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News => Announcements => Topic started by: Oshyan on July 11, 2013, 04:32:53 AM

Title: Terragen 3 Product Lineup and Pricing
Post by: Oshyan on July 11, 2013, 04:32:53 AM
Here at last, full details on the Terragen 3 product lineup and pricing! Click through for details on the feature breakdown between Free, Creative, and Professional, as well as prices for each product version:

http://planetside.co.uk/products/tg3-product-comparison (http://planetside.co.uk/products/tg3-product-comparison)

For many of you, the upgrade pricing will be of greatest interest, and it is not listed on the comparison at this point. A complete price list can be found here: http://planetside.co.uk/buy/tg3-price-list (http://planetside.co.uk/buy/tg3-price-list)


Terragen 2 users will be able to upgrade to Terragen 3 Professional for a special price of $149. This upgrade comes with a single Workstation license and no additional rendering licenses. We're providing this option to allow those who have no need for additional render nodes to upgrade at a lower price. This product variant is not listed on the comparison chart as it is a special offer only for Terragen 2 license owners.

A full upgrade, maintaining the same number of render licenses that you have for your Terragen 2 version, will be $199. If you are upgrading from a non-animation version of Terragen 2 to an animation version of Terragen 3 Professional, the price is $349 and the option to upgrade at a discounted price without additional render licenses is not available. All these upgrade options will be available for purchase on the same day that Terragen 3 is released and available for new purchases.
Those who purchased Terragen 2 following the announcement of Terragen 3 on June 12th will be automatically upgraded to Terragen 3 upon release. Terragen 2 pricing on our website is updated to Terragen 3 prices to reflect this.
As noted in the FAQ, Terragen 3 Creative is not fully an upgrade from Terragen 2 and so we are not offering upgrade pricing for it; for the same price we suggest you purchase the Terragen 3 Professional upgrade and keep all your features and render licenses.

Don't forget to check the FAQ for answers to some of the other questions you may have: http://www.planetside.co.uk/forums/index.php/topic,16213.0.html (http://www.planetside.co.uk/forums/index.php/topic,16213.0.html)
Feel free to ask any additional questions in that thread.

Educational discounts and educational upgrade pricing are available upon direct request. Email us at registrations AT planetside.co.uk for details.

The final release date will be available in the near future. Stay tuned!

- Oshyan
Title: Re: Terragen 3 Product Lineup and Pricing
Post by: I3D on July 11, 2013, 05:52:14 AM
Hi Oshyan

Congrats on the new release, this is an awesome update.

Quick question though, I couldn't find upgrade path from TG2 + Deep animation to Professional Animation or TG3 Pro!

Cheers
Title: Re: Terragen 3 Product Lineup and Pricing
Post by: Oshyan on July 11, 2013, 05:58:33 AM
Sorry for the confusion, the $149/$199 upgrade is applicable both to Terragen 2 without animation upgrading to Terragen 3 Professional without animation, as well as TG2+Animation upgrading to TG3 Pro + Animation. Since the price was the same, I didn't repeat it, but I'll clarify in the bullet points above.

- Oshyan
Title: Re: Terragen 3 Product Lineup and Pricing
Post by: 3dworks on July 11, 2013, 06:23:16 AM
any hint about what will be the upgrade prices from TG2?

congrats for the new release :)

markus
Title: Re: Terragen 3 Product Lineup and Pricing
Post by: rcallicotte on July 11, 2013, 07:39:35 AM
Just read what he just said in the first post.  :)


Quote from: 3dworks on July 11, 2013, 06:23:16 AM
any hint about what will be the upgrade prices from TG2?

congrats for the new release :)

markus
Title: Re: Terragen 3 Product Lineup and Pricing
Post by: reck on July 11, 2013, 08:21:02 AM
$149 is a great upgrade price for existing customers. As simply a TG hobbiest without a large disposable income that I could chuck at this, I was concerned TG2 was going to bee the last version I was going to use. But $149 is something I feel I can cover so i'm really happy that i'm going to be able to upgrade and keep on playing. Also thanks to Planetside for considering the people who don't use Terragen professionally.

