Hi
Was more or less just asking about Danny's guesstimation. Not trying to be critical. In all honesty and seriousness I think TG2 is fairly priced now. And I doubt I will think otherwise for Version 3. It is a massive program with many ways to use it (unlike TPF, which has only one use). Im not trying to interrupt debate/discussion, just saying what I think.
In the future, If T3 or T4 fixed the displacement issues, had full object support (FBX and obj including multi tilling and functional rigging animation) and if they included a limited particle system for rain and fire, for example. And had a good wind system as well as some of the other technical things people talk about. I would not hesitate to pay more than 1,000+ dollars. (compare Terragen to maya/max softimage and so on (they all have problems and limitations too, by the way) but cost multiple thousands of dollars more. And with the big packages you still HAVE to buy expensive plug-ins to do everything you see in the movies.
As things are now I think T2 is at fair market value, and really probably even costs less than what its worth IMO (despite that I personally am not as good with it as lots of you guys, and so don't get the same use out of it.)
Also remember that Oshyan and Jo and Matt provide first hand user support (try getting that from autodesk). If you take all of the pluses of planetside together with the actual software. It really is underpriced (relative to pricing in the industry). And probably that is why development is a little slower. If they charged more they could afford to do more, but then some of us would not be able to use it. So I can't bring my self to complain too much (and I do love complaining). I think they have done a good job balancing everything. And I honestly feel like the balance is more in our favor than theirs, and they get big loyalty points from me for that.
Having said that, Im just as concerned about upgrade prices and new users prices as anyone. But only because of my personal situation, and not because I think the prices will be silly (like TPF for example
). I do hope that it will go easy on us, but I trust these guys and will probably pay what they ask without much grumbling...Probably
On the new user price, I just want to see more new users, so I can look at more new work. And because the more new users there are, the more opportunities being a user my self will create. But if they keep making a free edition and also student prices, than I don't see a problem.
One question I still have is what the upgrade from a student priced version to a full commercial version (from T2 to T3) will be. And also, Im not sure why they will stop selling T2 since they still sell Terragen Classic? But Again, Im just talking from my personal situation. I don't see anything unfair now or coming down the pike.
Just saying.
YEah, I got something to say about everything, So what?