Maya LT

[luceric]

Maya LT, 50$/Month

[iamVFX]

MacOS users will like DX11 features

[myara]

At first I though Maya LT was great news, cheap and good enough for simple asset creation but then I read this

No MEL support, and currently no plugin support or SDK.

Definitely a deal breaker.

[BenR]

Maya LT, 50$/Month

I would have gone with "Maya Foundation."

That TomsHardware page is down right now. $50/month seems kind of high to me if the perpetual license is $795.

Ben

[Tekano]

some more info on Maya lt

[ojo3D]

And here ... http://www.geeky-gadgets.com/autodesk-m ... 7-08-2013/


I guess this means that for games, the push is Maya all the way!

[Shredder565]

I'm already afraid of what will be mentioned Oct 2. I don't rent software, they complain about piracy, yet in the same breath business tactics like this promote it.

never mind the high price tag. cut it in half, biz would sore..

[csaez]

Maya LT, 50$/Month

From here:
- Does not support external renderers; cannot render 'scenes' or animations
- No MEL support, and currently no plugin support or SDK
- Export to FBX format of up to 25K polygons per scene (but the .mlt format allows denser meshes within Maya LT)

Yep, quite useful for indie game developers...

[Shredder565]

Maya LT, 50$/Month

From here:
- Does not support external renderers; cannot render 'scenes' or animations
- No MEL support, and currently no plugin support or SDK
- Export to FBX format of up to 25K polygons per scene (but the .mlt format allows denser meshes within Maya LT)

Yep, quite useful for indie game developers...

But remember, when you don't give customers a choice, the business model for subscriptions has proven QUITE successful! ;o)

I'm just going to buy autodesk 2014 after a bit of saving and use that from here to the end of time. it does what I need it to do. screw subscriptions ;o). And I thought Serial Number Product Activation craze of the late 90's was the bane of software existence..

[Falam]

It wouldn't surprise me if 'Softimage Foundation' returns, the direction things are going.

[ojo3D]

It wouldn't surprise me if 'Softimage Foundation' returns, the direction things are going.

If it was on the same terms as the original foundation, I would buy it.

[Bellsey]

We should hopefully be able to provide more details very soon.

[ojo3D]

We should hopefully be able to provide more details very soon.

About the new rental mode or of a possible return of Soft Foundation?

[myara]

I would rather use a discontinued Softimage mod tool than Maya LT. I could buy the lack of rendering because you don't need it very much in games or asset creation, but the lack of Mel and SDK isn't an option specially in Maya. Maya out of the box is almost unusable!
And the 25K poly limit is absurd. It would have been fine for games 10 or 15 years ago. You would need a full Maya to import MLT files and export them in FBX right?

A little more expensive Modo or Cinema sounds much better.

And I would also love a Foundation version but since they are releasing LTs, I don't think there will be Foundations.

[Manticor]

Softimage Foundation 2 would be great

Add the new modeling/uv tools .Gator and Motor .Dont put that stupid poly limit in .Dont touch the scripting system .Add the latest fbx exporter that supports instance objects .Keep the HQV.
Leave out ICE,compositor ,fur/hair and cloth .Our studio would buy all the artists a license in a hearbeat and I'd buy myself a copy for my personal work too and Im sure some of the other guys would too.Throw in a decent discount for upgrading to the full version of Softimage and a small discount for previous foundation license owners to upgrade.
Watch as the cash starts rolling in and Modo starts to die a slow death.

Something like this might just give Softimage a brighter future.

[Nox]

Is this a joke? With such restrictions Maya LT should be free.