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alex 1337
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I was wondering how much everybody in this forum had spent for these programs. I have spent around a 150 dollars.
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over 200$
thats from this type of stuff tho.

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Posted: 6th Jul 2006 06:14 Edited at: 6th Jul 2006 06:15
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More then my wife knows

heck acrobat alone was $200.00 on sale

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Cash Curtis II
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Quote: "More then my wife knows "

Me too...

Good lord, I just added it all up!! Around $546, and that's not counting that $20 donation I made to NGC. I'd better start making some kind of profit soon, or I'm toast...


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Around $80. That includes:FPS Creator, DarkBASIC Lite and
DarkBASIC Lite upgrade to Electronic.

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Oddmind
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hehe im above teh $400 mark and still have problems with setting up animation loops in DBPro...

Im so sad...

I should probably learn how to use all of this software O_o...

I dont even knkow where to start with DBPro, i try the tutorials but just end up copying and pasting and making my own media... Ive got this really pimped out monster hunter game tho XD

DarkBASIC Pro $90
Dark Matter $40
Texture Maker $40
Geoscape 3D $80
3d Canvas $70
Cartography Shop $65
Milkshape 3D $25
Photoshop 5 (yes I love it) $65 these days
Corel Painter Classic :free
FRAPS like $15
Sonar 4 (my dads) upwards of $600
ULEAD PhotoImpact and other software by them, about $100

TOTAL : $1190

Holy crap...
I didn't purchase most of this, as most of it was gifts or just spread out over a long period of time. I didnt even realise I had that much money worth of software.

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Jeku
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Posted: 6th Jul 2006 06:43
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Quote: "Me too... "


Me three

I overpaid for DBP and got ripped off with Quikly. Including Torque, VS C# .NET 2003, Game-Maker (DOS Version from 1993), and miscellaneous odds and ends I'd put my figure well over $600.


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I've spent $170 on DBC, DBP, and 3DWS. I bought NGC 2.03 for $15. So that's about $185 on TGC related stuff. Now, if I were to add up all the software I've purchased.....around $1000 just in the last year or so.

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Eric T
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Not nearly as much as software for the recording studio...

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alex 1337
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Posted: 6th Jul 2006 07:41
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Lol, that makes me feel a little bit better.
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BearCDPOLD
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$812
Not counting a variety of books, programming course, and a few computer upgrades.


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Van B
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The only TGC product I've bought is DBClassic. I prefer to prize them from TGC in compo's - compo's is a good way to stay cheap in this field.

But I spent about £500 on modelling software, I've probably spent more than that on development inspired hardware and stuff since getting DBC.

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dab
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about $135-ish. I bought DBC at Fry's Electronic store for like $45, and Can't remember where I boutght DBP, or for how much. I know I payed more than $90 though.

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Lukas W
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game development: over 300$
games: uhh.. 10'000$
social stuff: 5$

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Posted: 6th Jul 2006 10:36
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LOL!

I spent around $150-200 a month on games... I don't think I should work out how much I've spent since I started, enough to buy a 1 bedroom flat I expect

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Hmm. Good question.

DBClassic - £40
DBPro - £50
3DWS - £60
3D Canvas (Absolute waste of money) - £45
Milkshape - £25
Ultimate Unwrap 3D - £30
Fraps - £25
Gile[s] - £40
Corel Photo Paint 8 - £5
NGC - £8

£328! Not bad for this sort of hobby. I've spent more than that on my RC car in 2 months. (cant afford to anymore!) PhysX will be added to that when it comes out.

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Drew Cameron
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Posted: 6th Jul 2006 12:37
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DBC - £40
DBPro - £50
Cloth pack - £20 (or however much it cost)

That's it. Have spent way, way more on film software: DB is a very cheap route!

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120$ (or so) - DBPro + Darkmatter 2

Looking at what you people have payed, I might bring myself to chip out 60$ for darkphysics


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Posted: 6th Jul 2006 14:56
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dbc - $15 (ebay)
dbp - $40 (ebay also)
begginers guide to dbp book - $20 (once again, ebay)
extra 512mb of ram for games - $20

total = $95

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Over $500.

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Back on topic, i havent spent much on computing stuff outside of an actual computer and microsoft office suite or w/e it was. Most of my moolah is in the home theater department.

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Posted: 6th Jul 2006 15:49
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Quote: "Not nearly as much as software for the recording studio..."

don't get me started

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Posted: 6th Jul 2006 16:31
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<-- My studio = free.

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Posted: 6th Jul 2006 17:07 Edited at: 6th Jul 2006 17:08
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Stolen from Britany Spears.


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If I count books, developement tools(DBPro, etc...) and my comp+upgrade, it'll be a little up. A chance I dont have a wife still young:

Developement tools:
DBC: 50$
DBPro: 70$
Music Maker: 70$(If I remember well...)

Books:
Begginer guide to DB: 73$
Programming Role Playing Game With DirectX: 46.83$(Not the same book because it is second edition, but I'll put it)
Visual C++ 6.0: ~50$ dont remember well.
DirectX 9: ~50$ too.
C++ for dummy: ~30$.
Introduction to 3D Game Programming with DirectX 9.0: 36.82$ (My favourite)

Computer:
Computer itself: 650$.
Graphics cards: 300$, but with a reducation of 100$(had luck to get it like that)
Monitor and speeker: My dad gave them to me.

