What switch gear? All of you who have apparently abandoned BlitzMax or Blitz3D are still sitting in General Discussion moaning about BlitzMax or Max3D, or Blitz3D2 or whatever it is you feel aggrieved about. I gotta tell ya, for a bunch of people who have moved on, y'all don't move much.
I still own all of the BRL products. I am fully welcome to come back and check on progress. It would be a stupid move (financially) to ignore the possibility that Blitzmax can become a viable 3d solution for I have nothing against Blitzmax as a language (in fact I see a lot of potential there) however making a general observation using past and present data doesn't mean that I hate BRL or any of it's products.
But just for you Gabriel, here's a little tid-bit of info. Chances are that there are many individuals that have done far more with B3D in respect to financial return than GFK and Grey Alien. The small fact that we are bound by NDA's and the matter that in some cases we don't do the whole project from start to finish (we aren't the designers, we aren't the artists, we have a piece of the pie we must complete) kinda keeps us on low key with what we actually accomplish. Because we don't advertise in our signatures every product we have made (or worked on) or every dollar we have taken in doesn't mean we are going no where.
But to touch again on my point above, just because I have moved on from BRL products doesn't mean I wouldn't come back if I saw financial gain in doing such. At this point, I see no Max3D ever surfacing (well, within the next 2 years) so for me, and those who have too many contracted projects on their plate, I must look elsewhere for my solutions which maximize my time to profit ratio. I can't submit estimates of labor in terms of "dependent on when Max3D arrives" or "depending on 3rd party support aspirations".
So it all boils down to the all mighty dollar for me, or so dictates the cable company, the water company, the electric company, and my childrens' birthday gifts and their extra circular activities. Sure, I can claim it is all for hobby, however you don't see me using a Betamax in the name of "It's only a hobby, leave me alone". If I don't have some way of falling back on it (even in the slightest), then it's pointless to pursue. Blitmax, as it stands, is pointless to pursue. So sure, the rest of you can wait, and again I'll gladly receive my "I told you so" from all of you when Max3D happens.