I agree. I can’t speak for C4D but Modo in my mind has only become a full DCC this last version. (Some would say 701 but I tend to think 801). So yes a lot of kinks to work out.
Was chatting to Martin Mayer recently at TheFoundry User group in Johannesburg (He was there as as a Modo Specialist) and he said that performance is pretty much their major priority going forward. So theFoundry is definitely aware of the issues. One big tip that I didn’t know before that meeting is that if your not animating a mesh in the scene, load it up as a static mesh. (my incoming meshes are alembic) It provides a massive performance boost. Was running a 9 million polygon environment and still animating a character 800K polygons and it was not giving any issues at all. Between Fabric and Modo (and if hopefully I sacrifice enough goats splice in Modo) I am very happy going forward, However If I run out of goats a Modo/Houdini pipeline works well as they are fairly complimentary. From: Jason S <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Reply-To: "[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Date: Friday 22 August 2014 at 5:54 PM To: "[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Subject: Re: Rigging and Animation in Modo Performance and/or stability issues, or not rattling over 40mph, seems to be what keeps either of them from being more widely used as main pipeline apps. Currently, at least in my part of the woods (in Montreal.. being not exactly in the middle of the woods except physically :p ) .. virtually no studio runs with either of them, and even worldwide, job posts seem to be scarce to say the least. And would be delighted to see one, or even more *BOTH* overcome their relative limitations enough for them to be more seriously considered, otherwise not at-all lacking in really great things. <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:100%;"> <tr> <td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font face="arial,sans-serif" size="1" color="#999999"><span style="font-size:11px;">This communication is intended for the addressee only. It is confidential. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately and destroy the original message. You may not copy or disseminate this communication without the permission of the University. Only authorised signatories are competent to enter into agreements on behalf of the University and recipients are thus advised that the content of this message may not be legally binding on the University and may contain the personal views and opinions of the author, which are not necessarily the views and opinions of The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All agreements between the University and outsiders are subject to South African Law unless the University agrees in writing to the contrary. </span></font></td> </tr> </table>
