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DEAD GOAL MET!! Messiah Studio Pro $40!!! if goal is met (3d animation app)

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Not really upset, would have jumped in, but i know for sure outside of some random .dds sprite modding this would be a cobwebbed program for me
 
looks like it's still going on to me. tho, I'm not interested in 3D for one. Not sure what else it does but... Tho it doesn't look like something for me.
 
Asking as someone who is mildly interested in tinkering with 3D modeling, but who would never consider buying a software package for $499, let alone $1195; and who would potentially have to justify the purchase to his bo... wife: Is the pro version worth the extra $30?
 
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rjdeanware said:
Asking as someone who is mildly interested in tinkering with 3D modeling, but who would never consider buying a software package for $499, let alone $1195; and who would potentially have to justify the purchase to his bo... wife: Is the pro version worth the extra $30?
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For learning and tinkering around the std version would be fine.

BE AWARE though. Messiah is for animation and rendering. For modeling, you would need to download Blender, which is free.

Slatr
 
wow, i didnt realize that it still doesnt have a modeling system after all these years. I saw it when it first came out for LW. the concept was nice as a plug-in for bypassing LW's craptacular character animation system, but as a stand-alone it was always an iffy proposition.
I don't know that I would recommend it for absolute beginners to 3d, the interface always struck me as a bit convoluted(too many expando-tree hierarchies). Those that bought in on this, understand the point was to build a user-base and you will likely be spending a great deal of time on their user forums asking questions to figure out how to just the basic stuff.

For those that didnt bite, I think there are still free student/demo versions of Maya and XSI that arent just 30 day trials(like 3DSmax). The versions are crippled(restricted on certain limits: polygon count, particle generators, frame count) and use non standard file formats and watermarks on renders to keep you from using them for commercial work, but if all you want to do is dabble then it might be a better starting point.

As a rule: any 3d package that doesnt detect where the cursor is hovering and autoswitch priority to that viewport is not a true "professional" package. If you have to click on a viewport window and then click again to pan/orbit/zoom, it is a very poor piece of software.
 
I'm getting a bit pissed that it's Sunday, and not even an update on the site about the licenses.

Did anybody get their licenses yet?
 
BenJeremy said:
I'm getting a bit pissed that it's Sunday, and not even an update on the site about the licenses.

Did anybody get their licenses yet?
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I haven't. I escalated it to a claim via PayPal since they missed the date they promised delivery of the licenses. Hopefully they'll get on the ball if a bunch of claims start rolling in.
 
OK, the license e-mail JUST arrived.

I realize they are understaffed to handle the huge amount of orders, I just wish they had updated their web site a bit better.
 
Well, joy did not last long... I installed the app, generated my key ID based on the flash drive, got my license file made, and... nothing. It won't recognize the license. Tried 64-bit, 32-bit, and the 4.5 version, just for good measure.

:::sigh:::

Anybody who has gotten their license got it working yet?
 
OK...

The key generator is broken for most people.

You feed the client ID into it (from the license utility, based on your drive) and it generates bad key data and the "lockid" which should match the client id you gave it is completely wrong.

Oddly enough, the keygen I found on the web works great. :lol:

pmG is finally aware of the situation and looking to fix the problem.
 
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The license generator is now working again.

Keep in mind something: You generate a key based on the hard drive you plan on putting it into. I would suggest getting a utility to change your hard drive "serial number" (which is what the license is tied to) and back it up... you can then alter the serial number to match the one originally used to generate the license.

I used the app in this link: http://www.xboxharddrive.com/freeware.html to change the serial number of a second USB drive, and the license worked on that.
 
I just received my key at 10pm EST on the 21st (Monday). The license generator is convoluted and annoying but I was able to generate a license file with a fair amount of hassle. It would be nice to just send out a license key.

The edit account option on the generator clearly doesn't work, I wanted to change the default password without success.

My license originally didn't work as I had installed the 64 bit version. It seems the basic version only allows 32 bit installs. When I installed the 32 bit version, the program came up fine.

Overall, the number of issues encountered by others are kind of ridiculous considering that a specific number of sales was required for the event to go through. I try to support such events, but I'll be reluctant to do so in the future.
 
ImpulsE69 said:
This sounds like a real pain for $40...and totally inappropriate for a $1200 app.
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huh, what pain? receive email with link that has username, password and a code, click and log in.

Install run app get popup and select drive to put key on (usb in my case) click on generate key. Copy and paste this key to spot noted on link and create txt file to store on disk (usb in my case) all done.

Only issue was changing password but no biggie...gone thru worse trying to pay water bill.
 
ImpulsE69 said:
This sounds like a real pain for $40...and totally inappropriate for a $1200 app.
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Actually, I have to agree. It took a bit to get the program up and running and the process to get a license key is kind of ridiculous. If you actually look at the txt file you create it is little more than that license key. I don't see why they can't automate this within the program when registering a copy.

My bet is that they did some sort of workaround for anyone who bought a copy through this promotion. If they are actually doing this process for someone paying $1200 for the application, then there is something clearly wrong with their sales people and programmers.
 
country2 said:
huh, what pain? receive email with link that has username, password and a code, click and log in.

Install run app get popup and select drive to put key on (usb in my case) click on generate key. Copy and paste this key to spot noted on link and create txt file to store on disk (usb in my case) all done.

Only issue was changing password but no biggie...gone thru worse trying to pay water bill.
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The comments here make it sound like more of a hassle than that.
 
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