http://forum.daz3d.com/viewtopic.php?t=45917

WARNING!!

If you want your BRYCE 6.0 RIGHT AWAY, do NOT order the Content DVD in the same order.  My purchase is "being processed"  because some of the items (ala the DVD) are not available yet.  Hence my credit card has not been billed and I'm stuck in limbo even through I checked the "send out of stock items separately".

Hopefully this will be fixed shortly.

Brett

Good spot.

Make seperate transactions.

I am majorly (is that a word?) DROOLING over here!  But budget being what it is, I'll just have to wait.

Phooey!

It's not going anywhere. ;o)

Wow, great price!  Originally when I heard the Bryce 6 was going to come out I decided I would not bother upgrading (thinking it was going to be in the 100 to 129 dollar range).  6 BUCKS!!!! Oh yeah, I got it all and was still under $50.  Now just have to wait for my download link.  Didn't see the message about ordering the DVD seperate.  Oh well, bet DAZ's servers are getting overloaded anyway... 

Lol...the Content DVD page lists all the contributing artists. I don't know if anyone will know some of them by their real names.  ;o)

Are you hosing me ? Is this for real ? Holy Ned !!!  OK,...........who's downloading ?...................I want to hear some feedback,............any bugs,.......major FUBAR incidents. Smithy,.......are you getting it ? If so, I want to see HDRI renders, ASAP.

You'll see some HDRI renders later today/tonight, promise.

woohoo!   ordered it, now to find a quiet time to download.

downloaded, installed. nice puke green interface..

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snicker (wondered how long that would take)

Would be nice to have gui color presets we could choose from.

well it was 6 bucks...

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Rofl...yup.

Maybe we can CSS Style Bryce 6?  :o}

You need a Platinum card in order to get Bryce 6 for $6.00......

Otherwise it is $99.00...

I'm downloading now - it's going surprisingly fast.

tom, get the platinum thing. it's worth it. it's green man, it's green!!!

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Would love to lose that green myself (and this from a foliage lover, lol).
AS, methinks you're on to something about having a customizable GUI interface. ;-D

sorry, that's bryce 7.

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LMAO drac!
Not going there!

Bryce 7.0 will be out "soon".

I guess I'm joining the DAZ3D Platinum club! :)

Is there a n update deal for people who bought 5.5 but are not in the platnum club?, can't see one

yeah, you should have it in your account. you get the bonuspack for free

Now, THE QUESTION that all Mac users are waiting for the answer. Is the loading large file bug fixed? You know, the fix that we are waiting for a year and a half now.

I can't say for certain, better to ask an actual DAZ employee over at DAZ, but...I would assume they would eventually have upgrade packages available for purchase.

In the past, those details come up later in the day/next day. (for some reason)

Yeah, yeah,..........enough of this idle chit chat !  How does B6 perform ? Does anybody other than me have dual CPU's ? Does it utilize them in a useful manner ? How long are the HDRI renders taking ? Do they look good ? Is the "Sunlight Soft Shadows"  bug fixed ? I don't care what color the gui is. Facts,.......stats,..........that's what I need. Inquiring minds want to know these things !

If you get yourself a one month PC membership, it will get you Bryce 6 for $6,- a voucher for $5,- (Meaning you get Bryce 6 for $1,-),  you can get the Bryce content DVD at 50% off the discount price, you get 50% off Daz originals until the end of the month, and you get a coupon for ten free items out of the platinum bonus pack,  along with the opportunity to get yourself a wide range of items at the price of $1,99 for a month - I really don't see where you can go wrong there.

And there's this additional thing about the release of Victoria 4 before the end of the month, most probably at a Platinum Club discount as well.

(And not, I'm not employed by DAZ...)

v4? wtf is that?

Victoria4, their next big Poser figure

The sunlight soft shadow bug? You mean where the Sky Lab soft shadow would not stay switched on? That was fixed in b5.5, or at least I never had anymore problems with that since B5.5

HDRI speed; Using HDRI's for reflections, etc, etc, and for IBL (Image Based Lighting) slows down any render in any 3D program, by its nature its just more complex lighting, and by the nature of using an image to drive the lighting...it is automatic soft shadows.

That being said, its not that bad. You will find that different HDRI's will render a scene faster than others (I'm assuming this has to do with the complexity of the actual HDRI image, and how many exposure layers were used to create said HDRI image.

HDRI Quality Slider - This is the speed killer. This is the variable that will dictate the quality of the soft shadows. I do not suggest ramping this up to 100 and then complaining about render speeds. I'm telling ya right now, I have yet to see a scene that has a real noticable difference in its shadows with a quality of 25 vs a quality of 100. So, in short, keep it under 25, imo. And, in some scenes where the ground/floor is rougher than say a flat color on a flat plane...I have set the quality to zero. Still looks great.

