my reseller told me no more upgrades for any autodesk product since the January 2015 deadline (U.S.), on top of that, there is no longer a 1 month grace period when paying maintenance (or whatever it is called now).
From: Sven Constable Sent: Monday, November 23, 2015 12:52 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: can I still get softimage? It's hard to get information from AD in this regards and even resellers doesn't seem to know exactly whats possible in some cases. The following reflects my knowledge. You should verify it with your reseller to make sure. Ask twice because sometimes, they may have outdated information or want to sell something different from what you want :) I got wrong infos in the first place from mine as well. Upgrading existing licenses: You can upgrade standalone and network licenses of Softimage to version 2015 from six version back (from version 2010 an up). You can upgrade these licenses until Feb 2016. I did it end of last year and it was around 2,500 EUR. Until mid 2014 it was a few hundred bucks less. You cannot upgrade Softimage alone anymore, you have to choose the bundle. No matter if you have network license or standalone. Subscription isn't needed to upgrade an existing license. Buying new licenses: You *can* still buy additional licenses as an existing Softimage costumer until Feb 2016. But it’s the same deal as with upgrading, you will need to buy the bundle. AFAIK it's around 5,000EUR now. Subscription isn't needed to buy additional licenses. License management / flexlm: flexlm had a few changes since 2010 but I used the old flexlm from xsi2011 (v11.7.0.0) with the new license file without problems. However if you're running an even older version then you may need to update the flexlm. I had this at a company when XSI2015 refused to start because they were running a very old flexlm version. AD changed licensing check via flexlm internally somehow. You can combine your old license (xsi2011) and the new xsi2015 within one file. So yes you can run both versions simultaniously and have all batch render lics available as well as the mental ray lics. (5 per softimage seat plus the GUI version, resulting in 6 batchrender licences if your not using the GUI. In your case it would be two softimage versions at the same time and 10 batch render lics. However, you cannot use the batchrender lics from 2011 for 2015 scenes of course. Nor vice versa. If the machine name and its'MAC ID didn't change for both versions just copy/paste the new license text into the old file and restart flexlm. I'm not sure about mixed server IDs in one file but instead you can just create a second service for the new license and run both. AFAIK flexlm doesn't check with AD servers, since it's designed to work in closed environments. The companies license server or fileserver or wherever the flexlm is running on, usually have no internet access. Hope this helps. cheers, Sven From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Derek Jenson Sent: Monday, November 23, 2015 5:23 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: can I still get softimage? I've done my best to keep up with the details of 'upgrading' to Softimage 2015, but still have a few questions; I have a network license of Softimage 2011sp2. I likely should have upgraded when Autodesk still allowed upgrades, if I was going to switch to another AD tool. At the time I was quoted $2200 to bring my 2011 license up to 2015. However, I would have received a Maya/Max & Softimage standalone license in place of my network license, losing all my batch licenses. I was also in mid production with 2011, so trying to look ahead 2 years in this industry is impossible; things change quickly. Parting with with $$ for tools I can't use for at least a year just didn't make sense at the time. And honestly, I feel like I've been trying to protect myself against future AD decisions with the 'upgrade' offer... and that is not the relationship I want with a vendor. So as I understand it, all 'upgrade' offers are for standalone, correct? And at this point there is no 'upgrade', they are simply offering a new Max/Maya & Softimage bundle product to existing holders of Softimage licenses; so I would retain my network 2011 license, correct? In the US, this cost is $3600-3700? And I could run both Softimage 2011sp2 and 2015sp2 at the same time, correct? How has the license server changed from 2011 to 2015? It sounds like the client needs to check-in with an AD server? Blender is open source and free right? Just joking, I know the answer to that one ;) Any help with any of these questions is appreciated. My gut feeling is I will not upgrade, but will switch to another tool. I also feel that AD is pushing the monthly fee so I can easily pickup Max/Maya for a month here or there in the future as needed and keep my thou$ands under my pillow. -Derek -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2015 09:58:56 -0500 Subject: Re: can I still get softimage? From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Rob, Any chance you know a reseller honoring this? The one I talked to here in Toronto does not. : ( On Fri, Nov 13, 2015 at 8:29 AM, Rob Chapman <[email protected]> wrote: not necessarily only the suite, you can currently get Maya 2016 with softimage option. Standalone license with no maintenance. have to be quick, this 'offer' wont be available for long as everything soon will be cloud subscription and softimage aint ever going to be on there On 13 November 2015 at 13:21, Personal <[email protected]> wrote: I think that is only option. -- Micic Srecko ------------------- Mail: [email protected] Skype:srecko.micic ------------------- On 13/11/2015 14:17:20, Chris Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: Sorry guys....I disappeared from the list for a while...I'm sure this subject has come up a number of times!? What is the cheapest/best way to get a license of soft? Or can I still even do that? Last time I touched base with a reseller I had to buy the Suite which was around $10,000 Canadian! -- Chris Johnson | www.someonescousin.com | 416.473.1624 -- Chris Johnson | www.someonescousin.com | 416.473.1624
