Anybody out there?

No, we're gone... outta here! We're mad as hell and we arn't going to take it anymore! I'm still ripped about what MetaCreations did to RDS! Screw'em... I've gone to LightWave!

Someone fill me In, What's going on? what has Metacreations done to RDS? at least give me the URL where I can read up on It.

As far as I know, Meta sold Carrera to Adobe, Carrera was the upgrade to RayDream, so RayDream is kind of a orphan app now. At least that is all I know myself. But that was a done deal a while ago.

I love to rant about how they send this open letter the day after Chistmas about how Meta was selling off the programs I make a living using! Nice way to put my future in limbo before 2000! I put my self out of my mysery by getting into LightWave. Smeg I couldn't be happier! Did you guys know they Beta-tested Carrara only a month before it was released! Go on line and see how many people are reporting countless bugs and "Failed Render" messages. Meta SCR#W#D it's loyal customers! Even worse, Kia Power Tools was sold to Corel, not Adobe... makers of Photoshop the power tools are most stable with! Given the chance, I would whip exces a$$ who did this!

I can agree with your anger, but Carrara was beta tested for well over 3 months. I was a tester :) Brian P. Retford Carrara Extensions www.losthorizonsoftware.com

Hmmm, Three months? That's a little better.

So, Brian, you must have knowledge of the Carrara SDK? Did you have to sign a Non-Disclosure aggreement, or can you share?

I had to sign an NDA, but I can still share just about anything you wanted to know. Just ask! Brian Retford Carrara Extensions www.losthorizonsoftware.com

What did you have to do in order to get the DTK?? It was listed in the product specs like it was going to be public knowledge. What languages are compatable with the DTK?? Just C++ or is it VB enabled? Is the NDA still in effect now that Meatcreations is not the owner of the product??

I also had to sign a NDA with MC. I'm pretty sure anyone that got the SDK had to. Clint

I'm not sure about the NDA still being in effect, but I can tell you some things. First of all, I'm not sure what you mean by dtk, I've never heard that acronym before. I'll assume you mean SDK. You used to have to email MetaC and sign papers to get the SDK, as of right now, you cannot obtain it. Hopefully you will be able to get it from adobe within the next month. The SDK will only work with C++. It does use COM, so the possibility of using other languages exists, but I doubt it will ever happen. Most pro software in existence for Win95/NT (and most other platforms as well) is coded in C/C++. Brian P. Retford Carrara Extensions www.losthorizonsoftware.com

I was a Beta Tester too. I am P****ed that I (and several other beta testers) were promised a copy of the production version for our work and never recieved one! This is the fault of "upper management" at MC, certainly not the people we delt with. BTW the only version that was tested for three months was the PC version, the Mac version appeared about a day before the December announcement which stopped all work! Mike Waters

Now that really sucks, Mike! Clint