Worth buying?

[Night Owl]

I see a lot of people saying that the devs have given up or stopped working on the program, but is it still a fuctionel program? i plan to use it to make models i can 3D print, but i don't wanna buy it if what i have read is right and that you have to pay to export your work

[AntiVi]

Don't buy it, the devs gave up on this version and are working on a subscription model for their new program Masterpiece Studio you can find it on steam

[Night Owl]

Originally posted by AntiVi:

Don't buy it, the devs gave up on this version and are working on a subscription model for their new program Masterpiece Studio you can find it on steam

i prefer a one time payment but thanks for the answer

[Network23]

As just someone who wants to play with it for fun, no thanks on a subscription service.

[TwistedKoLa]

So, I stumbled upon this just now, and for the record, this application/software is perfectly fine for creating/exporting stuff, it just doesn't have layers and some other improvements, which is in the subscription-based service they have started, which is mostly for businesses/freelancers in 3D/game design (At least that's what I believe it's for, don't quote me on that). Night Owl, you do not have to pay to export with MasterPieceVR, but you do with the MasterPiece Studio Suite, so if you want to get MasterPieceVR for your 3D Printing work, by all means do so. In my opinion, it's perfect for STL files, since it only needs the model and nothing else, and you can straight up export the design as an STL, so you just probably gotta resize it in your 3D printing application.

[Zombie101]

Right the top i'm not artist or pro. I can say if want to do some roughing out something you may like it and for 30 bucks it fun play with. They may have move on but out of the 2 vr programs I have for making and modeling this is the better.

For refinement and coloring may want use a regular program like blender. For fun can be a good solid program been stable. It not really marketed I think for pros more like think and left it with a good set of tool and for a people play with.

There newer studio one I think is more for pros that work. Yes my grammer sucks. But for kids play on I think it be a good program for them play on easy pick and play with.

[Night Owl]

Originally posted by Zombie101:

Right the top i'm not artist or pro. I can say if want to do some roughing out something you may like it and for 30 bucks it fun play with. They may have move on but out of the 2 vr programs I have for making and modeling this is the better.

For refinement and coloring may want use a regular program like blender. For fun can be a good solid program been stable. It not really marketed I think for pros more like think and left it with a good set of tool and for a people play with.

There newer studio one I think is more for pros that work. Yes my grammer sucks. But for kids play on I think it be a good program for them play on easy pick and play with.

I know blender, but i haven't been told that they got vr support

[Skyfish]

MPVR is ok. You can make models in it, it is responsive and stable (unlike pretty much ALL the other "scultping" vr apps I have tried), but it lacks a lot of quality of life features that would make it "complete" imo. If all you want to do is make rough sketches, it might speed up your workflow compared to blender. But the lack of layers or transform tools force me to use blender with MPVR, and that is a hassle. You cannot delete files from within the app for example.

One thing you must be aware of though, is you have to avoid internal geometry when you make your model depending on how smart your slicer is for 3D printing. if you make a model with small strokes, its hard to avoid internal gaps. Instead you may need to start with a solid sphere and then carve into it, this limits your workflow. You can use blender to clean up such holes but I found it time consuming.

right now the price of MPVR is 20 euro and the price for Oculus medium is 30 euro. Medium is more like a full modeling suite in VR, not just a sketching tool. if the 10euro difference is worth that to you, you should check it out. Oculus store has a similar refund policy as steam:
You can try both and see what one you like, then refund the one you dont want. (both stream and oculus lets you do this) though you mustn't use it more than 2 hours for oculus. steam is more lenient.

Blender community and blender foundation is currently working very fast on improving blender. There is a task set to implement the basis for VR support, and once that is done, I am confident that VR support will be developed relatively soon. Though I would not expect it in about half a years time.
MARUI has been creating a VR interface for blender and are helping out with this, it is testable right now, but its only a viewport viewer and has basic transform tools, nothing else.

Personally, I switched to medium, but I miss something about the "tactility" of MPVR, is just very good. I have to give them that. Though it is not enough to beat the added features of medium, plus I get less arm and muscle strain with medium due to their UI choises.

[Leithal--Weapon]

Originally posted by Night Owl:

Originally posted by Zombie101:

Right the top i'm not artist or pro. I can say if want to do some roughing out something you may like it and for 30 bucks it fun play with. They may have move on but out of the 2 vr programs I have for making and modeling this is the better.

For refinement and coloring may want use a regular program like blender. For fun can be a good solid program been stable. It not really marketed I think for pros more like think and left it with a good set of tool and for a people play with.

