PowerRender 7 ( Plus Source ) for $100

It only seems like a couple of weeks since they were offering Power Render 6 for $100 and now you can get Power Render 7 for $100. Wait.. it *is* only a couple of weeks. How cool!

http://www.powerrender.com/2008/pr7_index.shtml

$100 for the complete engine, all tools, etc. You get 6 as well, which is feature complete, and 7 is currently in beta form. I believe there is a 3% royalty on Version 7 and Version 6 is royalty free, so you can take your pick.

Anyone who previously bought 6 under this special offer just got a free upgrade to 7 as well ( with the 3% royalty caveat, of course. )

It's a very powerful commercial-grade engine. Possibly a bit complex for some, as it's all C++ classes. In terms of power, it's right up among the top ones, but power versus complexity is always a trade off, isn't it? My main experience is with TV3D so the only fair comparison I can make is that it has more features than TV3D and is a bit more complicated than TV3D.

Anyway, seems like a great deal if you don't mind a bit of complexity ( and having to use C++ ) so I thought I'd mention it in case anyone fancies it.

I think the $100 price is still a limited period, so I wouldn't wait *too* long if you're interested.

does it include a game engine level designer? looks like it does.

Yes, there are a few videos which show the editor in action. Seems pretty flexible as these things go.

That whole dev suite sounds really awesome. Now if something like that existed for BMax...

I'm gonna download the trial. The Landscape editor sounds pretty cool.

3 Things to add here:

1. You get source access to 6.8.2 and to the beta of 7 (and later version 7). They are both different products you don't have landscape editor etc for Version 7 for example.

2. They both have different toolsets and different licenses applied to them. You can decide yourself which you want to use.
See the PowerRender Forums, PR7 License board for more specific informations straight from its creator

3. The best part is that PR is a site source license ... not single user

Looks mightily impressive judging by the videos, and comes with Lightwave support which interests me.

What's the speed like? And if it's that complicated, then you might as well learn DirectX instead? For simpler projects anyway (which is what I'm doing).

[Edit]
What's the speed like against Truevision in your tests? For Dreamora :-P

At best you download the "demo" and execute the examples yourself to see how it performs :)

^ yup. i just noticed that too. But 3% is probably worth a big enough discount. How much was this original?

I believe the normal price of Power Render 6 was $5,500 for a source license.

Can't there be a GameDevTool with a cool name and a nice logo?

PowerRender, come on, i've passed eight years since quite some time now...