CompuServe Messages

Erik The problem is a DPS problem, its simple, while our interface may be quirky it has been so for 5 years, nothing new in that comment. The DPS problem has been a problem that they knew about and ignored, we until recently did not even have a board to do this field render thing. On the other hand, these folks were aware of Imagine and as such should have taken it upon themselves to communicate thier needs to us, in the least, and at most should have supplied us with a board to get thier product inline with what we are doing. I must say that other companies have seen that this was a wise idea, Digital Creations, Centaur Development, to name a couple, there have been other makers of hardware that felt Imagine was an important product to suppport. I think that there is more that can and should be done with the PAR, we could do those things but without a sense of co-opeartion there will be little done. I am sure it is easy to assume that we are not willing to work with other vendors, nothing could be further from the truth, we are as open as possible, with the release of our file formats, and texture information we are making easy for anyone to explore the possibilities. The time has come when the user, needs to look at all sides of the issue, our software does not come easy in the development stage, this is not news either, its the same for NT or GVP or any other company for that matter. The only thing that most users have in common is the computer they use, not the extra added goodies, like the PAR. We still have to address these issues as well as others that are not as high on the list for most users. We have already fixed the problem in house and will soon be releasing a update to the folks on the Constant Update program so at least those who are supporting us will find a higher level of service, that is indeed what the Constant Update program is all about, service. I think that this release will be an EXTRA release with a few less goodies than 3.1 but it will have a intresting surprise for most users. Thanks for your comments and I hope that at some time we can all refrain from deciding that one vendor or the other is the bad guy. When a problem crops up, lets us know, we will fix it and get it to the user base in the best and most cost effective method that we can. We are still listening, we are glad that some are still talking. Mike