Version 2.0.33 Release Notes

• Added support for specifying the output MXS file when rendering. If the option is enabled but the path is left blank, the name of the output image is used. If animation rendering is enabled, the frame number (padded to 4 digits) is appended to the specified file name.
• Added a Maxwell Render shelf which provides quick access to various Maxwell Render features.
• Added Pack'n'go, which is accessible as a button on the new shelf and as an option for the File -> Export operation.
• Material export gives the user the option to also copy the dependencies of the material next to the MXM file.
• The plug-in looks for missing assets (textures, IOR and IES files, etc.) in the user-defined search paths and in the directory where the current scene file is located. The search was formerly limited to the MXM import operation, but it is now performed every time a missing file is encountered (i.e. during scene export, Pack'n'go, etc.).
• Added support for merging two layered materials.
• Added duplicate item, import, export and merge actions in the right-click menu of the material tree (Windows only).
• Added a new Maxwell Render mesh instancer node. The viewport representation of this node uses a controllable percentage of the vertices from the instanced mesh, so creating a large number of instances doesn't slow down the viewport as it did when using the built-in Maya instances.
• If mesh smoothing is on, the plug-in exports the smoothed geometry (Maya 2008 and up).
• Only objects belonging to the current render layer are exported/ rendered.
• Fixed: the import, export, wizard, etc. material buttons didn't work in scenes which contained 1.x materials.
• Fixed: long-standing bug which made material attributes and global render options not keyable. All these attributes can now be animated.