I think it's safe to assume now that this is nothing they're going to change?

I had exactly the same issue.

Well!  I will say, that last year I really made the biggest effort of my art journey to try and stay INSIDE 3DCoat for the whole creation process, which (in my case is concepting and game asset creation, so both are important for me) I like to be able to create 3D maquettes of anything (environments, characters, you name it) and if I like something too much, I'd like to optimize it and texture it to make it an excellent game ready asset, just in case. I use Sculpt, Retopo, UV and Painting room 99% percent of the time, and I very much loved that we got integrated Photogammetry room as well.   Paint room: I too would love to see the texturing get a bit more closer to what substance has (non destructive workflow wise) but I love lots of the tools we already have in the Paint room. 3Dcoat is my no.1 texturing app. For example, I'd love to create perfectly tiling material variations, right now the tile feature in the paint room produces visible seams when calculating curvature, which is unfortunate and almost makes it useless.  Sculpt room: I would love to see just a few of those cool brushes that Zbrush has (with the same behaviour) that artists have been asking for - for a while now: trim smooth border and H polish. I would love to see a unified poly modeling room that doesn't hide certain tools, but encapsulates  all existing ones that involve traditional polymodeling, so basically, the Retopo, UV, and Modeling rooms could be streamlined into one room, where you could manage the whole process. A more intuitive way to send any piece of (retopo, or sculpt, or decimated) geo from one room to the other without remembering which menu has the command to do this. A robust blender applink, that favours a workflow for back-and forth itertaion between 3dcoat and blender. I've tried several times to use the applink, and it still feels shaky, but maybe I'm doing it wrong. The new CAD workflow is very exciting to imagine, I wonder how it will be implemented, and will it be streamlined for some kind of manufacturing process etc. Last but not least if Pilgway could hire someone like Anton Tenitsky (who did so much for the popularity of the app) who is NOT Anton, but as good  as him, and make an official tutorial, new feature series that follows development, that would be awesome. I write "NOT Anton" because he already did so much, maybe someone alse could help him out. Fresh top talent would be so good for expanding the user base. even Jama Jurabaev could do some stuff (if he even has time for this) etc.   Now as someone who deeply cares for what Pilégway stands for, I'm trying to do my small part to spread the word about how cool 3Dcoat is, I made 3 tips and tricks videos last year, but then had to stop due to realizing I need more in depth knowledge and more practice to be authentic. I've owned 3dcoat since 2010, and I'm still learning it, but it definitely feels like "HOME" for me even if sometimes I fell like it's a mess. At least it's my mess  And of course it isn't a mess, it's a fantastic tool that at some times can feel messy.  So. God bless you all for creating this amazing tool. I'll be here to nudge you guys, but I don't think I'll ever push too hard for feature requests, I simply don't have the energy for that (ignore my wishlist above, they are just wishes) and I know development is tough, especially now. That's why I wanted to check out a roadmap, to see when I should renew.

Try installing latest version .32

Hmmm... that's what I'm usually using as well, don't know what is wrong. It keeps doing that with every project.

I’d like to see full UDIM creation support in 3DCoat. If I create a model in the Modeling Room or make a retopo for a sculpted character or prop and generate the UVs, I currently have to send the model to another software to create the UDIM layout and then bring it back to 3DCoat to start painting. Another feature I’d love to see is a non-destructive workflow in the Paint Room or  in general.

would love to see retopo room tools, sculpting room improvements , and texturing

Thank you for your question. What rooms do you use most in your work? What new features would you like to see in 2025 to make you want to buy a license?  

It's better to duplicate requests here too. I keep a special document with requests for new features.

Hi Devs! Is there  Roadmap for new features in 2025, or for any development plans made public so one can pace the update of a permanent licence? Until I find that the newest stable release doesn't add as much value as I need, I'd like to hold out with renewing my licence. But i do plan on upgrading, just more financially responsibly. Thanks. 

Aware of that, I am Modo users for over the decade.   @Carlosan Sure that is fair, nothing against it. In my case discount  is not so important, I will pay full price if product works and it is stable, on OS I use, that is also officially supported. It is not fair that I pay same as Windows users an get half working product usually months later ... But going offtopic here. We went through this couple years ago anyway.

Once you've calculated your curvature map, from the Edit menu--> Calculate curvature, you can use these three parameters to tweak it. See video I attached. 2025-01-13 17-26-50.mp4

Hi  Suggestions for development should be submitted to support@3dcoat.com  This is a community forum, and any suggestions here are likely to be missed by people who make those decisions. 

Still think that it's bad that you can't choose to upgrade earlier

Hello, our position is explained by the fact that we want to sell the upgrades but not take a maintenance fee. If we take a maintenance fee,  we take money in advance, and in some sense, we become debtors. Who knows what the future will be, especially in our times?  We do not want to take any money in advance. We want to take money only for something tangible that we made. I think that is an honest position. So, we decided to sell the upgrade when it is ready for the particular customer and to give a new 12-month free upgrade period as a gift. That is why you cannot buy the upgrade if there are no new versions for you (new versions compared to the ones you had access to during your current 12 months of free upgrades). As soon as your free upgrade period expires and the new stable version appears in the download section, which you could not access before, we will put the upgrade button on your license in your Pilgway account, and you can upgrade. After the upgrade, we give you new gift - 12 months of free upgrade period since the date of the upgrade ...

Try with another project. I found this command working fine