> preventing the use of previous versions unless you basically commit forever, and even then – only 3 versions back! 2012 is now officially off-limits for subscription customers. I remember a message from an AD rep here, suggesting not to upgrade a few licenses just in order to keep access to an older version - thus diluting one’s license park. it’s anti-customer behavior, directed ONLY at licensed and paying customers, devaluating their investment.
what you did up to 3 years ago is being ‘obsoleted’ - for long format work that’s like saying: your previous project is off bounds. This in an industry (entertainment) thriving on sequels ! funny reading just the other day about Weta’s own new renderer in that other thread – where they mention opening shots from “old” projects such as Tintin or the first Hobbit – and re-rendering them. Where this was actually a design constraint they set themselves. And here’s AD going: hey, if we can prevent you from doing this, we will! Sure, you can try and open those scenes on a newer version, and pray nothing breaks. Oh right, if you’re on Maya, don’t forget to recompile all those plugins you don’t have the source code for. Doh. > Personally can't wait for competition. Amen to that. I stuck it out on Softimage, waiting for the next gen software from AD to replace Maya/Max/XSI. Definitely not doing that anymore - at this point my ONLY criterium for a replacement is that it isn’t AD. On 08/09/14 8:22, Luc-Eric Rousseau wrote: Yes you lose the right to run three versions back when the subscription lapses. You can only run the last version you installed. On Aug 8, 2014 2:09 PM, "phil harbath" <[email protected]> wrote: What was the final verdict on using older versions of Softimage, I saw on the EOL page you could use up to 3 versions back. Does that require the user to be on active subscription. My case is I am on 2015 but my subscription just lapsed. Phil Harbath jamination
