@superjack - I was wondering that too! She looks goood even in tiny size

Thanks go to Bad4Good for helping me state better what I was trying to say, and the others that were thrown off for a second as well.
The other part of my original post still stands, and I see that others agree as well. and that is, that no matter how much of a theoretical discount there APPEARS to be, the qaulity of the cards has gone down drastically at ANY price. and I still stand by what I said, that my older cards are far superior to the newly released cards in regards to what I'm getting for my money. Rex has promised changes to this in the near future, and we shall see in time. but I can't help but wonder that if Totem was able to release such better qaulity before, then what has changed so much since then at the studio or in post production? Granted, I have only been a member since 2009, but even when I first downloaded the software it was VirtuagirlHD. as Bad4Good also stated, and what I was originally trying to convey, was that the pricing should have been better off just as it was displayed before, without the "supposed" discount shown, unless it can be proved that it actually was that much at one time. my original post has generated far more backlash (both bad and good) than I intended, and I may get flamed even further but it's a fact that qaulity has fallen a lot and it can be seen by anyone with a large enough collection to compare old with new. this has been supported above in this very thread. so I will finish on the note that at any price, theoretical or otherwise, I expect more for my money. so far, i have not seen it in the new releases. we shall see come October. thank you.

@Bad4Good, because that larger theoretical price would be false. If you look at both the old and new pricing, they both say you are saving 50%. Which means that 50 credits has always been priced at $100.

1 credit = $2

50 credits = $100

I buy credits in bulk in euros so I've long regarded cards as only costing me 1€ because I have bought nearly every single one of mine from the carousel or from booster packs. So with the removal of the carousel pricing that will at least double the cost of my cards if I buy them individually at 2 credits. Obviously if the price per card is more than 2 credits the jump will be even higher.

I'm hoping however that the option to self-select a set of cards and purchase them together at a discount, as Rex has suggested will be offered, is going to help me reduce the cost of my card buying. Certainly looks like it as there is now a decimal in the display of remaining credits on our account.

And sorry to disagree WA, but 50 credits, to my knowledge, have never been priced at 100$ or €. So suggesting that 50 is a discounted price when that has always been the price for 50 credits is disingenuous at best. It's a shoddy marketing trick to suddenly say "This is the real price so look how much you are saving!". Why not pull an even larger theoretical price out of thin air and say the real price is 200 so you are saving even more?

Wann werden mal wieder 720p Karten auf 1080p Umgewandelt ? Als die ersten Karten auf 1080p umgewandelt wurden habe Ich mich gefreut, aber irgendwie geht's nicht weiter. Aber warum.

Last time I bought some anal cards and it didn't show up that much as I expected

So could anyone suggest me some of the best anal ones ? I'm gonna get me another 2-4 of them, solo and or duo are fine by me


Appreciated by the way

Alyssia Loop

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Natalie Mendes 9

Time for a new challenger

@ADMIRERZ you get to pick a new challenger or a girl from the ladder.

Alyssia

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Natalie 9

by tripleDiamond supernatedog - 1 hour(s) ago
Wyld, I think he was saying that its not worth it to buy points in small amounts anymore which I would agree with and I would take it as a statement more than a complaint.
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Well I did not read it that way at all....

He started out with making a Statement about the NEW cost of the Cards is NOW $4.

Which is the Price the Cards have always Been for as long as I have been A member.
Since mid 2008!

Cards have Always been priced at $4 to $6 per card. ( 2 or 3 credits per card )

So to me, that Post is Just intended as a way to FLAME the Thread.

I posted the FACTS of the old Credit Price and the New Credit Prices to Show there is little Difference.. and NO need to *****...


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by tripleDiamond supernatedog - 1 hour(s) ago
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And for the record the crossed out numbers threw me for a loop as well for second, I saw that when I went to buy the fifty tokens and went WTF! lol
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I'm really stunned by that...
To me, it's was Most Obvious that the crossed out Price is What the Full price would be, without the Discount.

I don't know where you all shop.. but Here where I live In the USA,
Almost Everything that has a Discounted Price, also has the Original Full Price marked and crossed out. A way to Show you how much you are saving..

Maybe not everyone is familiar with that concept, a Price Discount..
but for me, It was very obvious.

@Wyld.. Just a couple of questions:

Who actually compiled (authored) the PPC scene, graphics and layout etc., Was it Totem Team ? ..& can they/you do some more scenes illustrating live visualizations in 2D open GL ?

Is there any proper way to write code to stop (suspend) any 3D animation for a given range of seconds in a sequence while it is running in FS.?

do you think we will we ever be able to use something like java scripts in scene files ?

I started this with my Tutorial Thread on Full Screen.
if you are interested in trying your Hand at creating or editing your own Full Screens.

