Changes for v1.4 are:
- Adds support for Max 9 (32-bit and 64-bit)

WavGen Textureloader Pro is available for Max 6 to 9 and costs between $350 and $850. A demo version is available here.

Changes for v2006.11 are:
- Improved stability
- Adds support for image maps on all channels except for displacement, filter color and refraction map
- Adds support for multiple UV maps/sets
- Adds support for decay rate, decay start and near/far attenuation for light properties
- Photometric lights are now converted to standard lights on export
- Fixes a problem with specular level and glossiness being inverted
- .fbx meshes are no longer converted to tri-meshes on import
- Import of normals has been improved

Changes for v0.9.4 pre1 are:
- Adds support for Max 9
- Adds support for 'osgSim::DOFTransform'
- Adds OSG Group helper objects
- Adds the ability to turn objects on / off when using the OSG Switch helper
- Adds the ability to hierarchically nest OSG nodes within each other
- OSGExp compiles with the Max 9 SDK
- The SDK is now located using the MAXSDK environment variable

Changes for v3.5.1 are:
- Adds 'Disable Transparency Channel' parameter to ensure limited compatability with Mental Ray

VOMBatch allows Voice-O-Matic registered users to process 1000's of WAV files automatically without any user interaction, while keeping the quality that Voice-O-Matic is known for.

VOMBatch is only available to Di-O-Matic VIP members at the moment. For more information on VIP membership, take a look here.

Changes for v0.2.13 are:
- Fixes smoothing group bug
- Fixes Max 9 map export issue
- Speed of export improved
- Adds new motion channel with correct position
- Adds new option 'Top channel public'
- Adds new 'Reject Alpha' and 'Ref Value' parameters to Quest3D material
- Default specular color changed to zero in Quest3D material

Changes for v1.1.0.0 are:
- Adds support for new lister option: 'Center images'
- Adds scrolling
- Preview window no longer flickers when switching from one file to the next

Changes for v1.7 are:
- Adds support for Max 9 (32-bit)
- Fixes a memory issue when exported mesh was too big

Changes for v1.0.4 are:
- Fixes swatch render crashing if render is set to non-scanline
- Implements clone/copy for the OSM

LipService is currently available as an unrestricted demo for Max 9 which expires March 10th, 2007

Changes for v2.51 are:
- Adds support for Max 9 (32-bit and 64-bit)
- Drops support for Max 6
- A load of bug-fixes (for a full list of changes look here)

CAT is available for Max 7 to 9 and costs $995. A demo version is available here.

ShaderFX is a full-featured real-time shader editor for Max. It allows artists with no previous programming experience to build complex HLSL FX shaders for use in Max's viewport and in external game engines.

ShaderFX's schematic interface lets you quickly assemble shaders that support complex effects such as parallax mapping, fresnel fall-off, and cube map reflection, all by simply connecting nodes together. Your shader progress is displayed and updated in Max's viewport as you build the shader so you can always see your results in real-time.

ShaderFX is available for Max 6 to 9 and costs $249. A demo version is available here.

Changes for v4.9.63.0 are:
- Recompiled for Max 9 (32-bit only)
- Shows the installed version of IGame in the About box

Changes for v3.4.7 Beta2 are:
- Fixes installer failing to uninstall previous versions of Texporter

Changes for v3.0.4 Beta3 are:
- Fixes Max 6+ versions of Beta2 failing to load
- Fixes installer failing to uninstall previous versions

Pavel Kuznetsov has recompiled all of his plugins for Max 9 (32-bit and 64-bit). The plugins are:
- Milky Way v3.0.1 (see below)
- Surface Blur v2.1
- Throughout v1.0
- Trail v3.5 (see below)
- Distance Fade v1.6
- Replace ID v1.0
- AdjustColor v1.5
- Object ID v1.0

Changes for v3.0.1 are:
- Adds support for Max 9 (32-bit and 64-bit)
- Minor bugfixes

Changes for v3.5 are:
- Adds support for Max 9 (32-bit and 64-bit)
- Speed increase (2 to 4 times faster)
- Adds a way to tune the expiration rate of the particles
- Particles can now be assigned Object Effect IDs / Material Effect IDs
- Fixes a bug where the effect didn't react properly to moving pivots

Changes for v1.0.3 are:
- Fixes a crasher that occurs when sliding performance keys around in track view
- Selection lists are now more Windows compliant
- Fixes a problem with configurations getting out of sync

LipService is currently available as an unrestricted demo for Max 9 which expires March 10th, 2007

Changes for v3.4.7 Beta1 are:
- Just a general update and reorganization of the installers, which also now include the option of installing the program database (pdb) files (useful for plugin developers and debugging)

Changes for v3.0.4 Beta2 are:
- Just a general update and reorganization of the installers, which also now include the option of installing the program database (pdb) files (useful for plugin developers and debugging)

Changes for v3.2 are:
- No changes, just a recompile for Max 9

Donya Research AB have released the Max 9 version of their Simplygon plugin. As far as I can see, it's only for 32-bit Max at the moment.

