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# 1 15-01-2003 , 02:36 AM

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Haha.. Well its not out yet of course... But anyway, Im just curious when do you think it will come out? And also, when it comes out, what new features do you think it will have in unlimited/complete? Do you think an unlimeted will come out for mac?

I know none of these can be accurately answered, but im just curious to what people would think.

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# 2 15-01-2003 , 02:28 PM

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i think the question is whether there will be one at all?

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# 3 15-01-2003 , 03:02 PM

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Only rumors, but I've heard that the major big deal with 5.0 will be the release of an "Unlimited" version for the Mac, but, it's only a rumor at this point....

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# 4 15-01-2003 , 03:06 PM

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ooh so theres been info about 5.0 already?? 4.5 wasnt released that long ago

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# 5 15-01-2003 , 03:24 PM

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I found out from a co-worker who was having mac/maya problems, and after he talked with the aw rep, that's the feeling he got from them.

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I'm a hardcore PC guy, so I hope theres at LEAST GI, and/or HDRI included with Maya's renderer.

Or at least a MR bundle.

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# 6 15-01-2003 , 04:59 PM

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Originally posted by Nem
i think the question is whether there will be one at all?

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thats a little bleak Nem - why makes you say that?

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# 7 15-01-2003 , 06:13 PM

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oh no im not being bleak, its just theres been no info anywhere on this thing, so i guess ud need to know if there will be a 5 first

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# 8 15-01-2003 , 06:49 PM

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The following is a bit off from the issue of this thread, but can anyone tell me a little about the difference between how 3dsmax handles nurbs in comparison to maya?

Does a future release of maya "need" better nurbs tools?

And finally, if anyone can answer this, does it have to be so hard to texture a nurbs surface? It is my understanding that you cannot project an image right onto a nurbs surface like with polys.

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# 9 15-01-2003 , 07:07 PM

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It would be nice being able to texture a Nurbs surface by surface patches as you can a poly by face. For now if I need to I just detach the part of the surface I want to have a seperate texture. Then just put it back together with the seperate UV's user added image

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# 10 15-01-2003 , 07:28 PM

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3dsmax' nurbs is (or at least was) it's plague. They never worked anything like they do in Maya. I haven't seen the latest Max version so I don't know if they're any better now.

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# 11 15-01-2003 , 11:08 PM

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Originally posted by Nem
oh no im not being bleak, its just theres been no info anywhere on this thing, so i guess ud need to know if there will be a 5 first

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Judging by the revision history ((1>1.5 (irix)>2>3>3.5(mac)>4>4.5 )) I rekon its a safe bet that 5 will be next user added image

All I want out of 5 is some sort of proper dynamic muscle system, and a few enchancements to the rigging/animation process. Oh and that chick from the Maya smoking girl ad to leap out of the box and..... :love:

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# 12 15-01-2003 , 11:18 PM

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Oh and that chick from the Maya smoking girl ad to leap out of the box and..... :love:

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hehehe LMAO! user added image

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# 13 15-01-2003 , 11:37 PM

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Originally posted by kbrown
3dsmax' nurbs is (or at least was) it's plague. They never worked anything like they do in Maya. I haven't seen the latest Max version so I don't know if they're any better now.

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NURBS in Max just plain suck. No better in the latest version than it was back in version 3. No comparison to Maya's NURBS tools.

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# 14 18-01-2003 , 03:30 AM

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i have maya 4.5 and i lost the serial number. Could any one tell me it. Thanks.

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# 15 18-01-2003 , 03:40 AM

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i have maya 4.5 and i lost the serial number. Could any one tell me it. Thanks.

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