This is the best place to get started:

by moderator Wyldanimal - 159 day(s) ago
Forum > Ideas > Full Screen Mode - Examples
http://www.virtuagirl.com/forumPost.php?foId=8&ftId=27410

I started to Share My Scenes in that Thread...
With detailed Comments that I placed in the Scene files.

Starryk used what I had posted there to Start this Thread.

There are TWO types of Full Screen Scenes.

3D Scenes - Which is the Type everyone in this Thread work on..

and 2D Scenes - that use the Power of Open GL to create live visualizations.

So Far I believe I'm the only one to have shared any 2D scene Creations.

I first thought that the Shared Fractal Scenes might be 2D open GL, but these are 3D scenes with Static Backgrounds, using lighting changes.

Glad you Enjoy the member created Scenes, and I hope it might inspire you to create and Share your own.

Melisa

Thanks @86linyqu. We all learn from each other's work. StarryK kicked off with PPC, Zebrazuk taught me floodlights and multiple models, Wyldanimal taught me animations & sprites, yidincrete & no.6 inspired more lighting and fractals approaches. I'm working on fullscreen panoramas around a stage point at the moment. Its great fun to experiment what works !

Alyssia

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Natalie 9

Wyld, I think he was saying that its not worth it to buy points in small amounts anymore which I would agree with and I would take it as a statement more than a complaint. I had already greatly cut back on my entertainment spending and the change didn't help, I understand it but it is a fact. I buy way less often but in bigger amounts now. I just bought fifty tokens but that was after saving for six months.


And for the record the crossed out numbers threw me for a loop as well for second, I saw that when I went to buy the fifty tokens and went WTF! lol

Natilie ! .. so .. Alyssia Loop 7 .. - Natalie Mendes 9

by doubleDiamond WyDude - 1 hour(s) ago
The new prices are roughly $2 per credit, so $4 per card. Out of my collection of nearly 1,300 cards, I'd say that I'd be willing to pay $4 for maybe twenty of them.................
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Seriously...
Your Post makes it Sound Like Totem has Doubled their Pricing all of a Sudden...

Fact is the Deals are Better or about the same as then they were before.

The Credit Prices are about the same as they have always been...
Totem removed the buy 1 credit for 2$ option..
Totem increased the minimum Credit purchase to 4 credit for $7.
That is the Deal that went up in Price...
3 for $5 ( 16.5%) vs 4 for $7 ( 12%)

The Third Deal is a Better Value than Before, 40% now vs 37.5% before, and the 50 for $50
is still 1 credit for 1$

Card Pricing has not Changed...
Credit Pricing is Better or the Same in Quantity

So really... what is the Complaint?

The new prices are roughly $2 per credit, so $4 per card. Out of my collection of nearly 1,300 cards, I'd say that I'd be willing to pay $4 for maybe twenty of them. On the other hand, the prices are still what they've basically always been, given the discount off that high price. Were they to get to the $4/card arena, I'd probably cut my buying down to a card a week or less unless my review sites suddenly went ballistic and I started making enough in affiliate to pay for this. I doubt that'll happen.

Anyway, it is inducement to buy more credits in one swoop, which I just did since I was out anyway and am looking forward to the new Niky cards entering my carousel. :)

Alyssia Loop

Natalie Mendes 8
Alyssia Loop 7

"..... and the technical issues with the lighting and poor definition are not helping your case, Totem. my old cards actually look better than the brand new cards coming out".

I agree with OP of this thread.
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I didn`t follow some time this forum and I don`t know what are the news,but IF I understood well,from October we shall see some changes at the product and Totem will announce the new prices based on status of each member(diamond,double diamond,triple diamond).

I checked also the lately cards(VG and DB) and that`s why I wanted to say I agree with what said OP of this thread regarding technical issues(especially the poor light of some cards and the size of them).Like I said,long time I didn`t buy new cards,because I wait to see what will be the new prices for faithfull members(those discounts announced by Totem for the members with largest collection).Like I said I won`t agree to pay a full price just like a new member who will install the software for the first time.

October is close.I can wait to see the changes announced by Totem:)

Totem,please remember it`s not enough to have released 7 cards with good light and after that to release another 7 cards with poor light.
If you want to keep your faithfull members,you should have the same quality at the all cards,not only some cards.

I want to come the day when I can say "Yes,indeed Totem released all cards(or most of all) at the same quality".

I`m dissapointed regarding at the poor light of many cards released lately.I didn`t check all,but are plenty from my carousel with poor light and that`s why I felt to post here and to express my opinion which are the same with OP of this thread regarding technical issues of the cards.

Well,I read what said REX above and I will wait in October to see if the quality of the cards will be the different or same like the new cards released lately.

