How to decide which Fan age is first on Moulagain

[Aloys]

Blender and Max are very different softwares.. The interface, the workflow, the whole way of working, it's all very very different. Obviously Max has much more features, and if you are proficient with it you'll get much more out of it than Blender. On the other hand Blender is free and it's hard to beat that. With some good documentation both are equally easy/hard to learn. But it's more important to have some good documentation with Max because it is much more intimidating at first.
If you are 'serious ' about 3D and have a really good opportunity to acquire Max, it might be interesting; but first I'd suggest you try both to get a sense of what they are. (You can download a 30 days trial version of Max at Autodesk's site.)

URU was designed on Max. This provokes me to think that the tools may be easier to use than with Blender (even after the programmers here get their hands on the source.)

None of us have ever used Cyan tools; but it's safe to assume that they are more advanced than our beloved PyPRP. The big difference between Max plugins and Blender scripts is that MAx plugins are much better integrated in the interface. So they don't have to use convoluted schemes like Alcscript and properties; it's all buttons, checkboxes and sliders..

[Trylon]

So they don't have to use convoluted schemes like Alcscript and properties; it's all buttons, checkboxes and sliders..

And that is how it should be
Here's hoping the mythical pyprp 2.0 and the new blender can make things work that way as well.

Oh, and I think it might be a good idea to include some default public domain ripples, footsteps, lamp flares, etc.. in that new version. It'd make adding those a whole lot easier

[dendwaler]

Aloys wrote:

If you are 'serious ' about 3D and have a really good opportunity to acquire Max, it might be interesting; but first I'd suggest you try both to get a sense of what they are. (You can download a 30 days trial version of Max at Autodesk's site.)

For most beginners 30 days is to short.
But there is something as "an early version of 3dMax" available for free.
I don't know howfar it still is compatable with recent versions, but for the basics it will be the same.
(maybe an owner of a recent 3dmax version can compare it)
It certainly misses advanced features, but for a beginner it should be enough.
I have used it for a very short period, but switched fully to Blender.
Here is a download link:
http://www.turbosquid.com/gmax