DexterF posted at 8:18 AM Sun, 13 October 2024 - #4490269

RHaseltine posted at 8:04 PM Sat, 12 October 2024 - #4490248

DexterF posted at 2:19 PM Sat, 12 October 2024 - #4490229

RHaseltine posted at 6:28 PM Thu, 10 October 2024 - #4490171

Five plug-ins, four previously available commercial items and one a planned upgrade for a stil-available commercial plug-in have been purjhcased by Daz and are now available to Premier subscribers. Nothing has been removed from the Standard(free, no serial)/Pro(free, enter serial) versions - indeed, they have new features from the latest update and a batch of free (but previously purchasable, so some people may already have some or all of it) content has been added to support updated interactive lessons and scene builder. An odd way to move to subscription-only.

So keeping one of the most awaited feature (MG4 or whatever the new name) exclusively to the 18.99/mo subscribers is not strongarming users into the subscription to you?

No - the previous version is still available, I think, as a PA product and even if it isn't I have usually found dForms with a weight map adequate (so no, for me Mesh Grabber 4 was not an eagerly awaited product). Also, the SDK is free, there is nothing to stop another person or team from developing their own tool with similar features and selling it for some small number of months subscription - especially if there is as much demand as you say.

The way you keep mangling and twisting statements continues to leave me baffled. 
There are entire *threads* on the Daz forums by people who were practically waving money at Daz3D to release MeshGrabber 4, so NO Richard, that IS high demand, and NO Richard, MeshGrabber "previous version" is not what I spoke about, I spoke specifically about MeshGrabber FOUR because of the NEW features, and to tell me I could code it all myself if I wanted is basically spitting in my face.

I wasn't disputing that some people were very eager for it (though I don't believe the majority of users want to make direct mesh adjustments) - I was answerinmg a particular question (no, I don't think this is strong-arming anyone) not questioning whether there was a real wish for that particular tool.