mouser opened this issue on Jun 13, 2004 ยท 34 posts
FyreSpiryt posted Sun, 13 June 2004 at 7:57 AM
Damn, I hate to say this, but it makes sense. What's going to sell on the box? "Now with dynamic cloth!" or "Now with save dialogs that don't go insane!" In all fairness, I didn't pay upgrade price for the library system. I paid it for shader materials and dynamic cloth.
Nonetheless, software developers should do both. Add new features and fix past bugs that aren't practical to patch. The thing is with some bugs is that you might be able to let them slip one release, but only one. Some of these that have been around since version 3, and were left in 4, and left in Pro Pack, and left in 5... Well, it starts to tweak people's switch, ya know.
Point lights and some form of real-time preview for transparency (doesn't have to be perfect, something like what DAZ Studio has would be fine) are major "you want me to upgrade?" points. I'd also like area lights. And some bugs ironed out.
I don't see how you can have a new version release without new features. I have to think they mean MAJOR features like the cloth room, not minor ones like new light types, better preview, and other things that could just as easily be called improvements.