I don't understand that either, but you don't have to upgrade each time, depending on what version you use, it may be cheaper to skip a good number of versions :)

I had Vue 3, 4, 5 and 6, but got tired of all the bugs and mediocre updates and stayed with 6 for a long time. When I was ready to do some serious work with Vue again, I waited for someone that offered his/her license for sale, so I ended with Vue 10. The I upgraded to Vue 11 just before Vue 2014 was released and got that one for free. I'm going to stick to 2014 for a long time now. I decided not to use the maintenace plan (or whatever it is called) that was offered to me with Vue 2014. Going from Vue 6 to Vue 10 was major..... going from 10 to 2014 was mediocre.... as usual.

We still use the same terrain system for ages now... with some changes and improvements, but it's still the same. E-On should have adopted more advanced world buidling technology by now, but no, we still use a system that is decades old by now. My money will go towards a system that can build better terrains then Vue does, that is much better spent money then upgrading once again.

Same for trees. TPF is not for me, slow, annoying, way to demanding and really not fun. The money I was going to spent on it, I spent somewhere else instead, getting trees that look better, work better and don't bring my system to a halt. It's as simple as that. I'm going to spent my money on stuff that works, not on stuff that annoys me all the time due to all the bugs and shortcomings and problems.

I guess by the time Vue 2018 will be releases I may upgrade again, hoping they still allow me to puchase someone else's license :) Vue 2014 already offers more then I use and seems quite stable for what I do with it, so I'm going to be happy with Vue 2014 for a good number of years. The only I'd perhaps like to do is go from Complete to Infinite, but I'm not sure if that's worth the money.

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Due to the childish TOS changes, I'm not allowed to link to my other products outside of Rendo anymore :(

Food for thought.....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYZw0dfLmLk