Autodesk® Mudbox® 2014 Extension Release Notes

This document describes known limitations, issues and fixes in Autodesk® Mudbox® 2014 Extension release. It is strongly recommended that you read this document before you install this release.


Contents

What's New.. 1

What’s Fixed Since Mudbox 2014 Service Pack 1. 1

Feature Limitations and Notes. 4

Additional Resources




Find complete new feature information in the "What's New" section of the Mudbox Help at: www.autodesk.com/mudbox-help-2014-whatsnew-enu



The following table contains numbers and corresponding descriptions for issues fixed in this release since the Mudbox 2014 Service Pack 1 release.


BUG NUMBER

DESCRIPTION

MDBX-1547

Regression: Jaggy sculpt on high subdivided triangle mesh.

MDBX-3026

For some triangle meshes retopologize may cause open edges to become jagged.

MDBX-3357

After retopologize, the final mesh should be selected and the original mesh should be hidden and locked.

MDBX-3368

The "Falloff along Curve" option for a large Grab brush (larger than the curve) doesn't fall off correctly on a closed curve

MDBX-3661

Flip Mesh with a lot of curves may cause hang

MDBX-3681

PTEX layer mask is ignored when flipping the mesh

MDBX-3747

Retopologize a mesh that has a curve on mesh and some s faces under the curve have been deleted will cause a crash.

MDBX-3755

Displacement Map extraction option Preview as Bump Map displays the bump map as black

MDBX-3864

Blend mode can't be transferred after retopo

MDBX-3893

Retopologize may cause holes in regions with very high curvaturere

MDBX-3891

Ptex seams after reimport in some cases

MDBX-3908

Retopologize with transfer curves, some curves may not transfer correctly

MDBX-3915

Retopologize with transfer paint layers does not transfer the paint layer opacity value

MDBX-3922

Retopologize and transfer posing information, select the joint and the final mesh will disappear.

MDBX-3944

Retopology constraint marking menu doesn't display for some curves

MDBX-3971

Constraint curves may stop functioning after a retopologize failure

MDBX-3991

Mac: Changing brush size/strength with Intuos 5 is sluggish

MDBX-4032

Curve loop tool steps in increments, even when snapping is off

MDBX-4033

"Send to 3ds Max..." does not start the 3ds Max application. 3ds Max must already be running.

MDBX-4040

Opening a .mud file that contains an old curve from Mudbox 2012 will cause crash

MDBX-4044

Mac: When doing a 1-finger tumble on the TrackPad, the gesture is interrupted when the cursor moves out of the 3d view

MDBX-4048

Camera Image Plane Rotation is slow

MDBX-4066

Erasing the hanging segment of the curve may cause crash

MDBX-4068

Mac: Using the TrackPad to move the cursor between  menu items causes the camera to tumble

MDBX-4069

Mac: Mudbox  accepts Multi-Touch TrackPad events when another application is on top of it

MDBX-4080

Eyedropper doesn't pick up color on the image plane unless you move the mouse.

MDBX-4149

Retopologize and transfer sculpt layers does not transfer the correct subdivision levels

MDBX-4242

Multi-Touch gestures become inactive in certain areas of opaque tablets when Mudbox is not maximized

MDBX-4259

No palm exclusion for Wacom Intuos 5 and Cintiq devices

MDBX-4341

Multitouch gestures stop response after simulating Shift/Ctrl, if pen is on tablet.

MDBX-4400

Export Channel to PSD doesn't work well with multi-tile mesh.

MDBX-4408

Retopo doesn't work properly with a transformed n-side mesh.

MDBX-4466

3-finger hold ("shift" hotkey) and 4-finger hold ("Ctrl" hotkey) gestures unstable.

MDBX-4481

Export All Paint Layers: $M is not replaced by the material name as expected when Merge is enabled.

MDBX-4497

Canceling the ptex setup will delete existing ptex connection.

MDBX-4594

Error when creating curve loop in some cases.

MDBX-4598

Cancelling Ptex setup process will reset Ptex resolution.

MDBX-4639

Import Channel from PSD doesn't work properly with multi-tiled UV.

MDBX-4638

Browsing a large amount of images in the image browser may cause a crash.

MDBX-4642

Closing 3d curve on highly subdivided mesh is slow.

MDBX-4730

Mac: Exporting paint layer just exports the first layer



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This section lists known limitations and workarounds for Mudbox 2014 Extension. Please report any additional issues using the online bug reporting form at: www.autodesk.com/mudbox-bugreport or from the Help > Report a Problem menu item in Mudbox.

BUG NUMBER

DESCRIPTION

MDBX-4654

Mudbox may detect incorrect GPU memory space on Intel® HD Graphics.

Workaround: If you experience painting performance issues, set the GPU memory to 512MB or 1024MB using the MUDBOX_FORCE_GPU_RAM environment variable.

MDBX-4652

Paint layer with 8k resolution is not supported if you are using Intel® HD Graphics.

MDBX-4452

Creating a joint with Topology Weights doesn't work properly with non-4-sided meshes.

Workaround: Use alternative Weights method.

MDBX-4455

When using a non US-English standard keyboard, some of the hotkeys may not work.

Workaround: Set your IME to "English - United States" while using Mudbox. For more information see your operating system documentation.

MDBX-4453

If the level of the source model is not the current level when extracting a map, the detail of lower sculpt layers will be missing.

Workaround: Ensure you display the required subdivision level before extracting the map, or select the current level in the Extract Texture Maps window to get the correct result.

