YafaRay Rendering Software

[micheus]

Direct download from the Yafaray website works in W3D or the plugin needs update?

As oort posts in your thread he was able to test successfully the new version with Wings3D.

The Yafaray project was paused since 2017 and they just get back it this year. The new stuff isn't so relevant that would to require the plugin update:
* New per-material transparency bias for Shiny Diffuse;
* Added Equirectangular camera;
* Angular camera: added "Ortographic" projection;
* Triangle: added "mesh->normals_exported" condition to enable user defined normals.

But, if at any moment you face any kind of crash caused by the plugin let us know about that in the bug reports session.
For Yafaray bugs that should be reported in their development page: Issues.

The latest Yafaray release can be found in Releases

[qewer3322]

Okay, thanks!
Oh and btw, when editing a materials properties; you can see a preview of how it will look like in Wings but there is no preview in the Yafaray tab. Is it because it can't tell you what it will look like after rendering before rendering?

[micheus]

when editing a materials properties; you can see a preview of how it will look like in Wings but there is no preview in the Yafaray tab. Is it because it can't tell you what it will look like after rendering before rendering?

Yes.
The best it could be done is to create a preview for the material being edited similar to that sphere used in Wings3D's material. But, that would need to be implemented - it doesn't exists in the plugin.

[oort]

Yes, a preview will never show exactly what your rendered material will look like. I understand this is true in Blender as well from posts I have seen about this in the past. A quick small (400x400) render will tell you much more...

Edit: I tested all of my example files with YafaRay 3.4.4 and they are all working with the current version of the Wings3D YafaRay plugin. Background Alpha transparency is the only feature that is not working and that has been broken for a long time...

oort

[oort]

The YafaRay website has been down for several weeks. They are aware of this and are trying to get the website back up.

For now you can get the latest version of the software at the following website...

Download YafaRay from GitHub

oort

[oort]

It has been a while since I have checked on the status of YafaRay. There is still no website. YafaRay is still being developed. The new version is a complete rebuild. You can see the latest commits in the following thread...

YafaRay code commits

oort