Hi there,
I own MS 2.5
While I like this application, I would like to see more feedback and more “news” and updates
from PMG. I think, many of us needs to know the direction of development, because we can’t invest all the time in a blackbox. 
I would like to see Messiah as a app with more stuff than rigging, the renderer is great, but still needs some additional stuff. I am agree, a Modeler is not what I am waiting for.
What do you think?
Greets Tom
well, I will speak only for myself, obviously…
I like messiah very much. I can’t picture using something else. I am finally getting the time I need to embark on a half hour kid’s video. It is something I have started a while back, all using messiah. (Even if I don’t revise my rigs with newer things that messiah now offers, I know what I already have would work fine, because messiah has always been a very unique and powerful program. Messiah allows me to rig ANY way I want, all tied to expressions as I choose, etc. It’s intelligently designed and easy to work with, allowing me speed and efficiency.
Even if there was not a new version on the immediate horizon, I would still use it for this project, because I really like it. Speed, high quality toolset and effects, great renderer, etc.
But…there IS a new version in the wings, and things have been mentioned, as well as hinted at. I trust PMG based on what they have given me (and us) so far. I only have the highest expectations for anything they do. Each person has to make their own choice, of course.
Best,
Rick
Has there been any hints of Messiah …um 3.3 is it beside Ulvens Auto rig will be included?
If there is one thing I would like to see is stability to match those of all other apps. I’ve just downloaded the demo and its got some horrendous display flickers. PMG has to address this sharply so people like myself can give the software a fair trial. The only other app I’ve had an issue with was TrueSpace7…
From what I’ve heard M:S is powerful enough to rival the animation in XSI, Max and Maya but costs as little as £270. This is a package I am very much interested in, but until I see a demo version work fine on both of my current machines, I will have to pass up on it for the moment.
Messiah application is pure opengl so its quite sensitive.
It should be in a wiki but all you need is rivatuner (if you are using a nvidia card) and turn video buffering or something to that effect, just do a search for in this forum
Nvidia:
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showpost.php?p=5042713&postcount=10
For ATI cards the only solution I’ve seen was to turn on antialiasing in the screen card settings.
and the simplest one to fix the flicker prob is lowering display acceleration one point in on display proprieties , amazingly messiah wont be affected by this at all.(but the flickering interface is totally gone).
Re: Tama.
Nope, its a nVidia Geforce 8600m GT(primary machine is a notebook).
Re: Ulven.
Well, its certainly worked. Haven’t tried it on my desktop yet( an aging P4 ) but I’m sure it will. First impression was that it was an unacceptable solution, but then again my card is a consumer card - not a professional one. I expect this kind of problem wouldnt happen on a professional card…
Anyway, you have my gratitude for the solution and I look forward to giving M:S a good test over the next few evenings. I’d rather not resort to blender if I can help it!
Good that the solution worked for you. I believe it is something that changed with how Vista displays openGL, as it doesn’t seem to occur on other operating systems. Our entire studio is on xp64 so I don’t know.
You might want to have a look here for a sort of quick intro to messiah for rigging, just helps clarify some basic concepts that might be named something different in messiah:
http://setuptab.com/index.php/topic,89.0.html
Hi,
cool stuff would be the addition off:
-dynamic hair
-Instancing geometry (animation with offset aswell)
-maybe a dropdown list to choose the surface to apply softbody/hair effect
-FBX i/o
Greets Tom
re: flickering, I fixed it on XP with my new nvidia laptop, but I’m honestly not sure wtf I did right. Here’s my settings,
Buffer-flipping mode: Use block transfer
Enable Overlay: On
Error reporting: Off
Exported pixel types: RGB overlays
Extension Limit: Off
Force stereo shuttering: Off
Maximize texture memory: Off
Thread optimization: On
Tripple buffering: On
Unified back/depth buffer: On
After a good shake down I would like to see a “Right-click-cancel” feature. Having to complete the operation and then undo is sometimes annoying. Other than that, Messiah seems to be alright.
PMG has been advertising the free Hair Module as free for a “limited” time, a year has passed and it is still available for free for a “limited” time. I should sue them for false advertisment XD
yes, you are true!!! I think, this site and unfortunately the product doesn’t get enough attention by the owners and developers itself…
The image gallery is about 8 years old!
Luxology does the same recently with a time limited offer, but after the limit, you still can buy it with the same discount… I don’t think it’s fair for user who support the industry and it’s products…
greets Tom
And messiah studio is also being pirated, PMG might want to solve that in the next release. It’s unfair to PMG and also unfair to the customers receiving little updates because of lack of development.