There newer studio one I think is more for pros that work. Yes my grammer sucks. But for kids play on I think it be a good program for them play on easy pick and play with.

I know blender, but i haven't been told that they got vr support

Their is VR for blender maui/blender support something google it up it was okay last time I tried but I bet it is even better now hopefully. Will probably test it out in a few months today MasterpieceVr got a 70mb update I really hope it is with features from MasterpieceVR studio because I paid for this software expecting updates and more features which I don't remember if they were promised but the software definitely needs more work especially for the price I paid.

[Leithal--Weapon]

So I say this is a do not buy if you want to make really detailed models from just clay. You can make really detailed things using other means but it really tanks and I have a 1080ti 5930k. MasterpieceVR deserves the updates from Masterpiece Studio. Maybe they can say if you are using this software for commercial means you have to use masterpiece studio. I mean obviously people who already bought it can still use it for commercial use but they would at least have us small time people who just want to make models for mods or for our own little games or just screw around. They made a lot of unhappy customers who won't trust them anymore because of their poor decision making although it was for money I think they need to honour the people who bought it before THIS is the info you get what you google Masterpiece

MasterpieceVR virtual reality company that is focused on democratizing 3D content creation and improving the professional pipeline. Masterpiece Creator ...

then they go and do the opposite I get it they needed money to eat and live. If they just stuck with MasterpieceVR and then made a masterpieceVr studio one for personal can do everything you can in Studio but not for sale they would have taken the market but now I bet Adobe with their subscription will win out since they bought Oculus Medium and I'd expect them to make that for Vive too going to google that now. So maybe this is a don't buy right now might change my mind once I figure out what is in that damn update.

[lwjcarroll]

Just tried it again after downloading an update....It looks like they have made the work space MUCH Bigger...more like a stand up area now......Laurie

[Leithal--Weapon]

The update was to the beta in case anyone was wondering unless they added it to main also... I jumped in and didn't notice anything but hmmm I don't get what you mean I didn't notice anything I was so excited loading up I was like damn please be updates from MasterpieceVR studio. Anyways the developer said in a msg a year ago that once they get things really rolling they will democratize for us little guys. I'll like that so don't take what I said word for word. We definitely deserve them I don't want to make a product to sell but we should for sure get the masterpiecevr studio creator part as part of what we bought. People who bought masterpiecevr should have access to the creator part of this studio thing not just 3 months free but a lifetime subscription for free to the creator part not the other parts. I don't know if I would pay more but if it really did have updates like masterpiecevr studio creator how am I to be guaranteed they won't just start up another software that does the same thing but with more features on another subscription. I know they need to eat and I'm harsh but if I got updates and lots of features and can do what I couldn't do before I might pay a bit extra say $30 dollars if that makes that sustainable for them because I'm not a developer I just want to do art and make my own little things for games without making money. Here is the link https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198016164743/recommended/1165780 read the comments also...

[SneakyJoe.RU 🌐 #StopWar]

I guess I'll start with SculptrVR if they're gonna switch this app to subscription base... I really need something to replace Oculus Medium with after switching from Oculus.

[Leithal--Weapon]

I have talked with the Dev and I got a free key for the 3 months can't remember if I plugged it in yet or just used the software without. But supposedly something is coming out in a month or two maybe 3 months not sure that might satisfy everyone who was abandoned and left with an unfinished software. I have zero details on what it is because the email was very vague but I am crossing my fingers either way right now where I am VR isn't as comfortable like my previous condo for various reasons. Hopefully either my house I'm building or my next rental unit I live in is more accommodating. Sneaky you can still use oculus medium with vive using ReVive or something. Also masterpiece suite thingy is free to use but if you want to upload it so you can edit things in blender or other software you have to pay. I really hope they make it right for all of us who originally bought masterpiecevr they said that was their goal once they have a good studio software making money from the big companies or other studios that they would make us little guys not have to pay out the ass just to tinker and make things for free.

[Leithal--Weapon]

Oh and they didn't switch it they made a another product but not really it is the same product just updated like it should be and put subscription on it and added other things like layers ect... So you can still buy masterpieceVR and create things but I feel held back by MasterpieceVR. It is a load of crap what they did but I'm somewhat happier with the updates that should be in masterpieceVR that are in the suite. Still won't settle till they make things completely right and I think they are aiming for that they have been listening to the community is what the Dev told me.

[Leithal--Weapon]

So maybe in a month or two we will have satisfying results.