![]() Max 2019 takes about 4 minutes to load and feels sluggish but it does support Creo import and OSL which is why I went on subscription this time. I have Max 2011 (perpetual) and 2019 (subscription) and max 2011 is rock solid in comparison, it loads in 10 seconds and feels smooth as butter. I would rather pay once for a permanent licence that is robust enough not to crash many times during a project life-cycle and that plugin support, supports it for much longer and pay for upgrading if I need the new features (not bug fixes) they do create, some of which are very good. The dislike I have with a subscription model is that bugs seem to be less of a priority as they just fix them in the next version (or not), it's kinda slow when you can imagine all they want to do is keep bloating it with new tools rather than improving the core system, same with subscription plugins. There were so many back then you were spoiled for choice. Yup, remember Bones Pro? Clay Studio? The good ole days of well supported plugins. You got me started now friend, once I get to thinking about the money I give to Autodesk for such a disappointing product I get so frustrated. Also renderer-wise I fear that Redshift is not as awesome as FStorm. The only thing keeping me from switching is that I mainly use 3ds max for product viz which sometimes requires large CAD files, and the learning curve for Houdini is so steep. And it has freaking node-based- everything. Look at Houdini, a freaking masterpiece of a program. I've been using 3d Studio Max for a long time and in my wildest fantasies they'll take all the money I've given them, start from square one with a new program that is built with broad application in mind (archviz, modeling, game design, VFX), make scenes and plugins easily portable from 3dsmax and sell it for a reasonable price. Now they just hog the market, releasing new updates every year that are either bought plug-ins or poorly integrated solutions. They bought up the competition, and most good plugins are exclusive to Max or at least best on Max, so there is sadly little incentive for a freelance viz artist like me to switch to any other package.
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