Hey Eric! great to know, hope you are ok man
On 5 March 2014 18:12, Ben Houston <[email protected]> wrote: > > You are dead in the water if there is no one to fix a bug that a 3rd > party dev needs fixed to make a certain feature... or implement a feature > in order to do so as well... > > This isn't too much of a concern for us, we just work around the bugs > we've encountered. Although I guess some of those issues have been > annoying, such as multiple UV maps being crashing in Softimage if you > click on them after an Alembic import -- BTW those crashes are not in > our code. > > Best regards, > -ben > > On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 12:59 PM, Eric Thivierge <[email protected]> > wrote: > > You are dead in the water if there is no one to fix a bug that a 3rd > party > > dev needs fixed to make a certain feature... or implement a feature in > order > > to do so as well... > > > > > > On Wednesday, March 05, 2014 12:54:59 PM, Stephen Davidson wrote: > >> > >> I have a question..... > >> > >> If the last release is Softimage 2015 (with ICE). Won't this > >> version just run as long as you have it installed? If so, > >> I would think this is a great opportunity for 3rd party developers to > >> improve Softimage with some great addons, or plugins, that > >> would keep it going as long as there is 3rd party development. > >> > >> I would point to the great addons, offered by Exocortex > >> <http://exocortex.com/>, as a perfect example > >> > >> of integrating enormously extended functionality of Softimage. > >> > >> The recent prolific ICE compounds, such as StrandTree > >> > >> < > http://iceduous.blogspot.com/2010/04/strandtree-procedural-approach-to-tree.html > > > >> and > >> Mootzoid <http://www.mootzoid.com/plugin> > >> > >> are just two of many offerings out there. In fact, Mootzoid states on > >> their > >> main page > >> > >> "The Mootzoid plugin development for Softimage|XSI will not be > >> affected by this lame decision." > >> > >> Am I missing something? > >> Are we really dead in the water if AD shuts down development? > >> I think this deserves further exploration. > >> > >> comments? > >> > >> -- > >> > >> Best Regards, > >> * Stephen P. Davidson** > >> **(954) 552-7956 > >> * [email protected] > >> > >> /Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic/ > >> > >> > >> - Arthur C. Clarke > >> > >> <http://www.3danimationmagic.com> > >> > > > > > > -- > Best regards, > Ben Houston > Voice: 613-762-4113 Skype: ben.exocortex Twitter: @exocortexcom > http://Clara.io - Professional-Grade WebGL-based 3D Content Creation >
