Which 5 software tools would you have installed on your computer in the event of a worldwide interne

aprats91

NASA has informed us that we’re going to have a solar storm in one week, and you want to prepare to spend the next 12 months developing your next game, level, or scene to showcase after the crisis.

Select your 5 essential tools, without considering what the industry demands—only your personal preferences.

I'll start:

1. Blender
2. Godot
3. Substance Painter
4. AwesomeBump
5. GIMP

zetheros

1. Zbrush

2. Modo

3. Unreal Engine

4. Photoshop

5. Obsidian

It takes me 12 months to sculpt things anyway, so I'll just do all the baking after the solar storm

thomasp

A solar storm would wipe out the net connection, wouldn't it? Rendering all subscription software useless as well as tools that mandate license checkups like Toolbag. Consider me a prepper then:

1. Blender

2. Zbrush (permanent license)

3. Affinity

4. Reallusion CC

5. Mudbox (pre-subscription)

kanga

Blender

zBrush (last pixo)

Marmoset

Gimp

Mixcraft

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and sunscreen!

zetheros

hey that's cheating, 5 softwares only kanga

kanga

Ah yeah zetheros. That'll learn me to read!

iam717

uh ohes oh noes! = 2nd term.

Accepting whatever the creator wants to do, living and ignoring the hype? works best for me.

pxgeek

That Daz studio is not on kanga's list surprised me

poopipe

vim

if I'm going that long without internet I'm going to spend it failing to write a game from scratch

Neox

One year without internet? I'll probably work something else without art software all together

All my main apps would be downed, no data transfers to anyone, me doing 3d for myself? Ridiculous!

Noren

I've shipped hard disks and SSDs before, but it would obviously be a major pita for day-to-day communication.

All my apps are perpetual, though, so no change, there.
3ds Max 2022, Zbrush 2022, 3d Coat, PS CS5,  I guess the last Allegorithmic Substance Painter over Designer if I had to choose (which I wouldn't have to so I'll add BM Fusion). It probably doesn't really pay to be that stubborn, but at least I'd prevail in this hypothetical scenario. 

sacboi

well my gear didn't go on the fritz but nevertheless, storm continues to throw up some very pretty aurora over regions they're not normally ever seen - like where I live

Blender (EEVEE)

Pureref

Inscape

Gimp

Octane Render (Blender)

plaintextures

ImageMagick, Blender and DaVinci Resolve.

Sidney Eliot

1. ZBrush (PC or iPad)
2. Blender (can also be used as a note taking software, to write code and to watch videos)
3. Clip Studio Paint (or Procreate on iPad)
3. Unreal Engine (would also come with coding tools that would be useful)
5. Marmoset Toolbag

Not Substance Painter as I personally think having a proper baker like Marmoset is quite important and texturing can be done in both Marmoset and Blender or even Procreate for hand painted stuff.
Not Photoshop because many of it's compositing capabilities can be done in Blender and the rest would be covered by CSP/Procreate.