Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: Hi! DAZ 3D wants to chat.

DAZ_Rand opened this issue on Dec 09, 2011 ยท 1133 posts


CaptainMARC posted Fri, 09 December 2011 at 1:58 PM

Quote - I can't reveal too much about it because it may still change substantially. But in a nutshell we will implement a download manager... Perhaps closer to steam or Mac app store. You won't have to think about what to DL or where to put it (outside of your designated preferences)it will just "work" I don't want to debate this too heavily just yet because it's still very much a work in progress and there isn't much I can tell you concretely. I will share more as I can.

You have to be kidding! I know you don't want to debate about it, and that's fair enough, but I'm going to tell you my opinion anyway haha!

A "download manager" is never, ever, going to be installed on any of my machines. I reject that level of intrusion totally.

If you want a click of confirmation of terms and conditions (however worthless that may ultimately be), make an installer with three options:

  1. Default. Everything gets unpacked wherever you want.

  2. Custom (for "advanced users" hahaha). Whatever I want gets unpacked wherever I want.

  3. I reject all the blah blah blah... and exit installer.

It's not a major revolution, take a look at the professional audio software world. The plugins and audio libraries are far more expensive than any DAZ product. Installation is mostly easy, painless and safe, and the companies manage to protect all their bases and do OK.

Thanks for taking the time to answer.

And for what it's worth, I don't care much about Genesis support in Poser. I think your other figures are fine, and what's more, they're now free, so as an absolute beginner I have to say thanks very much!