Doit! v0.9.0 is released for 3dsmax (many changes!)

#1 very useful, will buy...

edit:
oops, price raised... :-\
need to think and compare with my scripts, if i can work faster with "doit!", than i will buy

#2 eb: It looks awesome!

I have a question, will it still work if you sub out step two for a custom rig (not biped)? and lets just assume you've already tested that rig as being Torque compatible (for the sake of this question)

#3 well done with this update EB, it has now stepped into a higher price bracket methinks. glad I got it early.
well done again, the bloody rig setup was such a drag before, I have now officialy discarded my max2dts!!

#4 Do you have one plan for the vehicles :) Wheeleded,4,6,8 and one for Air Vehicles planned?

#5 @Stephen: The biped and node setup has been tested as fully orc compatible, it is shown in the video. As for custom rigs, you could use the "add player nodes" menu option...and no, it cannot read your custom rig names to find out what you named the rig's head. I have never heard of any program that can read minds. :P ..so I would use the 'add player nodes' selection and parent the nodes as needed.

@deepscratch: Great to hear!
..Also, I have been torn about the pricing since some people think it should cost more and some people want it really cheap. I am mainly working on this project to help those that want to a-line this portion of their pipeline. The money is seen by myself as a fringe-like benefit. I get more satisfaction from knowing someone appreciates the 'straight-forward get it done now' approach. blah blah blah :)

@Johnny: I am currently looking deeper into the nodes for vehicles...and digging into the depths of the artist's role to see what features can be added that would be used by people. So by all means, make a suggestion..casual or technical. ..I will look into flying setups.

#6 @eb: Thanks eb! I'm definetely going to grab up a couple of these for my artists in a couple of weeks!

#7 Hey All....EB, what a great little program. I already purchased it and it works great......had to do a little work around on my multimesh characters with lodme but got it working and man does this speedup my work. I would recommend this program for anyone using 3dsmax7 and up.
Thanks once again for all your hard work and look forward to any future products and updates..............Highground

#8 Hi EB:

I bought your plugin on Sat, May 23rd, sent in the License File request info, and have not recieved a reply from you.

My artist also purchased your plugin on the same day and he has already recieved his.

Whats up?

THanks,

jrose@stormeaglestudios.com

#9 Jim Rose,
I would apologize if I had made a mistake but I have simply been wondering when you were going to request the license. I have not received an email from you with the hardware lock id#. I have only received one email from you..it arrived at 6:35pm NY time this evening but it does not contain the license information that I need.

I keep a full back log of all emails received and sent; for payments, license requests, support and any other questions asked. Image

..since you attempted to send the email with the license file, please see if you still have the email in your sentbox, recheck the information as certain email clients garble the email address into 1 long string with the subject line and body placement attached as a suffix.

No matter what, I am waiting on your license information to get that to you. Email it to the same email address you just emailed this evening or to the doit_license email address. I'll get you the license file ASAP! ;)

Edit: Emailed you the same post Jim.
@Donnie: Thanks for the feedback!

#10 @eb,
I just purchased Doit! yesterday. I requested lisence key but still no answer. I put my e-mail address, zzleggam at gmail dot com when intalled. Can you check out and let me know if there has been any problem?

#11 I see your purchase order with that email address, but I have no sign of the license info email.
I do know that Gmail has been screwing-up(somehow losing) international emails these past few weeks. I have come across several issues with a few contractors and "my use OR their use of Gmail".

Could you perhaps retry from a different email address ?

Thank you for your patience...we'll sort this out ASAP.

Edit: did you get an auto-reponse email saying that you would receive your license soon ? ..if not, please verify that you sent it to an email address and not a long string as denoted in the post previous to your post.

#12 @eb,
By trying another email, I received it successfully. Thank you for your support.

By the way, it seems like Doit! doesn't support exporting .dsq files. Do we have to use existing plugin for it?

#13 Sorry, no dsq export support yet and that actually slipped my mind completely!! I will add that to my list for version 1.0 that I will release this summer.
;)

Glad to get your license file to you. Enjoy.

#14 @eb,
As I wrote in my last e-mail, I need to change the machine to use Doit!. In fact, I purchased a machine with better performance. I tried to request new key on the new machine but no answer yet. As a result, I'm trying a plugin from community now, which gives me troubles.

One more question, in old computer with Max 9.0, when I try to export after quick setting, it gives me error saying that "Don't Know how to save this file type". Can you guess the reason for this?

Looking forward to your answer.
Thanks in advance.

#15 I chose to not reply to the email because it was requesting a license file from an unknown email address. I see a similar email in my records but that email only bought 1 license and this would be a request for license #2.
- I have received many fake attempts at gaining a license file from near a dozen emails so I hope you understand my reluctance.

Here is a section of the license agreement that partially explains why I can not give you, or anyone, a "replacement" key:
2.Grant of license: .. .. .. .. ..
If you want to use Doit! with different versions of Max, a separate license must be purchased for each version.
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Anyways, even if I did want to give you a license...the hardware lock id # that you gave me appears to be from max2010 which does not have a DTS exporter yet(this is probably the reason of your "unknown file type issue). If the # you sent me is not from Max2010, then I suggest you check your installation of Max and/or the hardwareid# of your new install.
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I apologize for any inconvenience you have encountered but I have to stand solid on the license agreement or else I lose all reason in selling this file.

Anyways, my general thoughts on this entire subject are: If you can afford Max, then $25 for 'Doit!' is a drop in the bucket. If you upgrade max or have a Maxsubscription, $25 is still a small, small, drop in the bucket.

Regards,
eb

#16 @eb,

I misunderstood your license strategy. I thought the license key is for just one PC, not for one MAX version.

When you got the license key request, it was from the professional 3D artist company to whom I made an order for one character and several objects work. They told me they have problem with exporting. Even though I told them Doit! can be used in MAX version 7~9, it seems like they were trying it with higher version to hear your explanation. To solve the problem, I recommended them to use it with lower version of MAX if they have. They wanted to change their computer for that. That's why I requested a new license key.

For them, $25 can be a drop in the bucket. For me, it's not. And according to your explanation, it seems like that the owner of Doit! cannot be me forever.

So I wonder if you can at least cancel the license for the MAX2010 and newly grant one for the lower Max version for them to use. If you can upgrade Doit! to use with MAX2010 very soon, that can be another solution for my situation.

#17 I am having a difficult time understanding your English.

Doit! can be used with Max2010 ONLY WHEN the dts exporter plugin from GG for Max2010 is released/created/compiled.

- The first license key I gave you was for a pre-Max2010 version, the second key you requested was from Max2010. However, I never gave you a Max2010 license file because only 1 license was purchased.

Let's continue this by email: eric[at]ericrbarth[dot]com

#18 Game4Rest and I are having a very difficult time communicating. Is it possible that someone can translate ?

#19 @eb,
Please just forget it.

Anyway thanks for your support. You really tried to help me at first time.

#20 update: game4Rest and I worked together to solve the issue.(last month)