{"id":6449,"date":"2017-03-24T14:00:04","date_gmt":"2017-03-24T05:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www-clone.psoft.co.jp\/en\/?page_id=6449"},"modified":"2025-05-28T13:52:58","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T04:52:58","slug":"releasenotes-4","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/maintenance.psoft.co.jp\/en\/product\/pencil\/3dsmax\/releasenotes-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Pencil+ 4 for 3ds Max Release Notes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"outer-frame\">\r\n<h2>Pencil+ 4.2.6<\/h2>\r\n<h3>Changes since 4.2.5<\/h3>\r\n<h4>[New Features]<\/h4>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>Adds compatibility with 3ds Max 2026.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h4>[Modifications]<\/h4>\r\n<ul>\r\n    <li>When a line from an external reference is added, the referenced file name is now set to the name of the effect.<\/li>\r\n    <li>When the effect name of a line from an external reference has been changed, the effect name will no longer be reset when the external reference is updated.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>May 30, 2025. P SOFTHOUSE Co., Ltd.<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"outer-frame\">\r\n<h2>Pencil+ 4.2.5<\/h2>\r\n<h3>Changes since 4.2.4<\/h3>\r\n<h4>[Modifications]<\/h4>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>Fixed an issue that prevented the Menu from being displayed with 3ds Max 2025.2.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>October 10, 2024. P SOFTHOUSE Co., Ltd.<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"outer-frame\">\r\n<h2>Pencil+ 4.2.4<\/h2>\r\n<h3>Changes since 4.2.3<\/h3>\r\n<h4>[New Features]<\/h4>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>Adds compatibility with 3ds Max 2025.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h4>[Modifications]<\/h4>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>Adjusted import \/ export processing for scenes containing objects to which Pencil+ 4 materials are applied.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Fixed a bug where lines were not drawn correctly on curves.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Gradation display now supports color management OCIO settings.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Minor bug fixes.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>June 20, 2024. P SOFTHOUSE Co., Ltd.<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"outer-frame\">\r\n<h2>Pencil+ 4.2.3<\/h2>\r\n<h3>Changes since 4.2.2<\/h3>\r\n<h4>[New Features]<\/h4>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>Adds compatibility with 3ds Max 2024.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h4>[Modifications]<\/h4>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>Fixed a problem where lines were not drawn correctly when they were applied to curves with world space modifiers.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Fixed a problem where the Material ID of the [Basic Material] in [Pencil+ 4 Material] was unintentionally affecting the rendering results.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Fixed a problem where lines were only drawn on some objects when imported USD objects were registered in the object list of [Pencil+ 4 Line].<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>June 8, 2023. P SOFTHOUSE Co., Ltd.<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"outer-frame\">\r\n<h2>Pencil+ 4.2.2<\/h2>\r\n<h3>Changes since 4.2.1<\/h3>\r\n<h4>[New Features]<\/h4>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>Adds compatibility with 3ds Max 2023.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h4>[Modifications]<\/h4>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>Fixed a problem where invalid files names were sometimes set by [Pencil+ 4 File Output].<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>April 21, 2022. P SOFTHOUSE Co., Ltd.<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"outer-frame\">\r\n<h2>Pencil+ 4.2.1<\/h2>\r\n<h3>Changes since 4.2.0<\/h3>\r\n<h4>[New Features]<\/h4>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>Adds compatibility with 3ds Max 2022.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h4>[Modifications]<\/h4>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>Fixed a problem where [Pencil+ 4 Material]'s [Apply Map Channel to Normal] would not work.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Improved [Pencil+ 4 Line] drawing processing for tiny objects smaller than 1 pixel.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Fixed a problem where only a single [Pencil+ 4 Line] would be referenced even though multiple external references were set from a single file containing a [Line Merge Helper].<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Fixed a problem where accessing [Pencil+ 4 File Output]'s [ignoreEffects] parameter from a script would generate an exception.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>May 25, 2021. P SOFTHOUSE Co., Ltd.<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"outer-frame\">\r\n<h2>Pencil+ 4.2.0<\/h2>\r\n<h3>Changes since 4.1.2<\/h3>\r\n<h4>[New Features]<\/h4>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>Adds compatibility with 3ds Max 2021.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Adds the ability to draw curves as [Outlines].<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Adds the ability to output Z Depth information to [Pencil+ 4 Line Render Elements].<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Adds [Output Effects] functionality to specify the effects to be output by [Pencil+ 4 File Output].<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h4>[Modifications]<\/h4>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>Fixes an issue where [Pencil+ 4 Materials \/ Lines] were not drawn correctly if an object in the scene was intersecting the far clipping plane.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Fixes an issue with [Light Intensity Control] under [Pencil+ 4 Material \/ Advanced Settings] where a specific sequence of operations had undesired effects on the default light.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Fixes an issue where outline detection stopped working correctly when using [Draw Hidden Lines as Visible Lines] under [Pencil+ 4 Material \/ Line Related Functions].<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Fixes crashes when performing some operations while the [Line Merge Options] dialog of the [Line Merge Helper] was open when the Command Panel was floating.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Minor modifications to the [Pencil+ 4 Line Renderer] API.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>May 12, 2020. P SOFTHOUSE Co., Ltd.<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"outer-frame\">\r\n<h2>Pencil+ 4.1.2<\/h2>\r\n<h3>Changes since 4.1.1<\/h3>\r\n<h4>[New Features]<\/h4>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>Added compatibility with 3ds Max 2020.