Vray 2.0: 2 paid updates per year?

[samuel_bubat]

phew good to hear !

I would also like to Thank You !!! Chaosgroup for the last years of fantastic development.
Vray is became the most import product in our company. You always had a feeling of what users really need.
It happend several times that I had an idea for a new feature, just to realize that it´s allready there. (interpolated
irradiance maps for example).

cheers !

[philip kelly]

Can I ask when dose the Vray RT GPU Beta testing start?

Phil

[vlado]

Can I ask when dose the Vray RT GPU Beta testing start?

Phil

A bit later today

Best regards,
Vlado

[philip kelly]

I supose I will find out how Sh*t my graphics Card is now.

NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500


Thank you Vlado.

phil

[peter]

Hello everyone,

Please be patient as we will be releasing official information from our side on the upgrades. The more speculation and questions - the more unnecessary frustration and heated emotions.

The GPU beta will start later today. There will be official information on the upgrade pricing etc.

Regarding the 2 commercial updates a year - that is a little vague. There will be commercial upgrades and other varieties of upgrades, but unless we release the full information - your speculations will only cause confusion and frustration.

Please be patient, we all love you for being with us all this time and we have tried to make it work for everyone. With every upgrade there are people who are not in the best position, but do consider everything we have offered so far.

Cheers and stay tuned for the official information.

[trick]

...There will be commercial upgrades and other varieties of upgrades, but unless we release the full information - your speculations will only cause confusion and frustration...

Putting something like "there will be 2 paid upgrades per year" in a press release without full information would make one think that was your intention

[sandykoufax]

nice news.
I'm somewhat suprised that there is no discount for vray and RT both user. (I'm not a RT user)
Anyway, current dongle(1.5) is used for the 2.0 license too? or need another dongle?

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oh, I saw the dongle answer on that site.

[PIXELBOX_SRO]

thats fair Peter!
...and the deal all get with upgrade is more than generous!!!! BIG THANKS for that!

maybe if this, what you just said was released prior to the official info on the pricing, all those speculations would not have been raised in the first place

Best Regards

[tricky]

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

Best regards,
Vlado

No problem. You are right of course.

[WWX]

Must say its difficult for me to understand how recently purchased V-Ray RT users are taken into consideration, but those who supported the product early looses out.

I am with all who think that Chaos has been a great company to do bussiness with and hope it remains so.
None of the programs I pay a year fee to I am happy with what I am receiving so really hope that their plan will be distinct and not follow the others out there.

[peter]

More information now available here:

http://www.chaosgroup.com/forums/vbu...ogram&p=435825

[peter]

And more information is available here:

http://www.chaosgroup.com/forums/vbu...n-on-V-Ray-2.0

[Morne]

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.

or just switch to mentalray

[Morne]

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

I guess I wont be switching to metnalray then just yet

[Morne]

Hello everyone,

Please be patient as we will be releasing official information from our side on the upgrades. The more speculation and questions - the more unnecessary frustration and heated emotions.

The GPU beta will start later today. There will be official information on the upgrade pricing etc.

Regarding the 2 commercial updates a year - that is a little vague. There will be commercial upgrades and other varieties of upgrades, but unless we release the full information - your speculations will only cause confusion and frustration.

Please be patient, we all love you for being with us all this time and we have tried to make it work for everyone. With every upgrade there are people who are not in the best position, but do consider everything we have offered so far.

Cheers and stay tuned for the official information.

So then who leaked the information before the "official information"?