Simplygon is available for Max 8 and 9, and costs $999. A demo version is available here.

Changes for v0.2.12 are:
- Fixes a texture coordinates bug

Changes for v9.0 are:
- No changes, just a recompile for Max 9 (32-bit and 64-bit)

This is a collection of useful functions for use with MAXScript, including:
- SetTransformLockFlag
- SetTransformInheritFlag
- SceneIntersect
- Texture3DPoint
- IntersectRayExPoly
- GetViewportLimits
- GetPolyEdgeLengths

Changes for v1.03 are:
- Adds support for 64-bit Max 9

Transmographier is available for Max 5 to 9 and costs $20. A demo version is available here.

Changes for v0.3 are:
- Adds support for 64-bit Max 9

Tension Modifier is available for Max 6 to 9 and costs $20. A demo version is available here.

SplutterFish have posted the 32-bit version of Brazil r/s for Max 9 on the customer account site.

Brazil is available for Max 3 to 9 and costs $1200. A demo version is available here.

This is a recompile of the polygon counter that shipped with Max 8, which includes the 'Budget' option missing in the Max 9 counter.

Changes for v0.2.11 are:
- Improves speed of export
- Now needs Quest3D v3.6

Pose-O-Matic extends Morph-O-Matic with the ability to animate your creation using bones instead of only using morph targets within the Morph-O-Matic interface. Pose-O-Matic allows you to use the Morph-O-Matic interface to animate objects' Position-Rotation-Scale and to blend between PRS shapes.

Already used by major game developers around the globe, Pose-O-Matic allows you to use sliders to control morph targets, predefined bones poses or a combination of both.

Pose-O-Matic is only available to Di-O-Matic VIP members at the moment.

Changes for v3.22 are:
- Fixes a scaling issue when adding animation nodes

Puppetshop is available for Max 8 and costs $249. A demo version is available here.

Simplygon Max allows the user to import a model into Simplygon, optimize it and then, at the push of button, export the optimized model back into Max. It is a very versatile and powerful tool for the optimization of polygon based 3D models, including high quality polygon reduction and polygon repair features.

Simplygon Max is available for Max 8 (Max 9 coming soon) and costs $999 (introductory price). A demo version is available here.

Automatron is a powerful character animation tool for Max designed and written by Andy Murdock, the creator of the animated movie 'LOR'. In order to make this feature film project, new tools were needed to complete the enormous amount of character animation, and Automatron was born.

Features include:
- Procedural walking system
- Custom walking cycle designer
- Snapshot poses
- Crowd simulation
- Advanced IK blending system
- Character library
- Rig customization
- Keyframe tools

Automatron is available for Max 8 and 9, and costs $295. A demo version is available here.

Changes for v0.93 are:
- Fixes a problem with viewports not refreshing correctly

Craft Animations have updated their suite of plugins Craft Director Tools to add support for Max 9. I don't know if that includes support for the 64-bit version, I'll try to find out.

Craft Director Tools are available for Max 6 to 9 and prices range from $49 to $495. A demo version is available here.

Changes for v5.8 are:
- Support for Max 9
- Improved multi-threading
- Adds a Trajectory Manager and a Material Viewer
- Scripting improvements
- Adds script functions 'Pause Animation' and 'Restart Animation'
- Adds MAXScript accessibility
- and lots more

For a full list of changes in this version, take a look at this PDF file.

Nova is available for Max 6 to 9 and costs €7000. A demo version is available here.

Changes for v3.09 are:
- Adds support for Max 9

Ghost Trails is available for Max 4 to 9 and costs $99. A demo version is available here.

Changes for v0.2.10 are:
- Animation is now supported

Changes for v4.0 are:
- No changes, just adds support for Max 9 (32-bit and 64-bit)

natFX is available for Max 6 to 9 and costs $990 (inc. 10 seeds). A demo version is available here.

Changes for v1.6 are:
- Adds Terrain Scene Manager support
- Adds custom scene manager support
- World Geometry can be cleared and reloaded in the same scene
- Includes the cumulative update
- Fixes several bugs

Changes for v2.7.0.11 are:
- Updates the Max 9 plugin to the retail version
- Fixes the linker kicking out scripting functions for the Max plugin
- The type name of object is now placed in the ExtendedData entries for camera, lights and materials
- and much more...

The full list of changes for this release can be found here.

Granny Exporter is available for Max 6 to 9 and is part of the Granny Toolkit which costs $12500.

Changes for v0.925 are:
- The wrong plugins were in the Zip-file

Changes for v0.99b are:
- Fixes a bug where detail areas weren't getting connected
- Adds icons for the most important shortcuts
- Help has been updated
- The PolySpeed version is now printed at the top of the UI

PolySpeed is available for Max 7 and 8 and costs $189. A demo version is available here.

