas future tho.

#14

agree with u mate, i also made the same decision like u and im happy :wink:

#15

I can crash Houdini in seconde :stuck_out_tongue:

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#16

not possible :wink:

#17

thatā€™s why i added the screen shot hahah

And as we say, if you donā€™t crash your 3d app you are not really using it.

#18

haha, true, but let me tell u one fact, if u send an description how u made houdini crash to their bug support, tomorrow ull find a new houdini build 99% fixedā€¦

im not sure the same thing will happen with autodesk, maybe in a year or 2 they will fix the same problem, or even maybe neverā€¦

#19

yes i know,
at some point i would love to have Autodesk pushing small fixes as quickly as possible. But itā€™s not really the same structure.
Small companies like this, if the devs discover a bug they can a push a fixe in a day or two without having to pass dozens of validation steps.

If SideFX goes this big or gets bought by Autodesk haha or the Foundry weā€™ll probably see much fewer fixes compared to what we have now.

#20

Then I guess our artist doesnā€™t send their bug.
Also if they fix the bugs that fast, why there are many bugs to fix still?

#21

i got my two bugs fixed from maya 2018.2 to 2018.3
the maya team does fix now much faster than in the past.

#22

Tried 2018.4 and experienced really annoying crashes very often. Like with so simple acts; selecting, translating, camera etc. I went back to 2018.3 immediately which Iā€™ve probably never got a fatal error or similar crashes. I think 2018.3 is the most stable version for now, at least for me.

#23

i also had some issues with the .4 and the issue is coming from the render layer system, if you are still on the old one.
If you revert to the new one things will work as expected