Topic: GMAX, are we there yet? (Read 1321 times)

Stormbringer · « **on:** May 11, 2003, 09:39:25 pm »

Have the Gmax folks provided a route from thier program to SFC Compatible models yet? I just e mailed them my request again.

Rod O'neal · « **Reply #1 on:** May 12, 2003, 12:19:19 am »

During a previous post there was a response by a fan that said it cost $80,000 to get Discreet to make a GMAX plug-in for a game. If this is even remotely accurate I'm afraid we're SOL

Stormbringer · « **Reply #2 on:** May 12, 2003, 12:27:51 am »

Gah! Who paid for all the other plug ins they made? The game's publishers? Developers? Who? 80K? For how much code?

Cleeve · « **Reply #3 on:** May 12, 2003, 02:18:18 pm »

The 80k is, essentially, for the *right* to release a compatible Gmax plugin.

Discreet has no end-user revenue model for Gmax, so they charge the developers for the ability to release a compatible plugin.
Then, the developers can use the Gmax plugin as a selling feature, and hopefully sell more copies to modders...

That's the revenue model theory anyway...

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