ddaydreams opened this issue on Oct 18, 2006 · 34 posts
visionality posted Fri, 20 October 2006 at 4:01 PM
Gosh! Is anybody believing in that "wishlist"? Look at "Bryce 6" and you know what DAZ is going to make out of it: NOTHING! Hey, there is absolutely no improvement qualifying for a new version. Let's just check it out:
Now we can import Daz-Studio figures! Wow! (Bryce 5.5 could do that as well but never mind ...)
Now we can use HDRI-reflection maps. Wow! (Not that any other comparable program wouldn't be able to, but let's not really think about that...)
Now we can buy "the frist name in 3-d landscapes" for just 6 bugs. ... Wow! ... Or rather: Ouch?
The truth is, everything that is "new" in Bryce 6 wouldn't be anything more than a free patch in any other program. And that's a sad truth. Neither does Bryce try to catch up with Vue concerning eco-systems nor does it try to get a grasp on generating organic landscapes as do Terragen or Mojoworld. Yes, once upon a long ago, Bryce was the no. 1 in landscape generation, at least concerning non-professional (i.e. affordable) software. But five or six years of complete neglection have made that a "once upon a VERY long ago".
I don't believe in any kind of inventive "Bryce 7". Sorry to say (because I was a Bryce-fan myself until I discovered Vue Infinite), but it's rather obvious that DAZ is just abusing the Bryce community to sell an outdated program and to promote their Platinum Club (and of course hoping to cheat you into buying outrageously expensive DAZ-figures for DAZ-studio which is just by chance included in so-called Bryce 6.) That is no fair trade. Any fair trade would be a free upgrade to features that are a natural part of any up-to-date 3D-landscape program.