I am the "quintessential lurker" on this forum with hardly ever a post - though this Vue forum is one of five I always "survey" each time I log on at Renderosity.

I've noticed that Bonnyclump has apparently been "locked and censored" quite a bit recently. Reviewing several of her recent posts I see that she (he?) can be somewhat "grating" and perhaps not the best at getting her point across in the most diplomatic way.

Be that as it may, one of my reasons for checking this Vue Forum is seeing what the latest problems are with E-On software. I have both Vue4, Vue4 Pro and Ozone2 for Lightwave. I have not (nor will buy) Vue5 because I am waiting for the upgrade to Vue5 Pro. More than likely I will NOT be order a pre-upgrade to the Pro 5 version until I find out (through this forum) what the problems are and the answers from E-On. Ozone2 for LW has not had a service release in a LONG time and it feels like all development has stopped. Though... we keep hoping.

It is ESSENTIAL that if there are problems with the current version of Vue and they are NOT addressed in the next upgrade, I will NOT be purchasing that upgrade. Of course it does depend on how important these problems are - though if these problems from the previous verion persist into the next version without being addressed, I begin to wonder how committed to their customers E-On truly is.

I have been underwhelmed with Vue4 Pro support when it comes to importing Lightwave object textures. The response I received essentially said that "hopefully it will make it into the next service release." It did not. From that time till now, I have not had the time to test out the latest version since we've had a great deal of work come in that has not called for any symbiosis with Lightwave and Vue4 Pro. We also have WorldBuilder4 Pro and when we have the time, we will be testing both pieces of software with Lightwave and determine which will work better. At that point one piece of software will be on the upgrade path, one will not.

So... I would like to invite Bonnyclump to give a realistic AND constructive review of (particularly) Vue 4 Pro and Vue5. I also would like to NOT hear how bad E-On is, but rather what has improved and what has not - in her/his opinion. I would also appreciate that this reply NOT be censored so that we all can get a serious look at one persons opinion - as long as it is NOT a rant at E-On! Please keep this response (and all subsequent responses) on a mature and constructive level. I am sure that everyone here (E-On fan or not) would like to view clear pros and cons to their software.

Thank You!

Dave Williams
(aka Megalodon)