"I wonder if Conitec would be willing to buy/pay for 3rd party tools / plugins to fully integrate it into the 3D Gamestudio suite"

How many times have I said exactly the same thing ?

"Please let us make steps forwards and not backwards... we are talking about the workflow of the engine and not about complaints of edgy people which tend to freak out a little bit too often - seriously."
Thats what we're talking about , that the A7 workflow is the same as the A6 one , exactly the same. No need to explain it here , as there's been countless discussions on next gen shaders and the like for A6.