THanks for the info. The editor indeed sounds like a dream come true.

Just a small request, can you please try out the water and post some screenies or info on what it can do? It looks like a water at least.. right? (just worried cause my current project has a lot of areas with water already in place)

PS: I am worried about how good the integration with Max is in the end. I know it dynamically updates the content, but aren't there any stability issues esp. when working with large scenes?

I was exporting a huge level using FBX into 3dgs. It's a slow process, but in the end everything came in as expecting. It's still a pain if you intend to update something, so I guess here Unity wins bonus points. You keep saving/updating in max while it updates inside Unity at the same time. No need to import huge files over and over and worry about placement in the world.

Haha... very funny. Try to create a endless repeating terrain in GS with 6 Textures + Detailmap + Lightmap. Good luck.

When you put a 3dsmax file into your project folder, unity will open the FBX exporter from 3ds in the background, export it to fbx, and close it again. When you change the 3dsmax file then, unity will recognize that and reimport it.
I never had problems using it. You probably have to assign the textures to the materials again, but well it's not that much of work either and you only have to do it once.

That reminds me. Is there a specific material restriction in Unity (materials you use on models in max)? In most engines I have seen that they will only show the models with proper textures when they are using Standard and Multi/Sub (some don't even have this... like Torque).

Are there any specific restrictions when working with materials in max at all? (is there any shader restriction as well? like you are stuck with Blinn or something similar?)

Questions are fun. :P

WOOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Unity 2.5 is officially live! Unity + Windows = <3

www.unity3d.com

Finally i can publish my projects i made with the beta.

Downloaded it, tried it for 30minutes now - and I already know that I'll definitely never go back to 3dgs. Farewell, 3dgs (Community?) - been nice knowing you

Why do I cheat on 3dgs? Simple - Workflow. It's not even the graphics

Haha, looks like a gazillion devs are busy downloading the trial. Can't open the site at all here (way too slow)..

I'll have to wait for a day or two.. or maybe few hours. Is there another place we can download the demo?

I can't download it in office. What are include in Unity trial?

Unity trial is the Indie version with all features, limited to 30 days.