How do the HDRI images look? I would say Bryce 6 has taken a very firm step further towards realism. I'll show you later on today, I have one in the hopper.

and this is public knowledge?

cause i never heard of it.

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Wishlist for Bryce 7 - something resembling V*e EcoSystems :)

what... multireplicator ain't enough? sheesh...

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The above is just from my experimentation.

I just wanted to give an HDRI heads up. I remember when Bryce could suddenly have more rays per pixel (v5.0), and everyone maxed them out thinking it would suddenly look like a Maya render, but the difference was slight with an exponential increase in render times.

Guess another warning has appeared.

Bryce 6.0 and Windows XP Pro 64 bit evidently have some issues that aren't sorted out yet.  Better double check if your planning to run it on XP 64 that it will be compatible for you (might have to check with tech support by the thread I'm seeing).

Brett

Quote - Wow, great price!  Originally when I heard the Bryce 6 was going to come out I decided I would not bother upgrading (thinking it was going to be in the 100 to 129 dollar range).  6 BUCKS!!!! Oh yeah, I got it all and was still under $50.  Now just have to wait for my download link.  Didn't see the message about ordering the DVD seperate.  Oh well, bet DAZ's servers are getting overloaded anyway... 

Actually I was able to force payment on my order about 2 hours after placing the initial order.  It wouldn't work for me for the first while, but eventually (an hour ago) I was able to:

My Account -> Order History -> Order #xxxx -> and down towards the bottom was a Payment Section.  I clicked "Pay for this order now", and I was able to get it to bill my credit card, the download LINKS appeared in my Downloads AND my serial number arrived via email.

As for the servers being swamped, it seems DAZ was prepared this time and must have a major troubleshooting team onsite fixing anything coming up.  I was able to download all the files (and there are quite a few if you get the Bonus Pack), each anywhere from 10 to 54MB in size at 80kps to 260kps in the last HOUR!  Server's seem to be handling the load just fine for most people.

Brett

DAZ has learned well.

Quote - WARNING!!

If you want your BRYCE 6.0 RIGHT AWAY, do NOT order the Content DVD in the same order.  My purchase is "being processed"  because some of the items (ala the DVD) are not available yet.  Hence my credit card has not been billed and I'm stuck in limbo even through I checked the "send out of stock items separately".

Hopefully this will be fixed shortly.

Brett

Hello everyone

There was a temporary issue where placing the Bryce 6 Content DVD in an order with other, downloadable, products caused the downloadable products to not have the download links become active right away. This issue has now been fixed, so feel free to include the Bryce 6 Content DVD in your order of downloadable products. Happy rendering!

VERY cool. You guys are freaking on it today.

The DAZ guys are doing an INCREDIBLE job of keeping things running and getting any minor problems fixed!  And the download speeds are INCREDIBLE too!

By the way, Steve K. has confirmed that Bryce 6 may (LIKELY) has issues with XP 64 bit, and that the installer they are using DEFINITELY doesn't like XP 64 bit.

Brett

One other new item:

Darissa says she hasn't quite finished the Bryce 6 documentation and that the most up to date Documention will be online at:

http://documentation.daz3d.com/bryce/Bryce6ArtistGuide.htm

(hope I copied that correctly, this running between two systems has a few downsides).

You NEED to let a script run to build the menu.  See:

http://forum.daz3d.com/viewtopic.php?t=45942

Brett

On top of it, and honest. Dang.

I'd bet they'll get it to work, imho. 64-bit cpu's are one big part of the future use of computing power.

tee hee hee..we got Bryce 6 before they got Poser 7...;) sorry, couldn't resist..;)

Well, hmmm.

Platinum Membership required - $29.95
Bonus pack- $29.95
Bryce 6- $6

so thats...carry the 9...$65.90..@#$ I hate being broke...

$6! 

/me blinks and checks again

Yup, still $6.  OK, DAZ are back in my good books again.

Just a shame I couldn't use my daz vouchers against it, then it would have been free.

Sorry, just trying to find the cloud behind the silver lining.

Puts to shame the $90 I spent years ago to get Bryce 4.0

Or the $360 I paid for Bryce 5 from Corel.
Pfffftttt!!!

Quote - Or the $360 I paid for Bryce 5 from Corel.
Pfffftttt!!!

Or what I paid for Bryce 3! - seem to recall that was about $AUD 400

WOW....that's some bucks!

Rendering HDRI and....  I'm very close to being impressed.