Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: MatApplier2 in freestuff?

Pinto opened this issue on Jan 17, 2002 ยท 17 posts


Lemurtek posted Fri, 18 January 2002 at 5:24 PM

  1. The word "test" means that it is an "evaluation" version not that it is a "beta-test" version. If you like the program, please purchase it at the Marketplace. Well, we can't read your mind. Why not label it 'evaluation' or better yet 'crippled-evaluation' to begin with? The operative word here is 'free stuff', people have an expectation, based on the name, 'Free' that items placed there are free, i.e. do not require purchase. I have few problems with using free stuff to distribute ancillary store items, as long as they're clearly marked, but if your 'free stuff' item is not free, and is not clearly marked as requiring purchase, then it is simply spam. >1) Of course the program is virus-free! >2) Actually, the program has been on sale for a while now and it has been fully tested. Version 1 (and even Version 2.0 had their bugs and glitches, but this version, 2.2 has fixed those issues.) In fact, the number of satisfied users is growing with every purchase. Can I ask what you mean by this comment? I don't frequent the marketplace, and so was unaware of previous versions. There is no 'of course it's virus free' in todays world when downloading executable files. I check everything I download, including commercial programs. The only reason I mentioned it was because your program didn't install correctly and would not run... which might be worrisome for some people. My beta-test comments were based on 1> the installer not working, and 2> the interface, which based on almost every other windows program I use, looks a little odd. I think it's the blue 'shadows' which are visually distracting and give the program a cluttered look, that threw me off. >The obvious answer is, yes, the full version does create a "reliable MAT file". For example, I used my program to create the MAT Poses for the two Tron characters (available in my Free Stuff) and a number of other artists will be using it in both their free stuff and their Marketplace items. Ok, while it may be obvious to you, it is NOT obvious - at all - to anyone who downloads it from Free stuff, because you can't save the MAT file, you can't tell if it works or not until you buy it. Since we can't test the MAT files your program produces, we have to take your word for it, and if we have to take your word for it anyway, we may as well skip the 10 MB download. Not that it would have made any difference in my opinion or posts, but yes, I should have contacted you, and apologize for that lapse. All this could have been avoided by simply stating up front that the program was a cripple-ware evaluation for a commercial product. Now maybe I missed your post in the Poser forum stating this, and if so I apologize, if I had seen that I would never have downloaded it, and wouldn't have posted on the subject. Regards- Lemurtek