Ati's RenderMonkey is another one which like fx Composer is not node based. They stopped development on it, could always move to 2010. Mental Mill is probably the only other node based I can think off.
Ah crap, how rude of me to ignore your post like that haiddasalami I'm soo sorry mate. I actually have Ben's DVD's, just never got around to watching them...guess I should put that on my downtime list...bleh, who needs sleep anyways. Question about RenderMonkey, is it more organized? I was taking a look at it, and the code…
Nysuatro Thanks, I'll look into it. Hopefully, I can wrap my head around it. Got any tips for a virgin-noder like me? Please, be gentle. haiddasalami Damn it, a friend of mine told me a few moments ago that Render Monkey was a simpler version of FX Composer, but now I hear it's unsupported, when will this madness end? Will…
No problem mate, thanks in making me feel better that I wasn't going crazy, but this is irksome I must say, having plenty of shaders to analyze and look at the code as well use, but almost half of them don't work for me see whats going on or work correctly? It's very bothersome. Racer, how did you do that? If I didn't know…
Update time: Just went home and the situation is worse, over 3/4 of the materials show up as black. I saved a copy of the file, Max 2011, simple sphere with Hammetime applied. http://www.mediafire.com/?uzdnlslasctm8n6 Anyone has feedback? I just uninstalled and reinstalled Max, and updated till SP1, Lordy, does anyone have…