Lumion users: A heads up about big changes in licenses
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seems like they don't appreciate their users.
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I copy-pasted my post to the Lumion forum. It's becoming an interesting thread. You might want to join...
http://lumion3d.com/forum/general-discussion/lumion-users-a-heads-up-about-constant-changes-in-licensing-policies-here/I better start learning Unity.
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I understand that companies need to adjust their business model as they go.
On it's own nothing wrong with it.
However.....there were promises and I find it unethical to change the policy when something is promised to customers.They could have avoided it (and probably will) by presenting a 'pro forma' 2.x update for existing clients for free (just a small updated) and heading straight for a 3.x release so they can charge for it.
Sloppy corporate communication.
And yes, a statement of a representative of the company on the 'offical' forum, off course makes it an official statement....Good luck Ecuadorian
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What price is the current bells and whistles version?
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$2000.00? never gonna happen. at least not from me.
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Current price of Lumion 2 Ultimate if you're not upgrading from a previous version: 1500 euros
Original price of Lumion in November 2010: 749 euros
Price to upgrade to "Ultimate" version in June 2011: 600 euros thanks to credits worth 150€ given "free" to existing customers.
Price to upgrade from Lumion 1 Ultimate to Lumion 2 Ultimate in december 2011: 450 euros with a 10% offer, now 500.
Price to upgrade from Lumion 2 Ultimate to tomorrow's "Ultimate Ultimate" version: Still unknown, but the fact that they said they're gonna give a 66% discount to existing Ultimate 2 customers means the new "Ultra Mazinkaiser Optimus Prime Z Lumion" is not gonna be cheap.I have no problem paying 30% total price every year for an update that keeps the price of the top version the same... The problem here is that the cost of keeping up with Lumion is snowballing as they create new top versions with higher price tags.
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Update: the new top version will be called "Lumion Pro". Still no word about pricing, only that current Ultimate 2 users will have a 66% discount in their upgrade to Pro.
Also, version 2.2 is now available for Lumion 2 Ultimate users. At least the Lumion guys are throwing Ultimate 2 users a bone: A few useful new features and lots of new vegetation.
However, some key things will be reserved for "Lumion Pro", among this, 4 new detailed people models and the ability to save and load self-contained Lumion scene files to and from any location on your PC or on the network. These files can be opened and explored with the Free Version. This is, in my opinion, something so basic to any software that it should have been part of the original release. About the new detailed people, they say "For now it is only 4 we will add more in future 2.x releases." Let's hope this time they actually keep their word and not wait until 3.x to release more detailed people models. This time they know there will be someone reminding them of their old promises.
Here's the relevant thread:
http://lumion3d.com/forum/announcements/lumion-2-2-available-for-download/ -
Seems a free version is always existing ?
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Yes, but it is very limited and stamps a logo in all your renders.
At this point I would say to anyone considering Lumion: "Run away while you can". Unfortunately I've become too dependent on it. I must find an alternative even if it's not as easy to use... possibly Unity.
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@unknownuser said:
Yes, but it is very limited and stamps a logo in all your renders.
Normal for a free version
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