Good job I didn't download the 4.23 update ...FAQ that clarifies some stuff about the premier subscription:You must be registered to see the links
The "free legacy content" is actually just the free stuff they always have.
The plugins are indeed now gone, no more updates for the ones from the store, and they will be exclusive to Daz Premier from now on.
Yes, but some of the products use 'FilaToon' shaders which requires 4.23 [EDIT] Not mentioned in their 'Compatible Software' list [/EDIT] ... which may or may not remain backward compatible ...In terms of the new anime shader that Vicky 9 is all about, that should actually be available to everyone.
You can use 4.21/4.22 if you extract in another folder though. No need to overwrite everything. I have the 4.16/4.21 and 4.22 installed and they open fine. I do recommend at least the 4.21 or the 4.22.15, the loading for G8 is significantly faster. The main problem is that it breaks that third-party ghost light.Just gotta say, the FilaToon promo renders do look pretty cool. My muse is still stuck in Iray land, but if I was ever going to change styles and wanted to learn a new rendering engine, yeah the FilaToon stuff is a nice change, especially in this day and age of AI toon characters dominating the internet.
I haven't been keeping up with render times using Filament, I remember something about Filament being less resource intensive, but I have almost no hands on experience with Filament. Others can comment on this.
I'm still quite happy with DS 4.16 though.
Also, this is the first week that I completely gave up on Daz sales in general and particularly at Daz3D.com. My three hour check lightning deals ritual ended about the time that the Daz3D.com sales team changed the membership model. A lot of us have been bitching about this, and I've decided that I'm done spending for now, occasional killer deal aside, but the easiest way I can summarize the price increase.
Old Daz3D Daz+ yearly membership:
$3/mo (approx if @50% off, $6/mo full price)+ $12/mo (to use the $6 off $18 coupon on select items)$15+ month total minimum spend w/ 6 off 18 coupon
New Daz3D Daz+ monthly plan
$10/mo (approx)+ $12/mo (to use the $6 off $18 coupon on select items)$25+ month total minimum spend w/ 6 off 18 coupon
So a 67% increase in cost/loss in value.
If you are new to Daz Studio, yeah you pretty much still don't have much choice when trying to eek out value, the point is that with rising asset prices in the Daz3D.com store, Daz+ is worth a lot less than it was a couple of years ago, which might eplain why so many Daz Studio regular shoppers are disappointed in the new pricing structure.
You can argue that Daz Premier is a better value, but only if you are plannint on spending a minimum of say around $50 a month to fully take advantage of the included discounts.
Daz Premier monthly plan
$20/mo (approx)+ $15/mo (to use the $10 off $25 coupon)$35+ month total minimum spend w/ 10 off 25 couponAnd this doesn't even take into account the token situation, which is much worse for people that choose to not do Daz+ or Premier.
In short, if you are new, and can stomach spending $35 a more (probably more like $50 minimum), yeah I think you can eek out a decent amount of value, but for those of us with limited Daz+ budgets, yeah this is a kick in the teeth to longtime customers.
The 'bonus bundles' that Premier offers definitely make it more attractive if you've embraced Genesis 9. I won't fault anyone here that chooses to get a Premier subscription, the point is that the 'old pricing/sales regime' has been left in the dust. And this is the first time I don't feel bad about not checking the Daz3d.com site every three hours in months...
Just means more time to spend rendering and dialing in fun characters. So long and thanks for all the fish Daz3D.com sales team!
Just had to vent some more guys.
My understanding is that the Premiere Tools are 'better' integrated and will continue to be developed. They are and will be exclusive to those with Premiere Subscriptions, 'Legacy' tools will remain 'as is' for those that have purchased them.if one has already plugins like mesh grabber, render queue, pose converter, etc. the only extra thing they will get from Daz Premier is the improved mesh grabber
Daz implies that those plugins would not work with 4.23
There areif one has already plugins like mesh grabber, render queue, pose converter, etc. the only extra thing they will get from Daz Premier is the improved mesh grabber
Agreed, I do not think it is so much 'Fear' but 'Fact', no one will rent a tool when they can buy it. I foresee issues being introduced that will render the 'Legacy' tools incompatible with newer releases with DAZ Studio to encourage Premiere subscriptions.they removed the old plugins because they will work with 4.23, and they are afraid that people will start using them with 4.23 and see no reason to move from "buy plugin once, use forever" to "pay every month for the plugin"
I suspect the the Character bundles eligible for the 'Free' coupon will have fewer items than the Starter Bundles, Pro Bundles might continue although the won't have the Premiere Exclusive itemsThe free bundle seems the most economically interesting thing of premier,
I am definitely going to grab that, but I said it before: every asset that needs a map...Just want to call out this Daz3D.com doorbuster item.
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For those looking for a new environment to play in. $2.99 if Daz+, cheaper if Premier.
May be a bit of a VRAM hog, if you are short on VRAM of course, but these days I'm guessing that most of you have grabbed at least an RTX 3060 12GB... no idea how it would do in Filament.
It depends on the computer.I am definitely going to grab that, but I said it before: every asset that needs a map...
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...maybe is just too large.
I have a 'combined' .duf that has all four areas of Airport Island included. I was able to render everything in an overhead shot, but then grouped the assets by area and 'added assets', so 8 groups in total. The VRAM usage was in the 16GB range in Iray for an overhead shot of the entire island as I remember.It depends on the computer.
I have more than one that has a map, PW makes a number of big and/or detailed environments, I like them for that, so you can still replace them, if you want, but at the same time, you have already something "coherent" out of the box. But it true that I open them on the desktop with good memory and graphic cards, even if I have a laptop with 16GB RAM, I would not dare to open them there (even because my default DAZ Installation is gigantic).
But at least PW does one thing well, you do not need to load the whole, they always foresee also partial sets to load.