Updated versions of PhysX plug-ins for 3ds Max and Maya, 2.88.00227 and 2.88.00222 respectively, are now available for download.

Update: 2.89 PhysX plug-ins released

The release supports latest APEX 1.2.2 and PhysX SDK 3.2.2 and also includes several critical bug-fixes.

• New Features
  • Updated PhysX 2.8.5 and 3.2.2
  • Updated APEX 1.2.2
  • Make 3.x SDK as default.
  • Support exporting without prompt dialog.
  • Rigid Body: expose script support for clothing type shape, radius bone and type.

• Fixes
  • Fix for the crash when 3ds Max Loading if mParticles installed. Also fix the crash when opening a file with mCloth/mParticles content.
  • Fix a bug, if a scene contains a ragdoll, and open the viewer, max will crash when exit.
  • Fix clothing baking script issue, making pxBakeClothing() work.
  • Fix capsule collision with clothing in 3x mode.
  • Fix the bug ‘Pick Ragdoll Shapes’ dialog doesn’t work under 2.8.
  • Fix material and submesh parsing issue for a specific user.
  • Fix the bug save the num of ContactAgent with a size_t value.
  • Fix on a crash defect in weld algorithm.
  • Fix the Bug translating the mesh of a ragdoll in an old file will have doubled translation.
  • Fix Global scaling support.
  • Fix a bug 1745-8317534: Projection mode is not exported correctly to the RepX XML format.
  • Fix Bug #7190: PhysX 3.x connect sphere issue disable in Max 2009 SP1.
  • Fix Bug #7192: Backstop forces See-through mode.
  • Fix Bug #5747: Script error when using “Pick source object” on original object.
  • Fix Bug #5869: Color of rigid body does not differ for kinematic/dynamic ragdoll.
  • Fix Bug #7199: button missing from Root translation dialog.

• New Features
  • Updated PhysX 2.8.5 and 3.2.2
  • Updated APEX 1.2.2
  • Make 3.x SDK as default.
  • Support Maya 2013.5 release.

• Fixes
  • Fix bug #7207: When the viewer is open, launching the viewer makes Maya hang.
  • Fix bug #6051: Contact Layer not initialized when rigid body selected.
  • Fix bug #7191: Constraint with static rigid body doesn’t simulate correctly.
  • Fix bug #7226: Apex cloth disappears in UDK.
  • Fix bug #7125: Ragdoll with reference mode makes Maya crash.
  • Fix a crash when loading a clothing lod scene twice.
  • Improve Clothing Painting Performance.

PhysX plug-ins version 2.88.00227 for 3ds Max (2009-2013) and 2.88.00222 for Maya (2010-2013.5) can be accessed through Developer Support Center (registration guide).