thefixer opened this issue on Aug 07, 2007 ยท 430 posts
Dale B posted Tue, 21 August 2007 at 5:52 AM
So the basic upshot of this section is... A): They are switching on some more powerful features that Firefly has. B): They've been decoupling the renderer slowly from the Poser system for a couple of releases to allow for additional modules like HDR processing and network rendering to be added. C): This could mean that they have a bastard renderer planned for 7Pro; enough like the firefly interfacing to keep from breaking things, and a buffed up beast behind that interface. D): As we know they have decoupled the renderer in 7, they might have something entirely new to be put in its place, and are holding that close so that they have a nice little bomb to drop at release. I also wonder if there aren't improvements planned for the hair and cloth modules. Simulation speeds would almost have to be improved, as well as collision detection, to have features that would appeal enough to a higher end market where time is $$$$.