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h4>[Modifications]<\/h4>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>Fixed a problem where the Nitrous shader for \"Pencil+ 4 Material\" did not work with 3ds Max 2019 Update 3 and up.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Fixed a problem where the outline detection did not work correctly when using [Draw Hidden Lines as Visible Lines] under [Pencil+ 4 Material \/ Line Related Functions].<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Fixed a problem where detection of material and object duplicates did not work correctly when merging Lines with the [Line Merge Helper].<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Fixed a problem causing crashes when performing specific operations with the Curve controls.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Minor bug fixes.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>April 3, 2019. P SOFTHOUSE Co., Ltd.<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"outer-frame\">\r\n<h2>Pencil+ 4.1.1<\/h2>\r\n<h3>Changes since 4.1.0<\/h3>\r\n<h4>[New Features]<\/h4>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>Supports importing and exporting [Pencil+ 4 Material] and [Pencil+ 4 Line] settings to file with [PSOFT Pencil+ 4 Bridge].<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Adds functionality to set and retrieve curve control values using MAXScript.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h4>[Modifications]<\/h4>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>Applies the Diffuse Color Map with Nitrous shader when a Standard material is set as the [Basic Material] of a [Pencil+ 4 Material].<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Fixes an issue where the parameters would not be saved correctly and the program would crash when using the Objects and Materials lists under [Pencil+ 4 Material \/ Advanced Settings] and [Pencil+ 4 Material \/ Line Related Functions].<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Fixes the polygon control for [Highlight Design] under [Pencil+ 4 Material \/ Advanced Settings] so that it can be edited using MAXScript.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Line drawing now handles all primitives as 2-sided when [Force 2-sided] is enabled in Render Setup.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Corrects an error in the name of the class used to generate [Pencil+ 4 Line \/ Reduction Settings] using MAXScript.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Fixes a crash problem when outputting EPS and AI files with [Pencil+ 4 File Output].<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Fixes a crash problem when displaying the Material selection dialog.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Minor adjustments to the appearance of the user interface.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>December 13, 2018. P SOFTHOUSE Co., Ltd.<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"outer-frame\">\r\n<h2>Pencil+ 4.1.0<\/h2>\r\n<h3>Changes since 4.0.0<\/h3>\r\n<h4>[New Features]<\/h4>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>Added the \"Pencil+ 4 Line Renderer\" which processes only the drawing of Pencil+ 4 Lines.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Added the new PLD file format to \"Pencil+ 4 File Output\".<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Added compatibility with 3ds Max 2019.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h4>[Modifications]<\/h4>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>Fixed a problem with Velocity render elements output when using Pencil+ 4 Materials.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Fixed a problem with Pencil+ 4 Material's Nitrous shader setup related to the OS environment.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Fixed a problem where Strokes were not set properly when copying Pencil+ 4 Materials.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>If a Pencil+ 4 Material is located in front of a second Pencil+ 4 Material, and both materials specify the same third material in [Pencil+ 4 Material \/ Advanced Settings \/ Material Transparency], the third material will now penetrate through both Pencil+ 4 Materials.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Fixed crashes when using [Pencil+ 4 Material \/ Advanced Settings \/ Material Transparency] and there is an object without an assigned material in the scene.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Fixed a problem where the drawing position of Lines was wrong for Pencil+ 4 Reflection\/Refraction maps.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Improved the detection accuracy, processing speed and drawing quality of Pencil+ 4 Lines.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Fixed a problem with the drawing of Pencil+ 4 Line outlines for orthogonal projections.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Line Set names are now displayed under the Line Set entry for Pencil+ 4 Lines in the Track View.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Adjusted the evaluation method of maps in Pencil+ 4 Lines.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Fixed a problem where [Pencil+ 4 Line \/ Reduction] settings were not saved with [Pencil+ 4 Line Set \/ Save].<\/li>\r\n\t<li>The line size is now applied to the stroke preview in [Pencil+ 4 Line \/ Brush Details].<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Adjusted the range of the parameters under [Pencil+ 4 Line \/ Brush Details].<\/li>\r\n\t<li>When no reference object is specified under [Pencil+ 4 Line \/ Reduction Settings], the settings now act as reduction for the distance to the camera.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Fixed files being output with errors when using [Pencil+ 4 File output] with some specific OS language settings.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Fixed the render elements output path being reset when acquiring \/ returning licenses.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Fixed the UI failing to refresh and crashes when acquiring \/ returning licenses.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Adjustments to the UI.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>May 28, 2018. P SOFTHOUSE Co., Ltd.<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"outer-frame\">\r\n<h2>Pencil+ 4.0.0<\/h2>\r\n<h3>Initial Release<\/h3>\r\n<p>April 27, 2017. P SOFTHOUSE Co., Ltd<\/p>\r\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pencil+ 4.2.6 Changes since 4.2.5 [New Features] Adds compatibility with 3ds Max 2026. [Modifications] When a line from an external reference is added, the referenced file name is now set to the name of the effect. When the effect name of a line from an external reference has been changed, the effect name will no longer be reset when the external reference is updated. May 30, 2025. P SOFTHOUSE Co., Ltd. Pencil+ 4.2.5 Changes since 4.2.4 [Modifications] Fixed an issue that prevented the Menu from being displayed with 3ds Max 2025.2. October 10, 2024. P SOFTHOUSE Co., Ltd. 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