Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!scea!greg_labrec@interactive.sony.com From: "Don Thomas" Newsgroups: scea.yaroze.programming.3d_studio Subject: Re: Getting texture maps onto the Yaroze Date: 1 Aug 1997 00:38:24 GMT Organization: SCEA Lines: 64 Message-ID: <01bc9e14$a34565a0$e44231a2@DonThomas.interactive.sony.com> References: <33DFBC50.156@sprintmail.com> <01bc9d55$aead3860$e44231a2@DonThomas.interactive.sony.com> <33E0087C.5A96@sprintmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 206.41.6.40 X-Newsreader: Microsoft Internet News 4.70.1161 Jack, > Pardon me, but this is a cop out. From the Net Yaroze User's Guide:... Here is the very first link found on the Net Yaroze Web Site... "What is Net Yaroze(TM)? A hobbyist's development kit that allows anyone to write game programs to run on the special Net Yaroze PlayStation. (See the FAQ for answers to the most common questions about Net Yaroze.)" No one purchasing Net Yaroze is ever led to believe they are purchasing a commercial grade development system. I know no one at SCEA would have told you that Net Yaroze is a commercial grade development system if you had asked. Frankly, it sounds like you are actually quite savvy and know that commercial grade systems cost many thousands of dollars. I think you had hopes that Net Yaroze would be a short cut to that end. > Actually, I would like to know how many of us Net Yaroze "members" paid > out the $800-$900 for a "hobbiest" system without any intention of at... We have already had received very impressive submissions from throughout the world.... some of them definitely have commercial potential. You might like to check members pages on our site and in Europe and Japan. > I was told today by a friend that Sony does indead have a plugin for 3D > Studio that will generate .rsd files, and is willing to distribute it to... As I've already responded, we are looking into it. Many of the tools and resources we have access to are licensed for specific puposes and we do not have the right to freely post applications beyond the scope of their intended (licensed) venues. > Please check the 3D section where essentially the same questions were > asked 2 weeks ago (unanswered). And I call you attention to even older... I'll take your word for it. Please remember that Net Yaroze is a system established in the spirit that members will help each other. We have put systems in place to monitor this and we will make an effort to not allow issues to go unresolved. Regardless, we may miss them from time to time. All you need do is two things: 1) bring it up again if it's real important to you. 2) accept the possibility that you may have to develop your own remedies to resolve programming problems. >>I appreciate your response, and I hope my (perhaps over the top) >>expression of frustration will give you an idea what we poor users are... Actually, you have been quite candid and I think you deserve candid replies. I urge you to re-examine the Net Yaroze package. If you consider yourself to be a professional developer, you may have made an error not to invest into a commercial system where all the support you need is available on that level. Otherwise, I encourage you to sit back and have some fun. --Don Thomas SCEA