Chaos Vantage who is actually using it ?

[simon@CT]

I have not used Vantage and I am unsure why it's such a big deal ?

Can anyone give me links to animations that are using it that have been exported from Corona ? Why would I want to pay an additional $1000 AUD to use it when I am already paying for Corona. Seems like a big spend to use it including the additional cost of getting high-end GPU's to get the most out of it.

Any expert opinion's on this would be great.

I had a very brief play with it. Trial for vantage is too short to provide any useful opinions.
To date, i have looked into vantage ($80), D5 ($30), and i'll start looking into UE ($0)

D5 is very easy to use. Most corona textures and lights come through without too many issues.

Vantage was very similar to D5. But if they can iron out the live link bugs, and create a seamless/stable connection with Corona-  it would be very appealing.

UE has a steep learning curve, which is why i haven't committed to it -- but it's free

None of the above really compare with Corona (ie:from a render quality point of view) but i'm sure the gap will continue to clase.,
At this stage if you are looking at it from an animation/interactive experience, then it has a lot of merit.

My biggest gripe with it, (as you suggest) is the price to run it in conjunction with corona.
Based on the pricing structure, (unless you have deep pockets) you really need to decide: Corona or Vantage - but not both.

I do hope Chaos try to impliment a lite version of Vantage as an 'add-on' for corona and vray users. Sure, create full version suite for people who want to skip the corona/vray process... but for those of us who prioritise quality for static imagery, it would be nice to be able to switch to a Vantage render engine for the purposes of creating animations.

Based on my limited knowledge of UE, you can switch between Raytrace and Nanite for render process. Raytrace i 'think is better quality' but nanite lets your work with obscenely complex files.
Rather than buying additional software for the privillage, you simply switch between the two. Oh wait... its free, so the benefit of having an addon is irrelevant.

[Jpjapers]

This is precisely why ive not really committed to vantage too. Yeah it looks useful but asking for the price it is without having full support for all of the maps of the two render engines it is effectively built for, makes using it a pretty annoying process. Not supporting triplanar maps is such a huge issue for me personally.

It adds a whole extra process to a project if i need both renders AND realtime/animation/video outputs.
Until it just works and i dont have to mess around in vantage trying to get it to look the same, i wont be paying the ridiculous price tag.

I agree that there needs to be bundling deals for chaos users. Right now we are paying for corona and enscape and adding vantage on top of this is just getting ridiculous price-wise.
We are actively looking for a realtime solution at work so this isnt coming from a passive place. I want vantage to work as it should but i cannot abide by the pricetag until it does and even then its steep.