So, for you, this is a benefit? When the majority of people are griping about the lack of official support for the products, including bug fixes and help, you expect Max3D will magically change the way BRL provides support?
Sorry to say this and contradict your oh so righteous opinion however Blitz3d was very well supported. Max seems to be very well supported. Just because updates are slow, and communication is lacking doesn't mean they don't do a good job supporting existing products.
Funny... But even though I have moved on from the BRL line of tools I still can admit that Blitz3D and Blitzmax were well supported tools. Just because Blitzmax didn't go the direction I was hoping doesn't justify my dismissing their support and customer service levels.
My sig is no more offensive than those using their sig to pimp poor-quality software.
Sorry GaryV, you just lost that last little bit of respect I might have had for you. 544 posts on this forum, no real contact info, no worklog entries, no contributions, and nothing that seems to follow your name on the internet of any caliber.... You would only wish you had finished any "poor-quality software" to "pimp". Personally I have done plenty in my time. I am still working on projects outside of this community, and although I know that statement wasn't directed at me I still take offense to it as you really have no room to speak..... Granted worklogs and code contributions are not a real measure of someone's success however with 0-none accomplished (as I would venture to guess in your case) those who do contribute are usually the 'better men'. I have done my fair share of free software and contributions to this community. Perhaps not to the level of Brucey, sswift, or GFK (even though he still bothers me to some degree) however it is still enough to humbly consider myself a member of the community when it was in it's prime.
Gripe all you want about BRL but they did very good in the past. Even though I can put good money on Max3D never surfacing their reputation for support has always been to par!