 | | | Metaballs.... | Metaballs.... 2005-04-11 - By Todd Alan Peleg
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just in reading through this thread.. and being a long time soft/xsi
user as well...it seems like there might be something better for
everyone... since soft doesn't want to implememnt the old technology for
whatever reason.... why not improve the particles (blobby or otherwise)
to act more metaball like AND have better shader implementation...
wouldn't that be a fair comprimise?
todd
Dan Yargici wrote:
> Hi Chinny,
>
> Sorry to start this furore - it just seems to me that metaballs have
> become a standard feature in CG apps (it's what, 9 or so years since
> they first appeared in Soft3D?) and I miss their presence far to
> frequently. Sure, you won't convert thousands from other softwares by
> including it but to not have them *does* limit people from approaching
> certain projects. At the very least it greatly increases the
> turnaround time for these kind of jobs.
>
> Anyway, I know you guys are working hard on lots of cool stuff and I
> really look forward to future versions, I just wish.......
>
> OK that's enough from me.
>
> DAN
>
>
> Jason Brynford-Jones wrote:
>
>> Hi Guys and Gals
>>
>> Softimage is always looking to give customers the best bang for the
>> buck, customers who come from different industries and who have
>> different needs. Now every release throws up new challenges of how best
>> to satisfy those needs.
>> We are always looking at what technologies will best suit our current
>> users as well as help us expand beyond our current user-base. We are
>> fully aware of our shortcomings, oh yes we are, as well as our
>> strengths. So if feature "ABC" has not made it in, it is nothing
>> personal. A decision was made based on all the prioritized data we
>> gather. It does not mean that "ABC" will never make it in, rather that
>> the demands of a particular release meant that other
>> features\functionality had a higher priority.
>>
>> While we would love to make all our current users 100% happy 100% of the
>> time, this is not realistic. But we are always going to do our utmost
>> to be the best at that which almost everyone has to do all the time.
>>
>> I am sure in the future there will be a similar thread started - I just
>> hope this mail will go someway to helping everyone understand the next
>> time.
>> Chinny
>>
>>
>>
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