I remember you talking about this. How far do you push it on W for it to be ignored? As for hassle, I guess it's just a matter of finding or making tools to let you manipulate W as paintable vertex data. Then you also need an exporter that stores W instead of tossing it. And an importer for the engine that reads the W data.
hello. anyone ever had this problem w/photoshop CS4? everyt now and then....my pressure options don't work w/the tablet. works just fine in painter. here's an example: notice the two strokes that just all of the sudden act like no pressure settings are turned on: