3dgs without tools (3dg minus s) edition... that sounds good! but i guess that's what conitec intended with the free lite_c edition, it got no med, and since we can't use fbx directy, there has to be an mdl converter (med has never been more for me than that).

but conitec, what about my proposal, designing an "indie" edition with all pro features but with commercial publishing disabled? you could equip it with an built-in disclaimer like the msvc author edition (pops up a messagebox befor starting the actual game) or a 4 sec ingame splashscreen or whatever.