Optitex is so proud of their software, they make you request the pricing.  I don't remember how much it is, but seem to remember, 3ds is cheaper.  AFAIK, dynamic cloth for DS is still a single supplier.  Not many choices, although what is available is free.  I have no idea why DAZ went with Optitex, but so far, I've seen so little to interest me that it really doesn't matter to me.  The single source is going to be the hamstring to DAZ, probably as long as they stick with it.

I'll have to say, there is so little conforming that I use, it wouldn't bother me not to have it as long as dynamic is available and works as well as it does.  Hybrid, where skirts are involved works far better than conforming, doesn't matter how many morphs are built into the skirt, it can't match the dynamic.

D.

The "I" in Doric is Silent.