Technology Preview 4 (Build 1.9.98.1) is out!

[rcallicotte]

Roger.

so you can only get this update if you are a pre-purchaser?

[Seth]

downloaded !
gonna try tonight if i have some free time ^^

[Yoda Almighty]

Roger.

that sucks 

[Tangled-Universe]

Rendering the bench shows a decrease of 10 sec. from 91 to 81 seconds ~10% faster
Now let's see with some heavy scenes

[nvseal]

Got it. Thanks guys.

[neuspadrin]

for those of you who want to use the batch file provided, or make their own version where it starts up without node or 3d render view, i have a suggestion.  in the batch file, add in front of the line "start /b" so it would look like this (for mine) "start /b tgd.exe -nonetworkview".  makes it so the command prompt window that comes up immediately goes away by itself.

just a lil tidbit.

wow... definitely feels faster rendering, and its nice to not have to restart every few changes due to a memory leak. 

[PG]

Roger.

that sucks 

It's the benefit of paying for the product. I'd suggest saving up to get the pre purchase before TG2 goes gold. Although I'd hazard a guess that you still have a while

[Yoda Almighty]

Roger.

that sucks 

It's the benefit of paying for the product. I'd suggest saving up to get the pre purchase before TG2 goes gold. Although I'd hazard a guess that you still have a while

too true. I don't even have my drivers license yet. 

[rcallicotte]

Have you considered trying to get a discount, since you're a high school student? 

At this point, you might want to wait until the Beta is released to consider buying it, though.  There are some frustrations with the latest releases.

too true. I don't even have my drivers license yet. 

[Yoda Almighty]

Is the final still going to follow the policy of "free for non-commercial use"?

[pbelchamber]

I am very impressed on the speed increase - the bench scene on my Q9650 w/4GB Ram only took 48sec. I had given up playing a while back due to the interminable render times, but now my interest has increased again. (Not to mention the fact my vague fears of $200 "vapourware" have been allayed). I truly believe when released Terragen 2 will seriously upset the competition. Now all I need is "T2XStream"!

[rcallicotte]

I don't know.  I wouldn't presume to speak for Planetside...I'm sure the free version will have plenty of limitations.  Now might be a good time to mow some lawns or something equivalent to get that little bit of $$.  This new version is actually doing pretty well.

Is the final still going to follow the policy of "free for non-commercial use"?

[Oshyan]

Is the final still going to follow the policy of "free for non-commercial use"?

We will continue to make a free version available but as is currently the case it will be limited in some ways. The limitations of the free version following the final release have not yet been determined.

- Oshyan

[Cyber-Angel]

Question, has Planetside locked down the minimum system requirements for TG2 yet; or at least have a good ball park set as this information would be vary useful to those whom are considering buying a new system in the near future? What would be useful would be minimum CPU and Memory for optimum performance!

Regards to you.

Cyber-Angel       

[Oshyan]

Any system you purchase *new* at this point will exceed the minimum system requirements. We will be finalizing the minimum requirements for the product launch.

- Oshyan