Vray 2.0: 2 paid updates per year?

[rikou]

wooo ! I bought Vray July 27 !!

[trick]

this thread will be on FIRE today ))))

...unless we don't speculate and just wait for an answer (thread title !)

[AJ Jefferies]

I have bought 2 vray RT licenses not far ago... and the update model doesn't take this into account.

We're in exactly the same boat.

Given the value that V-ray has been over the years I have no qualms with entering into a subscription type payment model, however I can see that this wouldn't work for everyone - new versions always bring new problems & if users are paying for these upgrades they will be much less forgiving of bugs...etc.

Looking forward to some clarity on how it will be implemented.

[raistlin]

6 december... damned far away... If just for 400€ we have an upgrade, vray rt CPU + GPU ... It's great... But i want to know if 2x Upgrade by year is really serious... and also if the "upgrade" terms is in use or if it contain the hotfix and fix which we have not to pay...
Can we have a new feature list and some pictures about it?

[plastic_]

Well it's a shame that early adopters (=beta testers?) of VrayRT get no discount, I wasn't using it that much, I would have skipped it if i knew.
However, 400eur for an upgrade seems OK to me, considering the value Vray had for years, with free upgrades.

But I don't understand this line at all:

1. There will be 2 Commercial (paid) Upgrades for V-Ray per year

I wont enter some subscription game, if that means every new max recopile or service pack is a payed Vray upgrade, then I guess I will stop staying on the edge and keep using max 2010 and Vray 1.5.

[philip kelly]

=> vray RT GPU!

best regards
themaxxer

what ya on about ..GPU dosent' seem the way to go really, only for preview...........

money .how much?


Phil

[mdi]

Well it's a shame that early adopters (=beta testers?) of VrayRT get no discount, I wasn't using it that much, I would have skipped it if i knew.
However, 400eur for an upgrade seems OK to me

Agree - It seems a little unfair for those who purchased licenses of RT under the assumption that it was something separate from Vray. If I had known it was going to be included in the next version of Vray (which I'd be purchasing anyway - And as a result everyone who didnt buy RT first time round will now get it for free) I would not have bothered buying two licenses of RT.

That said....$400EUR is a price im more than happy to pay.

[Drawehn]

400 Euro is perfectly fine but the two paid upgrades per year really are a worry. Could Chaosgroup really be changing their course so drastically?

[vlado]

There seems to be some misunderstanding - we certainly do not plan to have two paid upgrades a year. As before all service packs and point releases are free. We do plan to have major versions more often, but for sure not twice a year.

Best regards,
Vlado

[AJ Jefferies]

Vlado - I love you.

[Drawehn]

Phew...good to hear..

Thanks Vlado.

[rikou]

Thx Vlado !
It was very tense these last few hours !

[PIXELBOX_SRO]

Vlado - I love you.

LOL ))

but seriously...what a relief ...now all am after is the features list

[tricky]

No beta testers for non-RT customers then? Drat. I was hoping to build a test rig soon for RT GPU.

[vlado]

No beta testers for non-RT customers then? Drat. I was hoping to build a test rig soon for RT GPU.

We did consider this, but it was decided that will be unfair to people who have recently purchased V-Ray RT.

Best regards,
Vlado