The Vue guys could learn a thing or two about this.
Title: Re: Terragen 3 Product Lineup and Pricing
Post by: mhaze on July 11, 2013, 08:34:57 AM
The pricing is just right for me I've just had a lot of roofing problems which are going to cost me rather more than I wanted to spend! So I'm happy I can afford $149 just!
Title: Re: Terragen 3 Product Lineup and Pricing
Post by: rcallicotte on July 11, 2013, 08:42:28 AM
@mhaze and #reck - I agree.  Good upgrades mean I'm staying with it, because I have the $$.  Also agree with reck that the e-On people could learn a thing or two about real customer service from Planetside.  It's unusual to not get real help in these forums.
Title: Re: Terragen 3 Product Lineup and Pricing
Post by: 3dworks on July 11, 2013, 09:12:38 AM
got it, sorry didn't see that part of the post... great news and a special thank you for making this upgrade affordable!!

markus
Title: Re: Terragen 3 Product Lineup and Pricing
Post by: DannyG on July 11, 2013, 09:20:17 AM
Very reasonably priced! Alright, another kick in the nuts to evil Empire Cornucopia! Now we can commence naggin for a firm release date!!  :P
Title: Re: Terragen 3 Product Lineup and Pricing
Post by: sjefen on July 11, 2013, 10:25:28 AM
So when can I  pre order?  ;)
Title: Re: Terragen 3 Product Lineup and Pricing
Post by: Upon Infinity on July 11, 2013, 10:38:35 AM
Will there be any path that goes from Terragen 3 Professional w/o animation to T3 Professional w/ animation (if you go for the one w/o and then decide to upgrade later)?
Title: Re: Terragen 3 Product Lineup and Pricing
Post by: EoinArmstrong on July 11, 2013, 10:54:50 AM
Wheeee!  New toys!  Congrats, guys :)
Title: Re: Terragen 3 Product Lineup and Pricing
Post by: Simius Strabus on July 11, 2013, 11:43:43 AM
$149 for an upgrade to version 3? Thats real cheap! Nice :)
Title: Re: Terragen 3 Product Lineup and Pricing
Post by: Blackheart6004 on July 11, 2013, 12:04:41 PM
Awesome!
Title: Re: Terragen 3 Product Lineup and Pricing
Post by: choronr on July 11, 2013, 12:17:43 PM
Once I get this pass the ole lady, I'm in! Thank you guys for a great offer; and, a super software.
Title: Re: Terragen 3 Product Lineup and Pricing
Post by: ndeewolfwood on July 11, 2013, 01:01:45 PM
Fantastic guys.
Just one question, upgrade price is time limited ?
I mean :  upgrade will keep the same price in the next months or it's only for some day after the release ?
Title: Re: Terragen 3 Product Lineup and Pricing
Post by: yossam on July 11, 2013, 05:55:35 PM
You made my day............. 8)
Title: Re: Terragen 3 Product Lineup and Pricing
Post by: masonspappy on July 11, 2013, 06:05:00 PM
That made me smile.
Thanks PlanetSide! :)
Title: Re: Terragen 3 Product Lineup and Pricing
Post by: Oshyan on July 12, 2013, 02:50:27 AM
Quote from: UponInfinity on July 11, 2013, 10:38:35 AM
Will there be any path that goes from Terragen 3 Professional w/o animation to T3 Professional w/ animation (if you go for the one w/o and then decide to upgrade later)?

Adding animation to either Creative or Professional is a $199 upgrade, i.e. TG3 Creative purchased then animation upgrade purchased, $199 + $199 = $398, vs. $349 buying with Animation to begin with.

Quote from: ndeewolfwood on July 11, 2013, 01:01:45 PM
Fantastic guys.
Just one question, upgrade price is time limited ?
I mean :  upgrade will keep the same price in the next months or it's only for some day after the release ?

This upgrade pricing will be for a limited but reasonable amount of time.

