Luxology has started to tease the CG community with the new version of Modo 701. They’ve unveiled a new video focusing on the particles engine in Modo 701
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHY3b1BPbU0[/youtube]
Modo 701 features
- Procedural particle engine with an easy to use pre-set workflow
- Audio playback and a sound channel modifier, bringing animations to life
- Schematic improvements, reducing scene graph complexity
- Dedicated dynamics simulation layer, significantly improving performance
- Simplified complexity of materials and layered shaders
- Large scene performance improvements by as much as 175x
- Preview render synchronisation improvements, over 50x faster in large scenes
- New Python interpreter, making python execution many times faster
- Unlimited network rendering
