MODO 13.2 | Developer Chat

MODO 13.2 Developer Chat. Topics include stability, over all release volume of features, and core tech stuff Matt and team is doing for the future.

Some of the things mentioned:

• Modo stability over time
• USD
• Python 3
• QT
• Better frameworks to integrate third party technologies
• Improved GPU utilization by mPath
• Shader Tree organization
• Mesh Fusion UI and usability
• Reducing and batching events
• Viewport objects and deferred updates for procedurals
• Hiring more developers

[victorudosen]

it will be great if the native renderer uses both cpu/gpu for rendering and denoiser. that will be the best
that has happened since modo's inception.

[MikeJamesMedia]

Agreed, that the incremental releases seem to be more stable. MODO 10 was reliable enough for me that I entirely skipped 11 and 12. MODO 13 was simply irresistible though, because of some new features I wanted badly. For me, (and this generally only happens on large files, over 1 GB) the crashes are almost always when doing something totally basic, like moving a camera or simply selecting polygons... not "complex" functions". Any gain in stability is always welcome, and hugely appreciated. Thanks, everybody on the team.

[SteveBarrettArtStudios]

A big thank you to the developers. Modo is becoming more stable with every release. I love the new procedural tools. I tend to start with them every time I begin modeling. The text tools are much more stable and I can rely on fonts previewing correctly. I just finished a very complex project using Modo typography, so the updated text tools have been great.

[wn]

With each new version, there are great new features, but Modo's weakness has always been a lack of proper tutorials for those features.

[Lma_Illustration]

1:12:39 > I see no mention of 2week promo on website > would be great to see a one sheet marketing pitch for getting back in if you sit on an old version... Brad would have started the webchat with this :) :p Anywho, nice to catch up on all the updates

[Terry_Williams]

Maybe Shane wanted the perfect excuse to miss that plane.

[MetalGearMk]

any talk of Modo 14? I don't have time to listen to 1 hour of podcast...