SideFX isn't Autodesk. They don't have massive budget and staff for marketing like Autodesk and it shows. Frankly I will take SideFX superior engineering and support over the slick marketing and legal departments of Autodesk. @Pior SideFX has a license of Houdini called apprentice, that is basically an unlimited demo.
Probably cheap indeed, but not free. Now I am not saying that full-on Houdini should be free for indies to begin with, but "Houdini engine now FREE" sure is misleading. I just don't quite see the point of sugar coating pricing models, it's not as if someone is going to get tricked into buying the product just because of an…
yeah. For a moment I fell for it too. I was like "Free Houdini for Indies! Finally!.. no..oh, drat. Just the engine". Imho the engine should have been free to begin with. Unless I totally mistaken (and maybe I am?), it's not really that useful if you don't have Houdini as well, or if you are ok relying on other people's…
@goldfarb : thanks ! I appreciate the offer for help. At the end of the day, the point I am trying to make here though is that SideFX shouldn't wait for potential users to come to them - they need to be proactive about showcasing and supporting their products. And there is no need to be as big as Autodesk to do that (as a…
@Fansub : I love tools like this ivy generator - it's really great when this kind of stuff comes together, often as a collaboration between engineers and artists. It's a big part of what makes working in games so interesting ! @Goldfarb, @Aabel : They don't need to be Autodesk, they just need to seriously rethink their…