MAXON said it has not fully incorporated all its features to Pro Renderer, and when a first iteration for such a big add on comes in that context I got what I expected from Pro Renderer, Iv not touch it as it neither has the features, the stability or my system has a good enough Card to untilize it. New features always get over hyped, and I dont get pulled into it. The MSA in itself is saving you a fair bit, more so if you make the best of what Cinevercity offers.
The only saving of opting out of a MSA is never to return, and this means you have a half baked version of Pro renderer. Even if you left it a few years till your just within the upgrade path, your still pay for all them years of upgrades anyway, only more without the MSA discount. Your dammed if you do, dammed if you dont.
MAXON did say something about its UV tools in a blog, and I have no doubt they will update them. For many the expectations are high for r20, and given that MAXON increased its MSA they had better pull something special off. There will always be better 3rd party specialist tools, but they know that their software is a workhourse that still must meet a certain level of quality, and areas such as mentioned are a long way behind.
Luxology for Modo once had this method of incrementally adding features, I hated it, and it meant that your playing a game of evolution waiting for a product to become something that it may never be, or at best complete over many years. I dont know If MAXON has ever done this before, iv not been around long enough. I gathered that they generally MAXON adds features fully functional out the box so I cant give an opinion if they will drag Pro Renderer updates out over many years or produce huge leaps in its implementation.
Dan
