In response to catlin mc ( post number 72 )

First of all, I have NEVER painted Renderosity or it's forums in a bad light. EVERY reply I have EVER made on ANY site has been given with GREAT consideration. I would urge anyone in doubt, to go and check out the threads on the other sites, and please know that I am NOT responsible for the feelings of OTHERS towards Renderosity or it's forums. If you read my replies carefully, you will see that any references to Renderosity have been made because I have been prompted to do so, and those references have always been in good humour. Also, I try to be as fair as I can by posting links to other website forums ALWAYS in alphabetical order, to show ZERO preferences.

It became obvious in the early days of these threads, that PRO-RENDER had become a VERY controversial product, and that I must make a decision on it's future.

I made the decision to complete PRO-RENDER, and I made that decision, secure in the knowledge that no financial reward would be coming my way. May I point out that, this is NOT the sort of decision one would expect to hear from a man with BUSINESS ONLY logic. I decided to continue PRO-RENDER because I love Bryce, I'm proud of what I've developed, and I want to share it with other Bryce users.

I am consistantly being informed that PRO-RENDER is some sort of re-working of other peoples work. Well, if that's the case, and you're minds are made up on that, you won't be wanting to download PRO-RENDER then will you.
The best I can say on that matter is this: If you're all happy with the excellent work that has already been done here ( and so you should be ), I am happy for you all.
However, I am not prepared to sit back and watch my own work being ripped apart by the childish attitude of some members here. It's plain to see from the posts here, that any PAINTING that's been done, has in fact been done by a select few members on this very site. The impressions that other sites' members have about Renderosity are based on what THEY read here, so please, even the thought that I alone could generate these impressions is absolutely laughable! No, I'm afraid people already had their own impressions of Renderosity LONG before I came along, now I wonder why that could be? A few lessons to be learnt here maybe, so perhaps this thread is a blessing in disguise.

Just because I'm proud of what I've developed, that does not make me an egotist. In fact, as far as I can see, the only egotism displayed in this thread has been by others, NOT myself. Please know that members of Renderosity are NOT the only people with a love of advanced rendering for Bryce at heart. There are OTHER sites and OTHER people, and it actually IS possible for others to have developed their knowledge WITHOUT help from Renderosity or it's members. If anyone doubt's this, then perhaps they had better look closer to home as far as egotism goes. I'm not sure if that SINGLE SHY MALE line has given people the wrong impression that I might be a pushover. But if it has, then you have a LOT to learn. I might be shy around females, but I'm certainly not shy in general, and I'm no pushover, especially in business.

I apologise to the members with a GENUINE need for PRO-RENDER, that you've had to read through large amounts of text in order to get very little information. It's an unfortunate fact that most of my text has been written in order to rectify suspicions and accusations. To you members, all I can say is please bear with me, I am doing my best to get PRO-RENDER online. But having to constantly write lengthy explanations like this tends to slow things down a little. Oh, and by the way, I write a lot here because I CARE!

I truly believe that I have written enough text in this thread to explain away peoples suspicions and accusations. That fact alone, should be enough to make people see that I really DO care about Renderosity and it's members. So, starting from this post onward, I am simply going to ignore ALL suspicions and accusations. I will now, reply only to CONSTRUCTIVE posts, good or bad.

Finally, I hope to get those radiosity room images up shortly, so that members can compare them to the methods used here on Renderosity, I'm sure that you can all decide then, weather or not you will be downloading PRO-RENDER.
Either way, it WILL be released.

Regards,

Len.

The wait can be horrific, but the outcome can be worse - pumeco 2006