anybody has ideas if SI|3D 4.0 been shipped already? what would they do with 4.0 ... would SI continue to develop 3D and we shall have 5.0 and 6.0 in the future??
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Dear Ann -
officially, si3d 4.0 is not yet out. I don't know when it will be
released, but my feeling is that it will be fairly soon.
Getting XSI 2.0 and the Hair followon out the door was certainly the
primary concern for the developers in Montreal.
BUT - I'm interested in asking you and other si3d heads a few questions
to guage demand. We've recovered the rights to Inside Softimage 3D, the
book, and could republish it now on the Mesmer Press label, along
with new stuff already written that I wanted to add all along,
like a detailed chunk on Expressions, maybe more rigging, and a complete
section on using si3d for games.
Question is, does anyone still use si3d, and want that book
republished. We need to sell maybve 2000 copies to make it all make sense
financially.
It would of course be updated for 4.0. Most of that work is already done.
So:
(1) How many colleges, unicersities, etc still teach Si3D?
(2) Who wants the book republished in english?
(3) How about the japanese listeners on the list?
(4) How many people have si3d in their games dev pipeline?
Lemme know,
Anthony Rossano
