I am downloading 2013 right now.
I have tried every kind of rendering type and still same problem.
As i am using my laptop as a tool for 3D stuff, i really need to fix this at this level and do not really have the luxury of going to another machine to render things. Even if i use the cloud thing, i still want to know how the scene is going to look like.
While i agree that the Alias render engine is LIGHT YEARS behind others like Keyshot and Showcase in readily foto-realistic, easy rendering, Alias still has some nice tricks like fog illumination and lens flare. I admit i have not used Keyshot, but if it can do these things, then i might look into it.
In all honesty, photo-realistic renderings do not interest me much, as i consider renders to be more of a composition tool.
What are hotfixes?