Forum: Bryce


Subject: An Important Question For All Brycers:

x2000 opened this issue on May 16, 2003 ยท 10 posts


x2000 posted Sat, 17 May 2003 at 6:38 AM

"If you do make a Bryce .obp version you might as well just make a .br4 file, either version will be able to use the model then. If you make it .br5 only Bryce 5 will be able to use it." Actually, I figured on making v4 OBPs, which work in v5, too (though the reverse isn't true, even though there's really nothing new added in a v5 OBP that I know of). In fact, I already have each of these saved as v5 OBPs, but if there are still enough v4 users out there, I'll just redo them in v4. The problem with scene files is that you have info on atmospehere and lights and all, which make the files even bigger. And file size is definitely a problem with Bryce products. I test zipped the 3 v5 OBPs, and the zip is around 9 megs, which is about 3 times the size of the zip of the Poser version of the same package! In the past I considered releasing Bryce versions of my Poser scene sets (restaurant, starship bridge, tavern), but the Bryce files are just too large to make it viable.:( "Poser products sell lots better then bryce products. However, you could release a seperate bryce-posable and poser-posable version. Or both versions in one product ofcourse." Yeah, I already have the Poser version uploaded to a few sites just waiting to pass testing. If I do release a Bryce version, it'll be a separate package. The Poser version will be the set of three figures for $20, but I'd price the Bryce version lower, maybe even half of that, since Bryce products are harder to sell and since you can't export them to other apps from Bryce the way you can from Poser. And as far as the the market being so Poser-centric, personally, I'd love to see that change.;) Unfortunately, Bryce file size alone makes that an uphill battle... :(