droyd opened this issue on Aug 24, 2002 ยท 34 posts
Redfern posted Sat, 24 August 2002 at 8:49 PM
You know, I think it might be the new dragon as well...with a caveat. Remember that while the gorilla was free, one had to purchase the more extreme morphs (baring fangs, cooing, etc.) and the texture maps. I suspect DAZ may perform a similar marketing ploy with the dragon. No, I'm not implying that's a bad thing. It's actually quite clever and helps both the consumer and DAZ. The "end user" gets a very useful free item, but if they want the extra bells and whistles, then they buy the supplimental material, kinda' like getting a free demo' program with some of the functions locked until one registers it. I think the "free" dragon will contain the standard joint parameters, maybe even Mimic morphs as did the gorilla, but you would have to actually purchase such morph targets like spine length (DAZ stated it had this feature), possibly billowing effects for the wing membranes, extreme jaw postures for those flaming breath scenes, that sort of thing. Then again, I could be completely off my nut. Rebuttals, anyone? Sincerely, Bill
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