- Oshyan
Title: Re: Terragen 3 Product Lineup and Pricing
Post by: wiwine on July 12, 2013, 06:24:59 AM
I can see : "Terragen 2 without Animation to Terragen 3 Professional with Animation (1 workstation license + 5 render node licenses): $349"

Is there any path from TG2 without anim to TG3 pro with anim (1 workstation licence only) ?
Title: Re: Terragen 3 Product Lineup and Pricing
Post by: pokoy on July 12, 2013, 07:00:29 AM
Prices for the upgrade are very reasonable, thanks for that!

One thing: I saw the announcement on facebook which led me to have a look here but it seems there was nor e-mail sent out yet to those who subscribed? Not that the masses will miss it but I think sending out an e-mail as well would be good.

Again, looking forward to TG3!!
Title: Re: Terragen 3 Product Lineup and Pricing
Post by: rcallicotte on July 12, 2013, 09:52:32 AM
Oshyan, just for clarity's sake - TG2 Deep Animation to TG3 Pro Animation is only $149, correct?  I see $199 with render nodes, but I'm confused about that distinction.  I can still render without the render node, can't I?  What is this node?
Title: Re: Terragen 3 Product Lineup and Pricing
Post by: Tangled-Universe on July 12, 2013, 01:11:22 PM
With 1 license you are allowed to use Terragen on 1 machine at the same time.

Render nodes probably mean that you can render your scene on multiple machines at once.
Such a machine is called a node and that node is used to render, thus a render node.

I think it's a bit like this in a nutshell, I'm not 100% sure, so Oshyan or somebody else will probably chime in if there's more to it.

One thing is for sure: without additional render nodes, so when only having one TG3 license, you can still render your projects on your machine.
Title: Re: Terragen 3 Product Lineup and Pricing
Post by: rcallicotte on July 12, 2013, 02:32:33 PM
Thanks TU!  This is what I thought.  I don't use render nodes, so I'm good at $149, though maybe I should consider getting a node for another render.  Hmmm.  Something to consider.

Quote from: Tangled-Universe on July 12, 2013, 01:11:22 PM
With 1 license you are allowed to use Terragen on 1 machine at the same time.

Render nodes probably mean that you can render your scene on multiple machines at once.
Such a machine is called a node and that node is used to render, thus a render node.

I think it's a bit like this in a nutshell, I'm not 100% sure, so Oshyan or somebody else will probably chime in if there's more to it.

One thing is for sure: without additional render nodes, so when only having one TG3 license, you can still render your projects on your machine.
Title: Re: Terragen 3 Product Lineup and Pricing
Post by: Oshyan on July 12, 2013, 04:03:55 PM
Quote from: wiwine on July 12, 2013, 06:24:59 AM
I can see : "Terragen 2 without Animation to Terragen 3 Professional with Animation (1 workstation license + 5 render node licenses): $349"

Is there any path from TG2 without anim to TG3 pro with anim (1 workstation licence only) ?
That option is not being offered at this time.

Pokoy, we'll certainly be sending out announcements to the past TG2 purchasers, but we wanted to have the release date and upgrade pricing available before doing so.

Rob, Martin is correct, a render node would be used if you had multiple computers and wanted to e.g. render a scene on one system while working on modifications or a different scene on another, or to distribute rendering of say an animation across multiple machines. I personally have 3 machines here and sometimes I am rendering on all 3. That would not be possible with the $149 upgrade as it is just a license for the 1 machine. All TG licenses are for a single *user*, so you could not have TG installed on say 3 machines and have one being used by a colleague to make his own TG stuff while you work on something else. But if you have additional render node licenses you can use multiple machines to render things and distribute the load, get things done faster. It's a feature more of use to professionals which is why we provided the lower-cost upgrade.

