I’m reluctant to believe anything at this point. After waiting interminably for this thing with no word, as usual, I’m pretty miffed right now. Maybe, they are putting the finishing touches on it now, or maybe, it will be several more months. Maybe, they are killing themselves to get it done, or, maybe, there is only one tired, old, semi-retired programmer named Ned, who shuffles in twice a week to work on the mac version for two hours a day, then sleeps in his chair the rest of the time. Who knows? Right now, I’m just sick and tired of waiting here, checking the forums regularly looking for some little bone to be tossed my way, while trying to guess what’s going on. Would someone please give Ned a nudge!
another user
Anyone who has been waiting endlessly should give 3DCoat a try due to the fact that Voxels (blows away poly sculpting), better topology tools, better UVs so on, not to mention (most important) that Andrew the developer of 3DC actually " communicates" with the users, how about that ! and is constantly fixing bugs & adding features on weekly builds that you can download for free
So if you are frustrated with how Pixologic is treating us ( lack of respect) I strongly encourage you guys to give 3DC a try
Perhaps if enough of us migrate (mac & win), Pixologic will realize that they are not the only game in town and change the way they do business
check it out:
cheers
It’s unfortunate how Pixologic treats it’s customers and I am 99% done with the roller coaster. I prefer companies that are a little more predictable and I’ve found there are lot’s of those out there.
ZBrush may have been the “Top Dog” in sculpting but now with other players such as: Mudbox, Blender, 3DCoat, and Sculptris just to name a few ZBrush is not the only game in town. If Pixologic thought they could treat their customers like crap and still keep them as customers then they were wrong at least in my case.
Due to the long wait I’ve found alternative Sculpting software that works just as well as ZBrush (maybe better) and I’ve learned it to the point that I don’t use ZBrush much at all any more. I don’t think I’ll stick with ZBrush much longer as I can now sculpt, model and create my UV maps all in one package.
So I’ll take my free upgrade to 4, but I don’t know if I’ll even be using it.
There’s no excuse for the lack of communication IMO. I mean how much work is it to keep mac users informed of the progress. A bi-monthly or monthly update of a sentence or two to let mac customers know where they’re at would have kept me interested a few months ago but no longer.
Pixologic’s lack of communication speaks volumes about how they feel about their customers. Their silence is perceived as a lack of respect for their customers and they’ve been told this countless times over the last 2-3 years but still no change in their communication methods.
I’m not mad at Pixo just indifferent and disappointed. For the most part I have moved on.
pg
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It’s very Sad to see Pixologic " removed " my post in which i mentioned 3DCOAT
So you guys (Pix) read every post but choose not to communicate
just " sensor "
I love ZBrush and I respect the innovation side but I can’t help but wonder who or what is in charge of your costumer service / PR Dep. !
check the difference in the level of communication
http://twitter.com/AndrewShpagin
cheers
3DCOAT
Anyone who has been waiting endlessly should give 3DCoat a try due to the fact that Voxels (blows away poly sculpting), better topology tools, better UVs so on, not to mention (most important) that Andrew the developer of 3DC actually " communicates" with the users, how about that ! and is constantly fixing bugs & adding features on weekly builds that you can download for free So if you are frustrated with how Pixologic is treating us ( lack of respect) I strongly encourage you guys to give 3DC a try
Perhaps if enough of us migrate (mac & win), Pixologic will realize that they are not the only game in town and change the way they do business
check it out:
3DC is ok, but I have yet to see any convincing work done with it. The best 3DC work is nowhere near the best ZB work that I have seen.
Voxels do not (yet) “blow polys away”, they are just different, at times better, at times inferior.
3DC does seem to be building itself as a better more rubust production tool, while ZB seems to add wacky, random features that artists later have to coerse into compliance with production.
ZB is still miraculously the better product. If 3D coat cleans up it’s UI, adresses some performance issues, and gets some talent producing art to attract users, well… it would be a whole new ballgame.
I too am getting tired of Pixologic’s inability to stick to its word. Fortunately I get to influence our company to which software package we choose to use for sculpting and I am truly thinking we should make the switch to the main competitor.
The biggest disappointment in all of this is that the Mac version of 3.5 will come out with a few extra bits in it only to see that version 4 for the PC will come out a month or so later with major upgrades. The Mac users will then have to wait and wait and wait and wait and beg and beg and beg for version 4.
This is one big WAG OF MY FINGER to Pixologic.
I just stumbled upon 3D Coat this weekend. I have to say, it has a ways to go with getting up to ZBrush’s level, but I was quite impressed with the retop & UV tools.
I think I’ll be ditching Maya for my UV editing now, as 3DC is much faster, has similar features to UV layout with a more user friendly interface.
Retopping is a bit easier as well, as it “sticks” to your mesh better when drawing polygons. The spline feature is also quite nice.
A couple areas to step up your game Pixologic… You guys are still hands down the best when it comes to sculpting though.
Pixologic does not care about his customers. I bought Zbrush a while ago and I must say that I don´t use it any more. Instead I bougt 3d-Coat, which has a much better performance (64bit), Cuda support, the best Retopo-System- I know and much better support for his customers.
Does anybody wants to buy my licence for Zbrush 3.5? Special Offer!!!
When Z4 is released, it will drop jaws and it will bring
you guys back. Any customers that walked away,
will come running back.
The Pixologic Team knows all about the competition,
and they also knew that Z4 was not ready.
But you people know just as well as I, when
Pixologic launches a new version, it’s a version
well worth the wait! Z4 will boost Pixologic well above the competition.
The silence from Pixologic, i do not agree with simply because it brings
this wonderful community down.
I think they are just doing as requested by so many users, that replied
they should not give a release date they can not meet.
Hope i’m not wrong! :lol:
THE FUTURE BEGINS 3rd Qtr 2009
Hell yeah! 
…er… oh wait, … 
Following the release of 3.5, we will continue to refine ZBrush 4 and its features (such as LightBoxand Spotlight) for release in the 4th Quarter of 2009.
…hmm, somethings not right here… wait, a new update…
The Windows version of 3.5 will be released by the end of August, followed by a release of the OSX version in September.
Oh, maybe they meant 2010? 
Seriously though I hope it works out (at least a lil’) by Siggraph 2010.
Pixologic does not care about his customers. I bought Zbrush a while ago and I must say that I don´t use it any more. Instead I bougt 3d-Coat, which has a much better performance (64bit), Cuda support, the best Retopo-System- I know and much better support for his customers.
Does anybody wants to buy my licence for Zbrush 3.5? Special Offer!!!
You’ll be sorry, I to get upset at times, but I really won’t sell my ZBrush… who says version 4 is not the last freebie and what are you going to pay then…?
I have just done a quick browse a few links up… 100% negative reports, go to so said users gallery, nothing to view… what are you complaining about? Use it our loose it…
We know ZBrush is going to deliver, better late than never…
Ziggy
Here is a novel :idea: … count on the delivery date being December 31st … guaranteed to be pleasantly surprised that way as they have all but guaranteed a delivery date that is within the 2010 calendar year … :lol:
Ok Maybe a long shot and I’m not even sure way I’m thinking it. But does anyone know of any benchmarks on running ZB3.5 windows on an Intel mac?