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OpenGL 4.6 Releases Today

VisuimagVisuimag Posts: 578
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https://khronos.org/registry/OpenGL/index_gl.php

 

What kind of effect may/will this have on DAZ Studio? If any?

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  • ebergerlyebergerly Posts: 3,255
    edited July 2017

    I have no idea, but I kinda doubt they have a team of programmers sitting there just waiting for this update, ready to pounce. As I recall they're maybe a year behind the latest NVIDIA updates with the new beta D|S, so.....

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  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 109,683

    Iray is generally up-to-date, I beleive - certainly recently when they were wanting to add support for Pascal chips. I can't, however, believe they would want to add depenencies on a newer version of OpenGL than necessary, given the wide range of hardware in use.

  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 40,667

    I do think they look at it though as DAZ studio never rendered in wireframe in OpenGL until later builds.

    A very welcome addition.

    I wish they could toss in shadows too even if very low blurry map sizes, for very basic animation it would be useful and a basis for post work with cartoon type filters in Hitfilm etc.

  • RuphussRuphuss Posts: 2,631
    th3Digit said:

    I do think they look at it though as DAZ studio never rendered in wireframe in OpenGL until later builds.

    A very welcome addition.

    I wish they could toss in shadows too even if very low blurry map sizes, for very basic animation it would be useful and a basis for post work with cartoon type filters in Hitfilm etc.

    +1

  • prixatprixat Posts: 1,618
    edited August 2017

    I suspect DAZ have purposely kept the OpenGL requirement low (at 1.6) to allow Studio to run on the most systems.

    But even with that they could have done a bit more. Some of us remember the Truespace renderer which was entirely OpenGL.

    Meanwhile I got this mail from Maxon yesterday. The video is not Iray, or ProRender just 'Enhanced OpenGL' on the standard viewport!

    https://www.cineversity.com/vidplaylist/new_in_cinema_4d_r19/new_in_cinema_4d_r19_viewport_improvements

    I did notice in Studio's drop down that the render modes are 'Basic OpenGL' and 'Intermediate OpenGL', does that mean there were/are plans for 'Enhanced OpenGL'? 

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  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 109,683
    th3Digit said:

    I do think they look at it though as DAZ studio never rendered in wireframe in OpenGL until later builds.

    Wireframe - and the other modes - have been theer from the outset as far as I recall. Iray has been added of course, but other than enhnacements to Texture Shaded, I don't think there have been any additions.

  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 40,667
    Richard Haseltine said:
    th3Digit said:

    I do think they look at it though as DAZ studio never rendered in wireframe in OpenGL until later builds.

    Wireframe - and the other modes - have been theer from the outset as far as I recall. Iray has been added of course, but other than enhnacements to Texture Shaded, I don't think there have been any additions.

    well I definitely recall a time in which it did not and a discussion about workarounds 

    was a few years ago admittedly 

    on the old forum so no hope of finding

  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 40,667

    https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/48964/wireframe-render

    it was added in 4.7

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 109,683

    Ah, rendering - sorry, I thought you meant preview.

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