- Oshyan
Title: Re: Terragen 3 Product Lineup and Pricing
Post by: Zylot on July 12, 2013, 04:48:51 PM
I can actually afford to upgrade, you guys are amazing.
Title: Re: Terragen 3 Product Lineup and Pricing
Post by: rcallicotte on July 12, 2013, 09:07:01 PM
Thanks Oshyan (and TU) for explaining to someone who has been around long enough to know better.   :P
Title: Re: Terragen 3 Product Lineup and Pricing
Post by: TheBadger on July 13, 2013, 02:14:38 AM
 ;D I new you were good guys! I told the people so! ;)
Title: Re: Terragen 3 Product Lineup and Pricing
Post by: PeterParker on July 14, 2013, 07:54:24 AM
Hello to all the staff members from planetside and of course all the forum members,

in my opinion this is a good pricing and worth to buy Terragen 3 Pro Animation!  :)
But could someone tell me what´s the additional render node???

Sorry for the question but have even red the solution to my question already.
But thank you anyway :)
Title: Re: Terragen 3 Product Lineup and Pricing
Post by: Oshyan on July 14, 2013, 08:54:34 PM
Hi Peter, it sounds like you had your question answered by the previous posts. But let us know if you need any further clarification.

- Oshyan
Title: Re: Terragen 3 Product Lineup and Pricing
Post by: rcallicotte on July 15, 2013, 08:25:48 AM
Look up a few posts.  I asked the same question.  An extra node is a render capability for another machine besides your main TG machine.



Quote from: PeterParker on July 14, 2013, 07:54:24 AM
Hello to all the staff members from planetside and of course all the forum members,

in my opinion this is a good pricing and worth to buy Terragen 3 Pro Animation!  :)
But could someone tell me what´s the additional render node???

Sorry for the question but have even red the solution to my question already.
But thank you anyway :)
Title: Re: Terragen 3 Product Lineup and Pricing
Post by: BangelOz on July 15, 2013, 01:46:57 PM
Will the new version have an activation procedure for the license - aka 'nodelock' ?
Title: Re: Terragen 3 Product Lineup and Pricing
Post by: Oshyan on July 15, 2013, 02:25:16 PM
Quote from: BangelOz on July 15, 2013, 01:46:57 PM
Will the new version have an activation procedure for the license - aka 'nodelock' ?

We do not have plans to do this, no.

- Oshyan
Title: Re: Terragen 3 Product Lineup and Pricing
Post by: Oshyan on July 16, 2013, 03:15:40 AM
We've added a complete price list to the website (and updated the first post in this thread): http://planetside.co.uk/buy/tg3-price-list

- Oshyan
Title: Re: Terragen 3 Product Lineup and Pricing
Post by: PeterParker on July 17, 2013, 06:20:25 AM
Quote from: Oshyan on July 14, 2013, 08:54:34 PM
Hi Peter, it sounds like you had your question answered by the previous posts. But let us know if you need any further clarification.

- Oshyan

Thanks a lot Oshyan i appreciate this :)
As a Terragen 2.5 User is there a limited time offer to buy an update to Terragen 3?
I´m a registered User and want to update in the near future, but i´m not sure when to buy it.
Thanks a lot for your help :)

Regards

Peter
Title: Re: Terragen 3 Product Lineup and Pricing
Post by: Oshyan on July 17, 2013, 06:33:52 AM
Current upgrade probably won't last forever, but we'll give some warning before we change it.

- Oshyan
Title: Re: Terragen 3 Product Lineup and Pricing
Post by: PeterParker on July 19, 2013, 07:27:49 AM
Quote from: Oshyan on July 17, 2013, 06:33:52 AM
Current upgrade probably won't last forever, but we'll give some warning before we change it.

- Oshyan

The pre-release is 199,-USD. What about the possibility to buy the update from Terragen 2.5 Animation to Terragen 3 Animation for 149,-USD?

"Terragen 2 with Animation to Terragen 3 Professional with Animation (1 workstation license): $149"
Title: Re: Terragen 3 Product Lineup and Pricing
Post by: Oshyan on July 19, 2013, 07:29:37 AM
That option is not available during the pre-release. Please see here for further discussion:
http://www.planetside.co.uk/forums/index.php/topic,16349.msg160347.html#msg160347 (http://www.planetside.co.uk/forums/index.php/topic,16349.msg160347.html#msg160347)

- Oshyan