4.44 – 8/2/2026

• New – Local render log. The Render Check dialog now has a “Save local render log to file” option. Each pass writes its own log file in real time, so the log survives even if 3ds Max crashes mid-render. The log includes pass activation, camera/resolution/frame range/output info, per-frame render times, and render start/end with durations. Each line is timestamped with the elapsed time since the previous entry.
  • Log file name is built with tokens, configurable in the new “Render Log File” group in the Preferences dialog. Default: <RenderFolder>/<SceneName>_<PassFullName>_<YY><MM><DD>_<Time>.log
    
  • “Log Pass Activation” option controls whether the pass activation details are included in the log file.
  • New path tokens: <YY> (2-digit year) and <Time> (HHMMSS).
• New – “Overwrite Existing Files” option in the Render Check dialog. When enabled, the “File Exists – Confirm overwriting” prompt is automatically confirmed during local renders.
  
• New – “Open Listener” option in the Render Check dialog. Opens the MAXScript Listener when any render/preview/batch button is pressed.
• Improved – “Remove OverScan Data” button added to the Camera pmodifier, and as a Utilities menu item. Removes any overscan FOV or focal length data left on the assigned camera after a render.
  
  
• Improved – The VRayVFBLayerTree pmodifier now records how its layer tree data was created: captured from the VFB or loaded from a file (with the source file name), and when. The info is shown as a tooltip on the Capture button.
  
• Improved – When a local render fails or is interrupted, the pass is now reported as FAILED instead of being counted as rendered.
• Improved – Security hardening for scene data handling.
• Fixed – DataGridView error (“rowIndex must be a non-negative value”) that could appear when a list was filled, in the pmodifier panels, the Render Check dialog and the Set Editor. This started with 3ds Max 2027.2.
• Fixed – “DataGridViewComboBoxCell value is not valid” error dialog when a stored value was no longer one of the available choices, for example an object set type or a layer name that had been renamed or removed. The stored value is now shown in the dropdown instead of raising an error.
• Fixed – Iterative (ActiveShade) rendering stayed switched off for the rest of the session if a pass failed to activate during a render. Render settings are now restored on every exit path.
• Fixed – A locked VRayVFBLayerTree or Maxscript pmodifier disabled the Renderer pmodifier panel instead of its own, and those two panels were never locked.
• Fixed – Spelling in several messages and labels (“Submitting”, “successfully”, “Performing”, “file is missing”, “executable file”).

4.34 – 3/23/2026

• New – Added “Passes to show in the Render Check” with 3 options: Selected, All, and None.
• New – Added total pass count display in Render Check.
  
• New – Added the same “Passes to show in the Render Check” option to Preferences and save it as a user setting.
  
• Improved – If rsUserRender() exists and Alt is not pressed, renderStacks will use that custom render function instead of opening the normal sanity check window.
• Improved – Post-submit message output can now be suppressed when needed by setting ::rsBlockPostSubmitMsg global variable and set to true.
• Improved – Preview rendering now restores viewport and render view state more reliably.
• Improved – When settype == #all, all layers are explicitly turned on before processing.
• mproved  – Added guards to prevent unwanted UI updates while Render Check is opening.
• Fixed – Changed default VRay Deep merge ZDepth threshold from 45.0 to 1.0.
• Fixed – Duplicate output path validation no longer runs when passes are hidden.

4.18 – 9/22/2025

• New – rsPassGenFromCVS utility: Generate passes and pmodifiers directly from a CSV file or the clipboard.
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• Improved – Set Editor: Users can now add or remove items in Layer Sets and Pass Sets via the right-click menu.
  
• Improved – RenderOutput pmod: Added a “Use VRay Frame Buffer” checkbox.
  
• Improved – RenderersParam pmod: Added support for Cylindrical camera type in VRay 7.2.
  

4.05 – 5/8/2025

• Improved -Maxscript pmod script textbox is now aligned left.
• Improved – rsPassBuilder – Select and untag rsPassBuilder pass, Delete existing pass builder pass is now optional.
• Improved – Added Sort items alphabetically for rsRenamer
• Fixed – Merge dialog becomes too big with a lot of passes
• Fixed – Empty Arnold AOV can crash renderStacks

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3.81- 12/24/2024

• New – Option to install as an ApplicationPackage
• Improved – Department and Comment is added in Deadline pmod.
• Improved – String value parameters are supported now for the pmod that requires adding properties. For example, you can set AltIniPath of Deadline pmod now.
  
• Improved – RenderElement pmos – Arnold AOV support, Turning on/off per AOV driver.
• Improved – .cxr format will not display “Invalid Format” in RenderOutput pmod when the current renderer is Corona.
• Improved – If a pmodifier is disabled in the ::base, it will not be displayed in passes.
  
• Fixed – Skip the network render manager check when previewing and rendering locally.
• Fixed – When there is no local pmodifiers, the [+] icon was not displayed which blocked expanding.
• Fixed – When a passgroup is selected, output file type coudn’t be edited. It is fixed now.