OK, thanks all. so what confirmations, if any, do we actually have or 'allowed' to talk about?
1. its not going to be ICE but will have same workflow / functionality - I really dont appreciate the difference? so each node will be called a mayacompound and not xsicompound ? will there be any interop with Softimage / Maya planned in this regards? 2. Its going to take a few years 3. Its not a separate App, but part of the main Maya I am good to assume these as actual facts then? :) And certainly dont want or need yet another tirade / rant / sky is falling thread, am trying to tread carefully, be less emotional and just ask rational questions based upon facts, which would be much more rewarding for those that feel are being kept in the dark. but as a Softimage customer using ICE everyday since the last 6 years , (in the ultimate niche of niches - Softimage FX) I feel I have a right to know what the **** is going on that will affect my favourite apps future? is the only option available is to wait until 2014? cheers Rob On 6 September 2012 12:01, Luc-Eric Rousseau <[email protected]> wrote: > there is no such thing as "MayaFX". A couple people wrote on linkedin > being in the "Maya FX" team. That's like saying you work in the "Maya > UI" or "Maya Rendering" team. It's not a product, it's the name of the > team in the org chart. We have since learned to be more careful about > those things, since it is meaningless. For example, the guys working > on the Node Editor are the UI team although that might end up being > useful in "FX" or "Rendering". Who is reports to is meaningless. > > On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 6:28 AM, Rob Chapman <[email protected]> wrote: > > So its just a confirmation then of what Luceric has already hinted as to > why > > the ex devs from Softimage are working on MayaFX - to port something > like a > > new ICE \ Naiad over to Maya. A bit more open about it than in the past > > which is better than usual. >
