toolstech opened this issue on Aug 29, 2003 ยท 65 posts
Dark_Whisper posted Sat, 30 August 2003 at 10:49 PM
Something I think a few of the "complainers" have forgotten: Initially this product was released as V2/V3 Texture Convertor which sold for $30. UTC was a complete rewrite of V2/V3 Texture Convertor, and included numerous extra features based on feedback. Now I could have sold the new version to the customers who had already bought V2/V3 Texture Convertor (like most software companies would) as it was a whole new version of software. Instead I decided to give away the new version for free to the existing customers and give them the new features without getting any return for the tremendous investment of development time I put in. I opted to give existing customers the added ability to purchase extra plugins in the hope that one day I would see a return on the development. A lot of you who are complaining the loudest actually bought the V2/V3 Texture Convertor. You were willing to pay $30 for a program that could only do one type of conversion, yet now suddenly you seem to have forgotten the fact that you have already received far more than you initially paid for. I am no longer going to respond to the accusations that the word "Universal" automatically means that you would get all the plugins for all the characters for free. Thats just ridiculous. In a seperate thread I was reading I saw that Dan Farr form Daz refered to the mesh that was used to create Victoria 3 and now Michael 3 as the "Universal" mesh. Does this mean that Daz will use this same mesh to create every type of character imaginable, and you will get all these "add-ons" for free - certainly not. Finally for those who feel that these $20 plugins are too expensive - no-one is forcing you to purchase them. regards, Steve