Regarding at the small breasts,I don`t mind small breasts if the girls perform good and if they are on my taste.
Too bad,I saw lately girls only few for my taste(Ava Dalush,Naomi Nevena,Silvie Luca,Lyen Parker,Susana Melo,Lola Taylor,Subil Arch for VG)

Natalie

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Alyssia 6

Alyssia

Alyssia 6
Natalie 7

Natalie

Natalie - 7
Alyssia - 5

Alyssia


Natalie 6
Alyssia 5

I apologise if my comments came off as snippy or offensive, they were not meant as such.

Natalie !!!

Natalie Mendes 6

Alyssia Loop 4

Natalie has my vote

Natalie Mendes - 5

Alyssia /??p - 4

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Alyssia Loop

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Absolutely Cartref, and it is pleasing to see that the OP realised how it may have sounded and made amends.

Once you strip away all that though, I can see the point he was trying to make.

When Rex said "The crossed prices are not a forecast of any new pricing" and "only a display of what the price would be without the discount..." I can understand why it can be seen as an irrelevance and a marketing gimmick.

Laws exist in the UK, and maybe the EU too considering our joint legislature on a lot of matters, to ensure that claims as to the cost of something are not misleading. If you announce something is 50% off it has to be proven to have been sold at double that price for a certain period prior to that.

If I understand what Rex said, the uncrossed price is only based on a purely theoretical amount it would be charging under other circumstances. That's not exactly in the spirit of truthful marketing. I think it would have been far better to simply leave the prices as they were. It would have caused no comment at all.

this is a tough one for me.
the coin toss goes to Alyssia Loop

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Natalie Mendes

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Alyssia Loop 2

i love her .. her face reminds me about Laetitia (no idea why)... so i love them both and gonna vote for them vs most girls ...

Alyssia Loop!

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Natalie Mendes (Number 49) vs Alysia Loop (Number 48) starts now

12:00 P.M. Central European Summer Time (Paris Time Zone)

Reminder @everybody
NO PICTURES with your vote, they are not allowed. This is a first to 10 challenge.

@Starryk Thanks again for the update, man! You just saved my butt... :-)

I just wanted to give props to all of you working on scenes. Your efforts are appreciated.

lets not get nasty please.

yes a few of the comments were a bit on the sharp side, but that is because a number of members are getting peeved with the complaints whenever Totem start changing, just about nearly anything.

You must admit, your own comments were a bit sharp to begin with.

Now lets all be peaceful :)

The Software currently does not support this function.
So you must fully understand how the Junctions work, to be able to employ them..


The basic concept is this..

Move all of your Collection to the External Drive,
except for the ones you want to keep internally.
This External Become the Drive where all NEW cards will go..

Then For Each Card you Keep on the Local Computer..
Create a JUNCTION that points from the Card on the External Drive, to the Card on your Internal Drive.

Then tell VG that the Models Folders is Located on the External Drive.

VG will then look to the External Drive for the Card, but the Junction Points Back to the Internal Drive for that Card.

Any New Card you Buy, will then Automatically be saved on the External Drive.

So the Models Folder on the External Drive has Real Card Folders, and Junctions pointing back the The Card on the Internal Drive.

If you Fully understand all of that..
Have at it...
If Not... Don't muck with it... because their are few who can help you to fix it..

Please can me somebody explain how can I have 2 folders with cards (one in computer and second external disk).
I installed program “Junction Link magic-linkmagic2” but I am not sure with function of the program. It is possible made linked only into one empty folder so I do not know how can I made linked for 2 folders.

Next problems which I solve is that is not possible only change “Location of my shows”. If I change it on external disk program start re-move cards from compute on external disk. If I change it on computer program start re-move cards from external disk into computer.

To Rex-

Thank you for taking time out of your schedule to clarify that for me. I understand it better now. thanks again. looking forward to the changes.

To those who left snippy and/or unhelpful comments, sorry for being just a working guy who usually can just buy the small packages, that's why I have built my collection up over a few years. after all, we can't all take time out of our busy schedules to make snarky on someone that had a brief misunderstanding of something that, gotta admit, looks a little dodgy at first glance. also, said schedule does not allow us all to print in triplicate the EULA (yes, I even know what it means) and have our lawyers go over it in mass, or sharpen my word finding skills. so, once again, so sorry. maybe if I sell my home in spain, I could afford to buy my girls a hundred or so at a time. hell, maybe if I sell my boat (sorry, to dumb to spell yacht) I can buy in to the company. just a thought.

Natalie Mendes wins.......

Natalie Mendes 10

Ava Dalush 5

Natalie Mendes now faces Alyssia Loop

Starts tomorrow 12:00 P.M. Central European Summer Time ( Paris Time Zone )

About 14 hours from now.

OOPS Natalie Mendes 10
Ava Delush 5

Natalie Mendes is a little cheeky but I call that puppy fat

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