how much is Forest Pack renew subscription ?

[lukx]

I'm thinking about buying Forest Pack Pro but I don't know what is the difference in price when getting 1 year subscription and then renew it or it's better to get 3 years right away (how big is difference in price) ?

[Itoosoft]

I'm thinking about buying Forest Pack Pro but I don't know what is the difference in price when getting 1 year subscription and then renew it or it's better to get 3 years right away (how big is difference in price) ?

It is indicated on the purchase page when you select the 3 years option:
http://www.itoosoft.com/store/forest.php

Regular price: 280 €, Total Price: 260 €, you save 20 €.

[JohnVK]

Hi Lukx

If you are thinking about buying Forest Pro then all I can tell you is you would never regret buying it! Class A support and many many very useful features, with more being added constantly!

If you're a new customer and want to buy a single license of Forest Pro the costs are as follows:

- Forest Pro with one year subscription = €180
- Forest Pro with three years subscription = €260 (normal price €280, so save €20)

If you are already a customer, subscription extension costs are as follows:

- One year renewal = €50
- Three year renewal = €120 (so save €30)

There's also an offer at the moment where you can add a second workstation license at 50% discount. Very interesting if you need to work with Forest Pro from two workstations.

When your subscription (included in the initial buy) ends you are not required to renew. The software will continue to work. You would just not be able to download the beta versions which have fixes and new features included. Should you decide to renew your subscription at a later time, then you get access to all of the beta versions and point releases again. But IMHO, seeing how actively this software is being updated and new features are being added, renewing your subscription is a no brainer. Especially at this price!

Prices are excl. VAT by the way.


Hope this helps!
John

[plastic_]

When your subscription (included in the initial buy) ends you are not required to renew. The software will continue to work. You would just not be able to download the beta versions which have fixes and new features included. Should you decide to renew your subscription at a later time, then you get access to all of the beta versions and point releases again. But IMHO, seeing how actively this software is being updated and new features are being added, renewing your subscription is a no brainer. Especially at this price!

Not just betas, but also recompiles, I'd have to add. Which is a bummer.
So if you are on a max subscription, you'll also need a forest subscription.

[JohnVK]

Ah yes, you are right, Marc. Recompiles are also under subscription. I should have mentioned that as wel. Thank you for adding that.

But then still, at 50 Euros a year (or €40 if you go for the three year deal) I can't see how one would not renew and support further development. TCO is predictable now (and almost laughably small) and it's definitely not more expensive than before where you needed to pay for major release upgrades when they were released.

[lukx]

I will get it for sure. too bad the licensing isn't like with zbrush I have, that I can have it both on my workstation and my laptop if needed and if my workstation is off I can use zbrush on laptop normally (so basically two licenses as one).

[JohnVK]

Yeah, I agree. That's the only thing about the node lock system/this license system I kind of find lacking. I like to be portable too and that's not really easily done with FP.

[lukx]

Ordered and waiting for e-mail

[JohnVK]

Cool! Congratulations!

Should probably not take long for the email to arrive. Back when I bought it (on a Tuesday late in the evening), it took a grand total of 8 minutes from buy to installed & working

[lukx]

yeah I got it fast... the only problem is I can't login on the forums with the same log and pass they gave me for user control panel. But maybe their system need time.

[JohnVK]

Hmm, that's strange. It seems to work for me with the Control Panel credentials (just checked). Maybe your forum account isn't activated yet? I assume Carlos has forum registration moderation in place where he needs to manually moderate the forum accounts, i.e., he needs to activate your login manually, so as to keep it all nice and tidy? I'm not sure. I can't remember how this was dealt with when I bought FP. It's been too long

You can always contact Itoo about this directly (or maybe, probably, he will see your post here) and get an answer their support is quite good!

[Itoosoft]

yeah I got it fast... the only problem is I can't login on the forums with the same log and pass they gave me for user control panel. But maybe their system need time.

Not really, the control panel and the forum are updated at same time.

I just tried to login with your username and password and all seems correct. Please, try again and write us to support@itoosoft.com it doesn't work.

[lukx]

Yep it's working... my fault Carlos. ... I was copying pasting and i guess space got pasted also Couldn't control myself and just bought railclone also

[JohnVK]

Couldn't control myself and just bought railclone also

Hahaha! congratulations!

I'm about to do the same (buy RailClone). Just gotta wait until the money from my last projects comes in.

[Drawehn]

I bought railclone a couple of weeks ago and am loving it! Curved stair balustrades done within minutes