I signed up for the Bryce 5 beta a while back, and they said they would contact me later, but I havn't heard anything from them. Any one know what all is going to be included in Bryce 5 feature wise? Hehe, maybe Radiocity and some sort of REAL modeler!!! :) Also, Bryce 4 was the first Bryce series that I purchased, and it came from Metacreations. Will I beable to get a reduced price (if so, how much) sence Bryce has changed owners? (Correl I think). Thanks!

Bryce 5 is well into the beta cycle.. also, like most beta's, there is a NDA (non-disclosure agreement) with the testers. So for feature list.. we'll all have to wait and see. As for the upgrade, I'm pretty sure Corel will offer 2 packages.. full & upgrade. It would lose a lot of customer base if they didn't !!

Oh, I guess I didn't get picked then. Dang! Oh well, I guess I can wait. It sure would be nice to have a vertex modeler and radiocity... If not that, at least some good soft shadows so we dont' have to keep grouping lots of lights!

Trust me, some of the new features implemented into Bryce 5 are outstanding. Corel should offer a upgrade discount on previous version owners. We'll worth the upgrade too, If only I could talk in depth about it. Ken

ummm It is my understanding that most of the other programs that corel acquired are NOT being sold as upgradable. soooo, dont be surprised if Bryce isnt. BT

KenS...are you allowed to put Bryce 5 pictures in the Gallery?..if so please do!

(((It is my understanding that most of the other programs that corel acquired are NOT being sold as upgradable. soooo, dont be surprised if Bryce isnt.))) My copy of Bryce Version4 from Corel is an upgrade version.

Due to the NDA, Bryce 5 beta testers are NOT allowed to distribute information about the beta or images created using the beta. So there won't be anything in the galleries until the product is released. It would be a colossal blunder for Corel not to offer Bryce 5 as an upgrade to Bryce 4, for a reasonable price - $99 to $129, I would guess. Forcing the established user base to pay $299 list for what's essentially an upgrade would doom the product.

doom dancer I meant the full version upgrades that they make after acquiring. The corel version of Bryce has like 3 new things and a really bad handling/rendering of volumetric materials so they did the upgrade thing for it. Bryce 5 has (according to the press release) several new features that will make old and new brycers want to upgrade...and most likely, even upgrade for a full price. My guess is it will be between 200 and 300 bucks (US). There is a NDA...but bryce5 has a release page already printed that previews some of the features... soft lighting plants terrain editor break away menus (but it still works the same? no new features here?) a faster render engine (not sure if the old one still exists too..side by side comparison renders were several percent faster on 5 than on 4) and other stuph that Ive forgotten was printed btw, Im not a beta tester...so Im not breaking any NDA stuph. When it is officially released, I will get a drop ship of it and do a quick review for everyone so they can determine if they want to get it. The "plants" feature is what I'm excited about. Vue has had it for forever, 'bout time that Bryce did. later BT

What's the link to that press release?...

Yea! Shoot us out a link! All I can say, is if it is worth it, I'll pay the full price. But it seems realy dumb to not offer some type of reduced price to previous owners. At least Bryce 4 owners, I'm not realy sure how long Bryce has been around. Plants... sounds interesting! I surly do hope they scrap the old rendering engine. The only think I realy liked about is was its caustics and refraction!

Does anybody know if Bryce 5 will work on macs not running OS X? I heard some stuff about Bryce 5 and OS X. I wonder if they changed the import/export capabilities?

http://www.macgaming.co.uk/bryce5.html there is another one, but Im having trouble locating it. BT

And PLEASE don't put that stupid copy protection alias software lock on it.

If it has a real modeller, it should be possible to output that model as an .OBJ file.

I believe that the Mac version of Bryce 5 is optimised for G4 Altivec processors (dual as well!!) and OSX! - that should be a great combination! - I must admit, at least 'some' more complex modelling tools would be sensible by now, as to the render engine, sure please speed it up, but dont lose its quality!! - soft shadows, plants and built in motion effects would be cool also!

:::shrugs:::: I was unaware that MetaCreations had an Upgrade Only version of Bryce 4 but, hey, you learn something new everyday.

Anthony Appleyard >> What do you mean by stupid Alias software copy protection? Do you mean the hardware lock and the floating license manager? Like Maya?

I mean a software lock that Curious Labs are planning to put on a forthcoming new version of the Poser Pro Pack. On the Poser forum and the Compaint and Debate forum there has been reams of discussion and complaints in several threads about it by many people.

I scoured their web site and press release page, and found nothing about B5. Can you please post a link?? Thanks! -Tim