It seems DAZ has released the 6.1 update.

From the DAZ email -- "This e-mail is to inform you that this product has been updated to Bryce 6.1! This update introduces MAC-Intel compatibility, as well as interface and control updates to the IBL lab, corrections to the included content, and many bug fixes, including fixes to the Bryce Lightning network render application. This update requires a full reinstall of the application."

And DAZ's website immediately crashes, lol.  I'm looking forward to seeing what's new.

Yeah I noticed too. I didn't see the update listed in my account page, so I sent them an email through their site and boom! Down for maintenance.

Looking at the DAZ forums, it looks to be $35 if you have a platinum membership. HDRI improvements, 10 HDRI's included, improvements to Bryce Lightning, and ability to set CPU priority.

And Mac Intel support ...

site is back up ... you guys are just too eager :P

Yeah,.........we shall see,............more will be revealed.

Woohoo! It's coming, but it's coming slooooow!

Man, it feels like Christmas all over again!

Downloaded half of the installers and the site chokes again. :( 

Ah ha! So you're the reason why it's going slooow! ;-) 

FAR more control. And, a lot more snappy/responsive when swaping out various HDRI's. 

And most importantly (imho), when using an HDRI, you don't have to render with soft shadows on, speeding things way up.

You probably had it for days ahead of time....   I can't get in to the site and I have only till 3/11 to do so....

What happens after 3/11?

TOM Turns into a B6.1 Pumpkin.

not sure... here is what they wrote:

*You must download Bryce 6 from your Account page to get this update. Your downloads will be available until March 11, 2007. Please let us know if you have any difficulty.

I don't know what would happen...

Yeah, check with DAZ, I think any download can be reset, and downloaded again (?)

I prefer squash....  Bryster..   

Yes AS..   Maybe I'll get to download those 11 files before 3/11...

I'm sure. Heavy traffic at DAZ slows down after a couple of days.

I am curious if this upgrade is going to overwrite my Bryce materials and presets as this seems like its own install.  Or am I going to have to move them all over again???

Ab~

Oh and its my B- Day :D have a great day everyone!

Guess what?  It is my birthday as well...  what a red letter day....  Pisces

every year in March and on the 7th.....   Happy birthday Vile....

Vile, as long as you didn't save any presets to the default categories that came with Bryce 6, then you shouldn't have to worry about them. We recommend that you back them up though, just in case. I installed v6.1 over my 6.0 install and it only overwrote the default presets, not the ones I'd added under new category names.

The reset DAZ did automatically expires on 3/11. After 3/11, you can just reset your downloads manually to get the updated files.

But, yes....just in case if you have any presets in say your "User" folders, I would copy them elsewhere before doing anything (backup!)

Per Skondris' post I uninstalled/re-installed.

"Please completely uninstall Bryce 6.0 prior to installing version 6.1 to avoid any potential problems with the included content or the application itself, just to be safe"

Happy Birthday Tom!!!

Tom's Birthday is today too?

Na na na na you say its your birthday na na na na na its my Birthday too!

Gee thanks Smithy...

How many B-days we got going on?!

Happy Birthday Vile!!!

7 is a lucky number just remember that!

Uh how do I know this is updated LOL it still shows as 6.0? DUH

Lol...uh, you'll have to wait for the 6.2 update for it to say 6.1

Well, there should be a very different splash screen....

Yeah I guess there was a different splash screen.

Happy birthday Vile and Tom271!

I feel left out, my birthday won't be until December.... oh well, time to celebrate another "un-birthday"!

Ouch. I brought up the "about" page. Did it freeze up Bryce for anyone else?
I had to ctrl+alt+delete

The new hdri options looks like a step in the right direction from what I can see of your picture AS. I wonder if they have done anything with the very old and out of date 3ds and obj importer. So I can import my 1000+ objects models :)

I was wondering why the site kept crashing when I wanted read thorugh the forums.

Than I checked my e-mail and noticed B6.1 is out :)

They cant seem to handle the bandwidth when they release something new.

At least not when it comes to the Bryce crowd :-)

Shows you just how many current Bryce users there are out there.

**The new hdri options looks like a step in the right direction from what I can see of your picture AS.

**-Oh yes, there is now a new level of "complete" control. (Until we want more, of course)

I wonder if they have done anything with the very old and out of date 3ds and obj importer.

-Not sure, lol.

Yeah,............an overall improvement,.......the render engine seems a bit faster also. Still getting some crashes though,..........but most of the major issues seem to have been resolved. I'm doing a test render now(just installed it).

There was one change to the .OBJ importer - it now correctly places any referenced bump map into the alpha channel (used to come into the diffuse).

So how do I know which version I have loaded.  I registered for an upgrade from 5 to 6 yesterday and the file that I downloaded then seems to be the same one I downloaded today.  I've reinstalled but I can't see anything that says 6.1 only 6.0.1.

Link to higer-res version

The original render

No it looks like I've downloaded the 6.0 update again.  It's odd it definitely says it's the 6.1 update on my download page and it shows as only having 3 tries left to download against it.  Odd.

I'll try downloading it again.

Can you tell me what the upgrade file is called and how big it is.  Thanks.

Uncle Riotous, you may need to wait a bit longer, the cache servers are being recached and it may not have reached the one your downloads are pointing to. Try later tonight or tomorrow.

You will heed Darlisa....
(waves a mysterious hand) 

It should be called "br_ap006_Br6_App.exe" and be around 40,046Kb (39.1Mb)

Quote - Using one of the new B6.1 HDRIs, "Japanese Alley", on an old scene.

Awesome Eye Candy Image there...made me drool all over my keyboard :)

Guess what I just bought for $49.98!!!?!?!?!? Thats right Bryce 6.1 :)

Now thats what I call Affordable..... even for an unemployed bum like me :)

Bryce : Best Bang for your Buck.

After this glass challenge, we'll probably need a metal + HDRI challenge.  That robot HDRI looks wow!

*Bryce : Best Bang for your Buck.

*I prefer my theory.......