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Re: What needs to be done with the Plugin?

Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2011 1:57 pm
by Nye_Sigismund
Speaking from a content development perspective - having to port Llantern from Max 8 to Max 7 if I got the call to get it MOULa ready would be tricky, and a large amount of work. It sucks, but hey - if it gets on to MOULa, I'd be happy jumping through a few hoops!

One day, maybe a little way down the road, Cyan will make a new build machine with a new Max version. That is $3,500. To be fair, that's not an impossible goal for a donation drive either.

Anyway, just a general update on the plugin for those interested. Hoikas did an excellent and fast job moving the Max plugin to modern versions of Max. It's pretty close to feature-complete, although it's not quite there yet.

Re: What needs to be done with the Plugin?

Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 3:43 pm
by Chisaipete
Nye_Sigismund wrote: One day, maybe a little way down the road, Cyan will make a new build machine with a new Max version. That is $3,500.
From my experience with Autodesk licensing 3500 is a very fluid number. That's more like a ceiling--there are tons of purchasing options (upgrades/membership/subscription) it totally depends of their purchasing account/agreement with Autodesk. If it is defunct, then the ceiling is probably accurate, otherwise it's lower.