RE: Last Install of XSI ( I think) Should I use 2014 sp2 or 2015

2020-01-05 Thread Sven Constable 
You'r e right about the size, Matt. I should have said "release", not 
installer. That was inaccurately expressed. When I looked at the rar archives 
it was about 460MBs uncompressed but that included documentation as well as the 
Irix version. 

 

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Subject: RE: Last Install of XSI ( I think) Should I use 2014 sp2 or 2015

 

As for choice of 2015 vs. 2014.  It depends on your needs.

 

If stability is important or you work with real time content heavily, you’ll 
want 2014 SP2.  

2015 has more features, but also more bugs including regressions from 2014 in 
the area of authoring content for games and similar workflow.  The known 
limitations list provided with the release is not comprehensive.

 

I have the XSI v1.0 installer right here at my desk.  It’s 29 Mb, not 460 Mb.  
That’s for software alone, not content databases or documentation.  For 
comparison, Softimage|3D v3.9.2 was released with XSI v1.0, and it’s installer 
was only 86 Mb inclusive of all features.  I wouldn’t call XSI bare metal code 
as anything with a Microsoft COM/OLE core is anything but bare to the metal.  I 
would say it was rather bare on features, however ;-) (e.g. no polygon 
modeling).

 

Here’s a breakdown of installer sizes through the years.  I don’t have every 
release, but I have enough to illustrate the trend.  Assume 32 bit unless 
stated otherwise:

 

XSI 1.0: 29 Mb

XSI 1.53: 31 Mb

XSI 2.01: 83 Mb

XSI 2.03: 82 Mb

XSI 3.01: 103 Mb

XSI 3.5: 118 Mb

XSI 3.5.1.1: 118 Mb

XSI 4.0: 183 Mb

XSI 4.2: 185 Mb

XSI 5.0: 349 Mb

XSI 5.11: 372 Mb

XSI 6.01: 397 Mb

XSI 6.5: 406 Mb

XSI 7.0: 479 Mb

XSI 7.01: 477 Mb

XSI 7.5: 551 Mb

Softimage 2011 SP1: 1.08 Gb

Softimage 2013 SP1: 1.44 Gb

Softimage 2014 SP2: 1.42 Gb (64 bit)

Softimage 2015: 808 Mb (64 bit)

Softimage 2015 SP1: 809 Mb (64 bit)

Softimage 2015 SP2: 809 Mb (64 bit)

 

Notice some service packs were smaller than the main release.

 

Matt

 

 

 

 

 

Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2020 00:07:22 +0100 

From: “Sven Constable” sixsi_l...@imagefront.de 

Subject: RE: Last Install of XSI ( I think) Should I use 2014 sp2 or 2015

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20 gigs of texture data?

As a sidenode the XSI 1.0 installer had about 460MB, so it roughly doubled in 
size over the years. Yes, very compact compared to 3ds max for example. It was 
never crammed with third party stuff, loads of textures and stuff. Just some 
bare metal, very fine code. ;)

  
 

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RE: Last Install of XSI ( I think) Should I use 2014 sp2 or 2015

2020-01-05 Thread Matt Lind 
As for choice of 2015 vs. 2014.  It depends on your needs.

If stability is important or you work with real time content heavily, you’ll 
want 2014 SP2.
2015 has more features, but also more bugs including regressions from 2014 in 
the area of authoring content for games and similar workflow.  The known 
limitations list provided with the release is not comprehensive.

I have the XSI v1.0 installer right here at my desk.  It’s 29 Mb, not 460 Mb.  
That’s for software alone, not content databases or documentation.  For 
comparison, Softimage|3D v3.9.2 was released with XSI v1.0, and it’s installer 
was only 86 Mb inclusive of all features.  I wouldn’t call XSI bare metal code 
as anything with a Microsoft COM/OLE core is anything but bare to the metal.  I 
would say it was rather bare on features, however ;-) (e.g. no polygon 
modeling).

Here’s a breakdown of installer sizes through the years.  I don’t have every 
release, but I have enough to illustrate the trend.  Assume 32 bit unless 
stated otherwise:

XSI 1.0: 29 Mb
XSI 1.53: 31 Mb
XSI 2.01: 83 Mb
XSI 2.03: 82 Mb
XSI 3.01: 103 Mb
XSI 3.5: 118 Mb
XSI 3.5.1.1: 118 Mb
XSI 4.0: 183 Mb
XSI 4.2: 185 Mb
XSI 5.0: 349 Mb
XSI 5.11: 372 Mb
XSI 6.01: 397 Mb
XSI 6.5: 406 Mb
XSI 7.0: 479 Mb
XSI 7.01: 477 Mb
XSI 7.5: 551 Mb
Softimage 2011 SP1: 1.08 Gb
Softimage 2013 SP1: 1.44 Gb
Softimage 2014 SP2: 1.42 Gb (64 bit)
Softimage 2015: 808 Mb (64 bit)
Softimage 2015 SP1: 809 Mb (64 bit)
Softimage 2015 SP2: 809 Mb (64 bit)

Notice some service packs were smaller than the main release.

Matt





Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2020 00:07:22 +0100
From: “Sven Constable” sixsi_l...@imagefront.de
Subject: RE: Last Install of XSI ( I think) Should I use 2014 sp2 or 2015
To: "'Official Softimage Users Mailing List.

20 gigs of texture data?

As a sidenode the XSI 1.0 installer had about 460MB, so it roughly doubled in 
size over the years. Yes, very compact compared to 3ds max for example. It was 
never crammed with third party stuff, loads of textures and stuff. Just some 
bare metal, very fine code. ;)
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