Hexagon 2 is out.

#1 "Looks like it will play well with XSI "
Content created wtih Hexagon can be imported in XSI just fine?

"Platinum Members, which is a $29.99 signup"
Yes and $7.95 per month... about $117 for the year
Unless you are not bind to a 12 months contract and you can stop it afte the 1st month.

Or $99,99 for a one year subscription

Still good value if you need all the stuff Daz sells and Hexagon 2 for $1.99

#2 So far I have been told you can cancel the Platinum Membership after 1 month. I really do not need anything from DAZ besides Hexagon 2 because I have XSI, but ZBrush hates me. Plus there is a moneyback gaurantee for membership and software, so if it does not work I can return it. I will be able to test it out this weekend, but the sale ends after Sunday.

It exports .obj, so it should work with XSI. It also renders displacement and normal-maps.

#3 Http://www.daz3d.com/newsletter/2006/dn/newsletter4_27_06.html

it says:
In the DAZ tradition of giving its customers high quality 3D software at fantastic values, we are now offering the electronic download version (ESD) of Hexagon 2 at the DAZ webstore for the nominal price of US$1.99 for new and current members of the DAZ Platinum Club. This special offer for Hexagon 2 ends May 31, 2006 (23:59:59 EDT), after which the software will be available at the normal retail price of US$269 for the full version or US$119 for the upgrade from Hexagon 1.

"This special offer for Hexagon 2 ends May 31, 2006 "

Just in case... but I hope they do not cut it short.
I think Hexagon 2 works on MACs as well so that could be a great thing for MAC users.

Am I not be able to resist this offer Joe :)
Am I have to get i today :)

#4 As it happens, I'm a PC member at DAZ anyway. I wouldn't normally buy Hexagon, but at $1.99 it's just too good an offer to pass up :)

#5 Yep
I would expect a few bugs though... I think DAZ may have released it just to make existing Hex1.2 and 2-preorders happy.

Can't download it yet... download link is too slow right now...

#6 They said on CGTalk they will add more servers for downloads. Also most of the bugs seem to be with display issues with certain cards so I guess the first thing to setup will be the realtime openGL display settings.

I haven't got to try it yet but I hope the mesh sculpting and texture brush tools work well.

#7 Yeah, I started downloading it at work this afternoon, and when I left, it was running <3kb/sec and had over 40 hours to go.... Fingers crossed it will have finished by the time I get back in on Tuesday.

#8 For any one who is wondering I build a base model in Hexagon2 and put inside Torque, the texture line up perfect.

#9 Did you simply convert to DTS?

#10 Yes I convert to dts. I was very surprise to see the texture align the same as in Hexagon. It turn out pretty good. I am building an Elf in Hexagon. After you understand the way it work, it is real easy.

#11 I'm busy with other stuff right now, but I'll soon give it a shot, maybe we will have 2.1 soon as well.

#12

Quote:Yeah, I started downloading it at work this afternoon, and when I left, it was running <3kb/sec and had over 40 hours to go.... Fingers crossed it will have finished by the time I get back in on Tuesday.

yeah, ouch.
they should set up a torrent for it.

#13 Nah, makes it too public, or a complete pain to administer the downloads. I restarted the download that night when I got home and it went zooming off, so I think they added more servers.

The initial rush will be over now, so any new downloaders shouldn't have any problems.

#14 I dunno, i think a torrent can work fairly well.

but that aside,
you were lucky, it's stalled for me twice in the last hour or so.