So is Autodesk's intention to slowly integrate its creation suites into one package, starting with Maya+Mud, then Max in the near future?ģds Max and AutoCAD made Autodesk what they are today, so its a shame that development seems to be going more and more toward Maya and possibly if the rumour is true, phasing Max into Maya.Īnd is there any truth to the rumour that Maya and Max will be fused together in the near future? Maya getting the Mudbox integration and not Max, plus no Mudbox 2017 would suggest that that's the direction Autodesk are heading. There is still a lot of room for improvement with Mudbox, and I think that Autodesk could take a few ideas from substance painter on the object painting and material editor integration within max.Ī sales rep from Autodesk phoned me earlier this year and hinted that in the very near future, Max and Maya will become one. So do Autodesk think that Max users don't want this integration? I hear that Mudbox has now been integrated into Maya, although I don't know if its a fully functional version, or cut down version.

If Mudbox will not be getting any future releases, I feel like I have thrown away one and a half years worth of subscription money, and that maybe I should have invested in Z-brush instead, if Autodesk's intention is to retire Mudbox. The only reason I continue to pay the annual subscription each year is to get the latest version of each product.Īlthough I do occasionally use the maintenance support side of the subscription, 99% of the time its to report bugs in the new version, everything else I always end up solving myself, so I'm paying each year for the latest release, and I am sure most other subscribers do the same.

I purchased Mudbox back in March 2015, and 6 month subscription to tie in with my 3ds Max subscription renewal date, and another 1 year subscription last September.

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