It takes a lot of money and time to shift that, and its unlikely to come around anytime soon at the same quality level. People looking for alternate software, can do so with the suggestions, but if people are hoping to suddenly get an alternative to an industry standard then think again.

Regarding your comment on them being the standard, thats absolutely the case they are - I agree, just like photoshop is the standard. Some are some are not - this is even pointed out on substance source Hence my choice of words originally ) Stock Photo and explore similar images at Adobe Stock. Concept of treatment cost, drug price, pharmaceutical business. One hundred dollar bills and medicines lying on white background. Its the same thing, I dont think on an international forum it really matters to be that pedantic about choice of words But in case it was not clear, yes I meant prodedural materials (Although if we are being pedantic, I should point out not all substances are procedural. Download Pharmaceutical pills, glass of water and money. Saying 'fully procedural' is no different than a material that adapts, through procedures etc, to the surface/model at hand. If I wanted to purchase this and then upgrade to a new version in the future will that be possible? (2023, 2024, etc.Click to expand.Thats just semantics. The app is installed locally, and like any other game you would buy on Steam, the Steam client needs to be running to use it, like Adobe services need to be running for you to launch an Adobe Creative Cloud app for example. Thank you in advance for any clarity someone could provide. Can someone please explain this to me? Is this some sort of VM software I am running through STEAM? Can I only run through STEAM? Will it 'connect'/'talk to' my Desktop Maya?

I realized that somehow the program is not installed on my desktop and is rather only available if I run STEAM. Forgive my ignorance, I just purchased Substance 3D and now don't really understand what I have purchased.

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