martial posted at 12:25PM Fri, 19 June 2020 - #4392481

Allo ( ho! thanks for your free Saumur castle it is nice in my Vue)) I have now Vue infinite 2016 (no limit time license) Maybe at this special price i will be tempted to subscribe to creator plus plans factory But do you think i can keep Vue infinite 2016 active and operationnel? and install Creator in a new folder ? Thanks Or finally no really incitive gain to have Creator and still using Vue infinite only

Hi martial,

I am glad that you like the castle! I like modelling, but it is even more enjoyable to know that other people can make use of the models and enjoy them too.

I have never used Vue Infinite, but I think that the 2016 version runs in Windows 10. If that is the case and you are running it in Windows 10 then you should have until 2025 before support for that version of Windows ceases. You should be able to run Vue Infinite 2016 and Vue Creator side by side in Windows 10. I run Vue 9 and Vue 10 (artist versions) together in Windows 7 with no problems. If you want to keep Vue Infinite 2016 beyond 2025, you would need a dual boot system, so that you could keep Infinite 2016 in Windows 10, and install Windows 11 for your other work, and for Creator, if you decide to buy it. Setting up a dual boot system is a fair bit of work, but it does allow you to run old favourites and new software as well. One thing that can limit the lifetime of old graphics software is your graphics card. As the card's software gets updated automatically, it will eventually get out of step with Infinite 2016, and you may have trouble with the display. I encountered that problem with Vue 10 on Windows 7, and there is not much you can do about it, unless you block the graphics card updates, but if you do that you may have trouble with newer graphics applications.

Your best bet might be to download a trial version of Vue Creator if there is one available, and see if it suits you. The interface is quite a bit different from the older Vue versions. If you like it and you're happy to pay the $99.50, then you should be able to keep it running on your system for at least the next 5 years. But don't forget that you now have to pay for the licence every year! Although you do get free updates and enhancements.