~Total: 1326.65$

It is just the comp part, C++ for dummy, Visual C++ 6.0 and DirectX 9 that are in CND, if someone can give me the rest in CND(because it is actually US), I could give the real cost with TPS and TVG(Taxes).


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lol before anyone asks i did get most of this off ebay

c4d = £150
Bryce = £75
Dbp = £50
Music to enjoy while coding (LOADS OF GUNS N ROSES!) = a lot over £150
lua (Forgot the price)


so something over £350

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I onlt have DBC which was £20 in PC world. It was £10 cheaper than 3D game maker, so it was a bargain.

I'm getting DBP at the end of the month, and I'll probably get some of the add-ons and plugins soon as well.

As for media, I use gimp, and blender which are both free. I'll figure out animation and music when I get to it.

So uhh, yeah....£20

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Lets see...

£20 - DBC
£15 - DBP (I looove amazon )
£24 - Hexagon 2 (offer)
£50 - TrueSpace 5.2 (offer)
£10 - Cinema 4D CE 6 (Promotional offer)
£55 - Torque Game Engine
£20 - 3D programming All in One book for Torque (arrived today)
£20 - The Games Factory (I did a while back)
£? (Price of DM) - Dark Matter (I wasn't always a 3D modeller you know)
£6/Month - 3D world Magazine (sometimes came with free software)
£12/Session - Therapist when dealing with crappy PC and game dev.
So lets add that up...

£214 + Dark Matter + the bottom 2

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I forgot C# for Dummies! That cost me £5 in a cheap book store

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£50 DBPro
£30 Ultimate Unwrap3D
£10 Character FX
£20 PaceMaker
£20 Monster's AA Plugin
£30 Gile[s]
$20 Donation to Wolf during the Tokamak days (yeah, you thought I'd forgot )
£100 Various books on game programming

Even though I'm yet to do anything productive with all of that, it's still the best £250 I ever spent.

This thread is quite interesting. Everyone here who has parted with money is happy about it (mostly) and I figure that's because they're mature. At least, more mature than the others. If you remember, there were a spate of posts not too long ago where people complained about how much tools cost, and the fact that DBPro should come with modellers, animators, paint programms, sample media... etc

This thread should be stapled to their heads.

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Truespace 5.1 and 6.6: ~$300
Gamespace: ~$200
PSP: ~$80
DBP+Expansions: ~$150
Books: ~$300
Poser 6: $150
Hexagon 2+Membership: ~$99
Dark Matter 1: $39
FL Studio Express: $49

That's a little over $1300. Then again, I've been into this for four years now, so I suppose that's resonable. I don't really buy anything else with my money.



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Quote: "£328! Not bad for this sort of hobby. I've spent more than that on my RC car in 2 months. (cant afford to anymore!) PhysX will be added to that when it comes out."


I spent over £500 on them in the past.. an expensive hobby LOL!

The things I have bought from TGC themselves is:

BlueGUI
DarkGameSDK

But I bought Db pro/DBC from amazon ages ago.

I tend to spend a lot of money on my hardware, after all I can create the software
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$793 (not exact, but very close.)

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About the same as Curtis, $550 +/-, all on TGC stuff, not counting the stuff we've bought direct from publishers/ distributors and whatnot.


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I have no real idea on how much total but i know it has been a lot.

Extends Expansion Pack
Dark Physics
Dark AI
Pro Motion
T.Ed
3D World Studio
FPS Creator
FPS Creator EA
BlueGUI
TreeMagik G3
Plant Life
Character Shop
WW2 Media Pack 1
WW2 Media Pack 2
Cloth and Particles Pack
DarkBASIC Professional Enhancements Expansion Pack
EZrotate Enhanced
gile[s]
SkyMATTER Pack 2
SkyMATTER Pack 1
SkyMATTER Pack 3
ExGen
Geoscape3D
SoundMATTER Pack 1
SoundMATTER Pack 2
SoundMATTER Pack 3
SoundMATTER Pack 4
Music Maker 2003
Audio Cleaning Lab V3.0
Video Deluxe
Sound Essentials Volume 1
Action3D
DarkBASIC Professional
Texture Maker
3D Canvas Pro
Cartography Shop
DarkMATTER
DBDN

Add to that Truespace 6.6, with all expansion packs, gamepak, level exporter. Also upgrade to Truespace 7, and pro member tutorial subscription.

I hate to think how much it is.

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I have spent thousands, however only to always double my purchase profit or more, the best return in profit was milkshape $35 AUD.
converted to $900 for a model of armour for a television documentary.
I had to pay $50 to render the model in 3d studio max at a work studio, so from 85 to 900 is a great profit margin.

I have yet to make a profit from dbp/dbc but im still in a learning phase, plu i dont want to ruin my hobby for profit.

Im buying maya7 / fcp5 / motion2 / dvd pro3 / shake this week for about $3000 AUD. the first CG job will pay for it

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Wow, how did a television documentary studio choose you to make the model?
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