Doug B

So version 3 is improved over version 1.0? WOW!!! Who would have thought it! :-) Can I keep my 3dC 1.0? Pleazeeee! (It's a retro thing-I think...) Cheers

Thanks, Andrew, I thought maybe the whole office was going on a well deserved holiday. :-)

Can we still purchase 3D Coat 3 while Andrew is on vacation?

Can we do a pre-release buy yet? Please! Cheers

Can we do a pre-release buy yet? Please! Cheers

Excuse my ignorance, but what are 'wink' tutorials?

Same here-when I click on the link, all I get is a blank web page, no file to download.

I have only 3 days left before the end of my Alpha 73 version-and I only installed it today....

In another thread, Andrew posted the following specs for 3dCoat: Minimal requirements are the same - Radeon 9200/FX 5500/GMA945, 128 Video RAM, 512 RAM, 1 GGz CPU Optimal by price - NV 8600 (512) + 2 core CPU +2GB RAM Optimal - NV 8800 and better, 4GB RAM, 4 core CPU Did you say earlier that you have a 256mb graphics card? If so, Andrew mentions the need for a 512mb graphics card for optimal performance. Can you try a better graphics card? Cheers Doug

Thanks, Andrew, the trial is back to 45 days now Cheers Doug

I downloaded another ver 58 and now it says that the trial expires in 5 days. Help please!!!

That happened to me as well running 3d Coat Alpha 58 GL64 on Vista 64. This never happened with previous Alphas. Is there a reason for this? Cheers Doug

Thanks for posting, but that news is several months old! :-)

I'm pretty sure that Andrew said that the upgrade from2-3 would be approx. $100

No worry here mate! :-) I'm just glad you are doing a Linux port. I use both Windows and Linux, so no big deal. Take your time! :-) Cheers Doug

Good news for me-that's the Linux distro that I use! :-) No hurry, I'd rather it was done right, rather than fast and buggy! I own 3dC for windows. Are you saying that I would need to pay $40 more for the Linux version, but an 3dC Mac user gets the Linux version for free? that hardly seems fair. Houdini lets you change from Windows to Linux by simply deregstering the Houdini Windows then registering for Houdini Linux-all at no cost. Cheers

Let me get this straight so that I understand-you will do a Linux port, but not until after v3 is finished? What Linux distros are you going to support? Might I suggest Ubuntu (Debian) and Redhat for a start? Cheers Doug

It's like they are really trying to severely limit their market that they already had for MB1. Talk about shooting yourself in the foot! It's one thing if they had a MB 2009 Elitist version that they charged fistfuls of cash to corporate clients. But then they should also have a version that could be used by most users who had a reasonably current PC-say 1-2 years old, 4Gb ram, a decent 512Mb video card; something like that at the least!

Also, MB 2009 needs about 10x the computer resources to run as well as the VS in 3dCoat. I have MB 1 and was considering getting MB 2009 until I tried the demo. I'm currently running an Athlon64 X2 4200 with 4GB ram and an ATI Radeon HD 3600 512mb ram video card and win xp home. Pretty average to trailing edge technology. MB 1 ran great on this system. To run MB 2009 well, I would need a new power supply, NVIDIA Quadro card, win vista 64 or win xp 64 and a ram upgrade of 8-16 GB. Oh, plus the $400 Cdn for the upgrade of MB1->2. Do the math for total cost, but it is obviously prohibitive for many users who are not high paid Weta sculptors or the like. I fully realize that MB2 has way more features than MB1, but why the heavy requirements when the same things or better can be done with 3d Coat for the cost of the 3dCoat software full or upgrade price? Autodesk seems to have a knack for turning everything that they touch into major bloatware. When you compare 3dC to MB 2009, there is no contest-MB2009 looses every time IMHO. Cheers all Doug

RTM time!

Both Maya and Houdini have Linux versions for a start. Plus most Linux versions have 64 bit as well as 32 bit versions.

Phil, have a look in the menu folder for 3dC, the 64 bit version is listed there.

Ditto here-Crash in Windows xp 32 both DX and GL. (Bug Report filed) Crash occurs when I try and load volumetric sculpturing by clicking the icon or when I load the default sample sphere ito the regular section.

Thanks for confirming that I am not always crazy! lol!!! :-) Was it MS that named it a ribbon interface? If so, that does not surprise me. Cheers Doug

Why do they call this a ribbon interface interface? From what you showed it just looks like a Toolbar with a new name!