ssgbryan posted at 1:03 PM Sat, 4 March 2023 - #4457623

No one is bashing the engine, Graybeard. 

The issue is that there is no easy way to move legacy materials from firefly to superfly - and Bondware doesn't seem to understand why that is an issue.

The only people they seem to listen to are those that are only interested in doing pin up art.

There is no way to automatically translate a complex material to Superfly for the Firefly render engine. The only way is: Refactor. Piece by piece.
If you don't want to do that, stay with the old engine. And live with the limitations. Don't demand that all others should stop because of you. That would be unfair.

Those who want to keep up with the times, learn something new or buy something. For me, for example, learning is part of the fun.

Anyone who seriously thinks that a digital toy can continue to be successful unchanged after so many years is simply on the wrong track. Even word processor users had to get used to innovations and learn new things (compared to a 3D render engine, word processing is something ridiculously simple).

Sure, Poser is used by many hobbyists, for relaxation after work. But it's no different with electric railroads in many hobby basements. And even there, people who wanted to keep up with the times had to learn a lot of new things.

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