Devin Johnston Posted March 21, 2006 Share Posted March 21, 2006 I may land a project soon to animate a dining space full of backlit glass, lit crystal beads everywhere, softly curved surfaces...many, many lights and refractive/caustic objects. Too bad Maxwell won't be ready. I did say 'animate'. Not even Devin's setup would do it. Yea it's going to be very disappointing when after all of this I sit down to do my first animation and I start to realize that a 500 frame animation is going to take my 120 licenses a week to complete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernest Burden III Posted March 21, 2006 Share Posted March 21, 2006 Yea it's going to be very disappointing when after all of this I sit down to do my first animation and I start to realize that a 500 frame animation is going to take my 120 licenses a week to complete. I'm going to need 5000 frames (assuming I am hired). Oh, and the whole space is white. All white. So one way to get nice color would be chromatic aberations, spectral caustics. Oh, well. It's only my job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernest Burden III Posted March 21, 2006 Share Posted March 21, 2006 I've now been told that Tuesday is really Wednesday. OK, I'll be a little bit more patient, bear with me, folks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamT Posted March 21, 2006 Author Share Posted March 21, 2006 I've now been told that Tuesday is really Wednesday. OK, I'll be a little bit more patient, bear with me, folks. Yes, and along the same lines, up is down, soon is never, and P is not P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernest Burden III Posted March 21, 2006 Share Posted March 21, 2006 At least NL is telling me when they will tell me something. Previously I was on 'ignore'. Now I'm on 'delay'. Maybe Wed. I will graduate to 'answer'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJLynn Posted March 21, 2006 Share Posted March 21, 2006 I'm going to need 5000 frames (assuming I am hired). Oh, and the whole space is white. All white. So one way to get nice color would be chromatic aberations, spectral caustics. Oh, well. It's only my job. Slightly colored lights, with noise, falloff, FR2 baking and AR2 render so you can get your noise? Why Maxwell when you can kludge? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernest Burden III Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 Slightly colored lights, with noise, falloff, FR2 baking and AR2 render so you can get your noise? Why Maxwell when you can kludge? I can use FR2 to bake and then use AR2? Interesting...haven't tried the Fr2 baking yet. I only said all that to point out that its a shame we don't have a working Maxwell yet, it might come in handy. For those who are willing to wait, and wait and wait: We're all going to die! I don't want to wait for a year or more to have something useful. I want to get my work done NOW so I can enjoy a relaxed life LATER. This project would be a great showpiece for Maxwell, but I'll be fine using other tools. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sawyer Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 Ernest this sounds like the worst possible use for Maxunwell. Even if there was a product and the product did everything you need it to do wouldn't this really really kill any computer? Sounds like this is something you would want to stay away from MW even if it worked the way someone somewhere said it would work someday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernest Burden III Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 So if it can't handle a perfect assignment for it...what the hell is all the fuss over it about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffos Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 Hi I would just like to inform you guys, that they have just banned me again Why? Because i used the word silly LOL Yes i responded to mvertas post saying what he thinks is silly, using the same phrasing shape, tom (yes that idiot, sorry to use that word but he is) publicly threatened me, and i asked him to publicly ask for an apology, cause he cannot insult me because he is a forum admin, and just banned me. I have filled in the EU complain form, asking for a 12000Euros penalty cause of multiple reasons. The amount is the maximum i can ask without having to pay a lawyer. This is what EU says. There is a list of what reasons can cause the complain form to be valid. From agressive advertisment, to not delivering goods. I can say, that NL has broken every possible record. I will be posting the form on Monday. This is enough. I emailed victor informing about the actions of his employer and if he approves such behavior, he did not respond. Not even a word. This is really humilliating. They think they can do what they want Sorry for using the forum to post my actions, but i you might wanted to know. if you think the post is insulting, please feel free to delete it. Buffos (Kostas Oreopoulos) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_PopArt Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 I saw when they banned you and think it is totally unjustified. They did the 'pick and roll' technique on you, and it looked like an intentional way to find an excuse to ban you. mverta insulted you, you responded in a non insulting manner, and the other mod banned you for being insulting. (strange logic they use:confused: ) . It was really a low point for NL and the forum, but it won't be the last one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoppo Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 Why? Because i used the word silly LOL i read that thread too and could not believe it. but i'd like to be informed abot these eu actions you are taking. might come in handy ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maximus3D Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 I don't know.. i thought the