And that's part of my concern, sivan. Years ago this forum rocked. People were posting like crazy (and it wasn't all by religious people ). There was a grand sense of helping one another out. People were posting screen shots almost all the time (several people with several screen shots on a daily basis). Code snippets were flying here and there. The place was hopping with 3DGS activity.

And as far as projects, professional, hobbyist, good, bad, etc, ... they seemed to be everywhere. People were pushing the software, bugging issues, discussing the ins and outs of 3DGS, and attempting to push the software where it hadn't gone before.

Now? This place is relatively dead.

Personally, I think some of this has to do with the slower development of the software and less visibility by Conitec on the forum. This forum, as ugly as it is (and it's always been ugly, imo), was active with people who both used and did not use 3DGS. Many who did not use 3DGS bought the software as a result of the activity they saw going on in this forum.

Does anyone here remember when Caligari created GameSpace? They chose to support 3DGameStudio (and even GameStudio's outdated MED file file formats). Why? According to Caligari, GameStudio was the most used, most popular game engine out there available for indies. There's no way this could be the case now.

So why/how did Conitec drop the ball? Did they lose interest? Did the new management (wasn't Conitec sold at some point in the last few years) decide to move in another direction? Or are the other engines (Unity, etc) just simply drawing away many 3DGS and potential 3DGS users?