Changes for v1.1.1 are:
- No changes, just adds a version for Max 9 (32-bit)

I've made a load of changes to the RSS feed, all of which are hopefully improvements. If anyone has problems with the new feed, please let me know. Dave

Changes for v3.0 are:
- No changes, just a recompile for Max 9 (32-bit)

Changes for v0.92 are:
- Scaling is now based on mesh area
- Packmax width added so user can define the width of the largest group in UV space
- Adds a Max 9 (32-bit) version of the plugin

Changes for v0.2.00 are:
- Hierarchy export added

There are no changes, but I only just noticed that SkinFX is now available for 64-bit Max 9. More information can be found here.

Skin FX is available for Max 6 to 9 and costs $189. A demo version is available here.

Changes for v1.1.1 are:
- Generally supports more compatibility with XNA Game Studio
- Fixes mesh names to be unique
- Adds UV flipping option
- Adds Y negation option
- Fixes some animation bugs
- Strips full path from shader parameters if fullPath is not on
- Fixes time scale
- Adds binary format export
- Incorporates fix for IGame multi-texture crash
- Incorporates fix for IGame Physique crash
- Adds shader export with parameters

Changes for v1.250 are:
- Adds support for Max 9 (32-bit and 64-bit)
- No longer supports Max 5
- Planter collision controls have been improved
- Fixes a bug in Planter with enabling / disabling plants
- Terrain Map preview now fully supports display gamma settings
- Fixes a UI bug in the Terrain Map

GroundWiz is available for Max 6 to 9 and costs $180. A demo version is available here.

I've made a few changes to the PayPal link so that the page it links to is in English instead of German.

Joe Alter has posted a condensed version of his Siggraph 2006 Masterclass featuring Hair and Fur in Max 9 online. There is also some information about an interesting new development for Max called IBrush.

nPower Software have released new versions of Power NURBS, Power Solids and Power Translators. All of the plugins now support Max 9 (32-bit and 64-bit). For all the info on what is new in Power NURBS v2.0, take a look here. I don't know what has changed in Power Solids / Translators yet, but when I find out I'll post it here.

Changes for v2.0 / v4.0 are:
- Adds support for Max 9 (32-bit and 64-bit)
- Adds support for the new versions of Power NURBS, Solids and Translators

As you might have noticed, I've added a PayPal Donate button in the Menu bar on the left.

This site generates a lot of traffic, and takes up quite a bit of my time to keep going. When I started the site, I vowed never to have any advertising here, because I personally hate sites with banners all over the place. I intend to keep it ad-free, but as the site becomes more and more popular I need to find a way to finance it.

So if you find the site useful, and would like to contribute to keeping it going, feel free to click on the button. It will be much appreciated! Dave.

Changes for v2.56 are:
- Adds support for Max 9 (32-bit only, I think)

Changes for v1.31 are:
- Removed 'pops' from using 'Relax' with 'Distance' option
- Blending the modifier no longer pops when reaching 0.0 and Relax is used

Skin FX is available for Max 6 to 9 and costs $189. A demo version is available here.

Changes for v1.30 are:
- Fixes a bug in optimised capsule math (vertices would sometimes pop to the 'cylinder')
- Fixes a bug in relax (could cause a 'TAB' error message to pop-up)
- Fixes a bug when i.e. Flex was applied to a muscle and the jiggling vertices stopped deforming the mesh

Skin FX is available for Max 6 to 9 and costs $189. A demo version is available here.

Changes for v2.5c are:
- Crash fix during rendering of SeaSurface with modifier and Image Motion Blur enabled
- If Animate button was on, SeaSurface was creating extra keys
- SeaSurface can have WSM and OSM applied

The DreamScape v2.5c update is only available for Max 6 to 8.

DreamScape is available for Max 4 to 8 and costs $595. A demo version is available here.

I needed SimCloth here, so I recompiled it for Max 9 (32-bit only). I've only got VS 2005 Express, so I can't compile any 64-bit plugins, maybe someone else will get around to it.

The Zip file only contains the plugin, no help files or anything else. If you need all of the extra stuff, head over to the SimCloth site.

Changes for v4.2.3.0102 are:
- It's too big a list to put here, take a look at the release notes

RealFlow is available for Max 7 and 8, and costs $2700. A demo version is available here.

Changes for v1.8 are:
- No changes, just a recompile for Max 9 (32-bit only)

Changes for v3.0.2 are:
- Fixes a memory bug in TurnToolBox for Max 9

Donya Research have announced an upcoming plugin called Simplygon, a polygon reduction tool with some other great features like T-junction removal and border detection.

Simplygon will be available for Max 8 and pricing hasn't been announced yet. A demo version is available here.