owner of this forum said you guys can't talk about legal actions stuff here. It's against his rules. Maybe the rules changed, i don't know... / Max Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernest Burden III Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 I don't know.. i thought the owner of this forum said you guys can't talk about legal actions stuff here. It's against his rules. Maybe the rules changed, i don't know... / Max He did, so we'll see if that post bother's Jeff enough to weigh in. But if he does, he will explain himself. Also, late last year there was a tree plugin that was being sold 'on sale' and some people here bought it, only to have the author literally skip town without delivering anything. There was much discussion of how to track him down and prosecute. In the end another company bought his product and, as far as I recall, has made good on the orders. So we have had a similar discussion here. But its not our board. While the [EDIT: wrote "Maxon" by mistake] NextLimit board is also not our board, we did ALL pay to be members of the VIP club. So I think being kicked off the board should come with a prompt refund of the entry dues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffos Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 Maximus, i dont see you commenting my banning!!!! You actually seem to agree with everythink they do.. What a pitty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maximus3D Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 I'm sorry buffos but i didn't even know you were banned.. again. i been so busy lately with other stuff i haven't paid much attention to what's going on on the forum. / Max Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffos Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 but if you did read the above message about legal action, you could not have missed i was banned, and the reason.... (i mean the excuse) I now know how i am dealing with. Its not about money. Its about arrogance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maximus3D Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 Ah ok, i didn't read the entire post. Sorry, but all did was just to quickly browse through all the posts without fully reading any of them. I know it's a bad way of reading stuff but it saves time And i'm sorry to hear you got banned again. Btw, if you're wondering.. i'm neutral from now on. Meaning standing on neither side of the fence protecting anyone. Got enough shit during the past year for being positive / Max Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamT Posted March 22, 2006 Author Share Posted March 22, 2006 the Maxon board is also not our board, we did ALL pay to be members of the VIP club. So I think being kicked off the board should come with a prompt refund of the entry dues. You mean the NextLimit board; please don't confuse those parties! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fran Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 I don't know.. i thought the owner of this forum said you guys can't talk about legal actions stuff here. It's against his rules. Maybe the rules changed, i don't know... / Max I believe Jeff is allowing some latitude on this issue in the best interest of the community. I will personally delete petitions or explicit calls to join in class-action suits. I don't have a problem with someone posting a link to an offsite discussion though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernest Burden III Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 You mean the NextLimit board; please don't confuse those parties! Ironic, since I was just yesterday agreeing with Stefen (I don't think he's a member here, though he should be, he does great work) about how we are spoiled be Maxon in comparison to NL. Sorry, Maxon. That was quite an insult! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devin Johnston Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 First off Buffos I'm sorry you were banned again, and for something as silly as calling someone silly is just silly. I agree they have taken the whole moderation thing way to far and it's only going to bite them in the end. Right now they can do pretty much what ever they want, it looks like they've entered survival mode and logical thought has nothing to do with their current actions. Second I agree with what Fran said but generally speaking it's just best to not discuss legal action here, the forum is really for discussing technical issues and on going problems or events. Jeff is just trying to protect him self and I can't blame him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trick Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 I wonder if in the future you can shoot a client in the foot after which he still gives you orders. I'm really amazed that there are still people "worshipping" this kind of behaviour... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest imanobody Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 We, as the human race, are pretty gullible and will fall for just about anything PT_Barnum I wonder how history will treat maxwell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernest Burden III Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 I may land a project soon to animate a dining space full of backlit glass, lit crystal beads everywhere, softly curved surfaces...many, many lights and refractive/caustic objects, all white space. Too bad Maxwell won't be ready. I don't think I have a chance of making Maxwell work for this, but it would have been nice. Anyway, I got the job! I got talked down towards the low end of the range I had in my head (I bid the middle), but I really want the assignment, so I'm not willing to lose it over a small reduction of my bid. I can't be a year late, so no Maxwell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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