Hi all,
I'm currently looking for a terrain-rendering application, it's down to either Vue or Terragen, and one of the things I want to do with it is rocky terrain and rivers, in a non-perspective look-down view. That was all looking great for Terragen with Danil's erosion plugin, but then I read it doesn't support the Mac.
A bit of correspondence, and a bit more googling led me to the reason: there's no SDK ...
Looking back through the forum posts about SDK's, it seems a Mac SDK been "under consideration" for a very long time - so is it *really* ever going to happen ? Or is it one of those things that will forever be pushed to the back of the queue ?
I have a shiny new iMac Pro sitting here, cores just begging to used, and although I'm sure (with a bit of effort) I could get Terragen to do what I want, the plugin does seem to do *exactly* what I want, and it's kind of irritating that it isn't supported. Whether that's irritating enough to be pushed to Vue (especially with your current, pretty amazing I must say, discount) is another matter, but in the words of my old sales director - it's another barrier to you getting a purchase. Barriers Bad!
So, what is the real outlook for an SDK on the Mac ?
If it helps, I'm a s/w engineer at Apple - for the last 15 years or so - I may even be able to help