MDBX-4454

Transfer paint layer works incorrectly if target and source have overlapping UVs.

MDBX-4456

When painting or sculpting with symmetry ON, sometimes the result will not appear on the opposite side. Verify that you have "Falloff based on Facing Angle" turned off.

MDBX-260

The Transfer Details function works best on objects that are the same size, or larger than the default Mudbox meshes. If the transfer produces artifacts on the target mesh, try scaling up the source and target meshes to the same size as the default head mesh.

MDBX-292

When using the option “Send to 3ds Max…” changing the units between Max and Mudbox may cause unpredictable results.

MDBX-371

When the amount of texture data exceeds the available GPU on your machine, the effects brushes draw red temporarily if "Solo as Diffuse" is ON for a paint layer.

Workaround: Once the stroke is done, the brush correctly applies the effect and the result is correct. You can turn off the Gigatexel Engine in the Render preferences (which effectively disables the paint buffer) and the effects brushes will work correctly.

MDBX-1203

If a portion of a curve on a mesh is obscured (for instance, if a portion of the curve is on the back side of an object) and you use Stroke on Curve" with mirror ON, results may be incorrect.

MDBX-1400

When creating 16 bit integer tiff layers in Mudbox, Mudbox processes and stores them as floating point pixels. To save 16 bit integer tiffs, export the paint layer as such.

MDBX-1556

On Mac OS X the installer may hang at end of a successful installation. It is recommended to force quit the installer. Mudbox will then run normally.

MDBX-1614

On Linux, Mudbox crashes when starting up with an error message such as "mudbox: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib64/libssl.so.0.9.8: undefined symbol: X509_VERIFY_PARAM_new".

Workaround:
1. Install OpenSSL >= 1.0.0 if you haven’t already.

2. Point the old symbol link to the 1.0.0 version, like "ln -s -f /usr/lib64/libssl.so.1.0.0b /usr/lib64/libssl.so.0.9.8"

MDBX-1616

An environment variable MUDBOX_EXPOSE_8K exposes "8192" in the Create New Paint Layer "Size" option. (It will not be exposed if less than 512 MB GPU available. 1.5 GB or more recommended).

MDBX-3990

Painting 8k (8192x8192) resolution textures can be unstable with some NVIDIA graphic cards with lower graphics memory.

MDBX-4016

On Mac, the LTU.app (License Transfer Utility) does not launch.

Workaround: Run command line script /Applications/Autodesk/Adlm/R7/LTU.app/Contents/MacOS/LTU <productkey> 2014.0.0.F -d "SA" -l "<language>"

Where <product_key> is the Mudbox 2014 product key 498F1, and <language> is en-US for English, ja-JP for Japanese, de-DE for German, fr-FR for French

MDBX-4175

There may be vertices displacement artifacts around the center line at the Retopology result, when Sculpted Details is enabled at Transfer to new mesh, Based on Axis is on for Symmetry, From one side of source is selected at Transfer Sculpting/Painting. This artifacts is likely happens on triangle mesh and triangles will be dragged to across the center line if mesh is subdivided.

Workaround: Use the smooth sculpt brush to smooth these artifacts out manually.

MDBX-4274

Wacom driver 6.3.5-3 will cause Multi-Touch to stop working.
Update driver to 6.3.6-w3 or newer to get rid of this issue.

MDBX-4400

On Mac OS X, when "Export Channel to PSD" with multi-tile UVs mesh, and these PSD files already opened by Adobe Photoshop, they may not get updated correctly in Photoshop. Please check "Auto-Update Open Documents" preference in Photoshop.

MDBX-4718

Deleting faces after PTEX setup may result in a corrupt .ptx file when exporting channel to .ptx or extract texture maps using Ptex map type.

Workaround: Re-setup model for PTEX



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For complete installation and licensing instructions refer to the Autodesk Installation Help. Access this guide from the Installation Help link of the Mudbox installer or find the most up-to-date version here:
http://www.autodesk.com/installation-help-2014-enu

Find new feature information in the "What's New" section of the Mudbox Help at:
http://www.autodesk.com/mudbox-help-2014-whatsnew-enu

Find learning resources for Mudbox at:
http://www.autodesk.com/mudbox-learningpath
 
Find support and troubleshooting resources at:
http://www.autodesk.com/mudbox-support
 
For the latest list of certified hardware to run Mudbox 2014, including graphics cards, refer to the Mudbox 2014 certification chart located at:
http://www.autodesk.com/mudbox-hardware
 
Find the Mudbox 2014 minimum system requirements at:
http://www.autodesk.com/mudbox-systemreq-2014-enu
 
Find documentation and examples for the Mudbox SDK with your installed version of Mudbox here: \Mudbox 2014\SDK or online here:
http://www.autodesk.com/mudbox-sdkdoc-2014-enu


Customer Involvement Program (CIP)

The first time you start Mudbox, the Customer Involvement Program dialog box appears. If you choose to participate in the Customer Involvement Program, Mudbox will automatically send Autodesk information about your system configuration, what features you use most, any problems that you encounter, and other information helpful to the future direction of the product. For further information, see http://www.autodesk.com/cip.


Customer Error Reports (CERs)

We are able to improve the stability of Mudbox largely because of the Customer Error Reports (CERs) that users of our products submit. We thank you for taking the time to fill out these reports and ask that you include as much information as possible about what actions you were performing at the time the error occurred. These details raise the value of the report immensely and are very much appreciated by the Autodesk Mudbox Engineering team.

For further information about CERs refer to http://www.autodesk.com/cer.

 

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