XSI 6.5 Ess for participants in the CGSociety Challenge XXII

[drdespair]

Awesome move by Softimage (http://www.softimage.com/products/xsi/promo/challenge22/)

You get the Academic version of XSI 6.5 Ess for the duration of the challenge (must join the challenge to participate). If you end up submitting your work to the judges you get to keep the Academic version. If you win, you get the full commercial version of Ess. :biggrin:

[Nightwalker]

speechless..... Thankyou :)

[franky]

i think thats a pretty clever move....

[twinsnakes]

My trail license is interfering with my CgTalk license. XSI is starting up in trial mode and says I only have 29 days remaining. I doubt I can just uninstall and start over. When I look at my keys I see the full license stuff and a trial license in there as well.

Need help.

Thanks

-TS-

P.S. - Well, I guess I should tell you I started XSI, accepted the trial license. Then went and read the email about how to get CgTalk license. That's how I got stuck I guess.

[Exipnos]

That makes us two! I have the exact same problem. :hammer:

[twinsnakes]

Well, the good part is. I still have to watch the video tutorials before I start doing any real work. And I need to install Vista SP1 anyway. They said this is the "official" softimage forums so maybe we'll get something back soon.

-TS-

P.S. - Thanks for letting us use your tools for this challenge. I've never use XSI before.

[twinsnakes]

Well..I'm back from the Vista SP1 install. Still no luck. I'm going to try a uninstall-install and see if that gets me anywhere.

-TS-

Edit: Well, dont do the uninstall. I have reinstalled (did not activate trial yet, or accept eula) but I cant download the CgTalk license anymore.

[franky]

try mailing support@softimage.com with the lic problem. they solve these kind of things pretty quickly.

[thiago]

it also worth to take a look on the Softimage Wiki... plenty of information about activation and all those things.
Maybe your reply is already in there... http://softimage.wiki.avid.com/index.php/Category:Support

[StephenBlair]

My trail license is interfering with my CgTalk license. XSI is starting up in trial mode and says I only have 29 days remaining. I doubt I can just uninstall and start over. When I look at my keys I see the full license stuff and a trial license in there as well.

Need help.

Thanks

-TS-

P.S. - Well, I guess I should tell you I started XSI, accepted the trial license. Then went and read the email about how to get CgTalk license. That's how I got stuck I guess.

There is a known problem with the XSI title bar...when you have a Trial license installed, then the title bar always shows "Expires in XX days", even if you also have another, longer-term license installed and you are running the other license.

To see what license you are using
- Start the License Manager
- click Server > Query License Server and then click Run Query
- Look at the "used" column

The problem goes away when the Trial license expires.

The Trial and the CG Talk license are both for Essentials, so if you have both installed, it should not be a problem. After the Trial expires you will still have the CG Talk license.

[grafixsuz]

Hi there I have signed up for this challenge, and thought I would try this offer, even though I have 5.11, but I keep getting this message

CGSociety Challenge XXII
Uplift Universe - Alien Relations
CG Challenge - XSI License Registration Form

Please fill out this registration form to receive your copy of XSI for the CG Challenge. A license activation confirmation will be emailed to you, so please use a real, active email account and allow emails from @softimage.com.
We will not spam you, and we will not use your information for any other purpose except for this Challenge. Please use your real name and information when registering, or you may be denied a license.



You are not registered to the CG Challenge on CG Society. Before getting a license of SOFTIMAGE|XSI Academic, you first need to register for the CG Challenge at http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/uplift_universe/


Here is the link to the challenge I signedup to this afternoon http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=235&t=610722

I have tried several times. Any ideas guys?

[Leonard]

Did you use the same email as you did on CGTalk? It checks with CGSociety based on email. Whatever email you're using at CGTalk, enter it in here.

Leo


Hi there I have signed up for this challenge, and thought I would try this offer, even though I have 5.11, but I keep getting this message



Here is the link to the challenge I signedup to this afternoon http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=235&t=610722

I have tried several times. Any ideas guys?

[grafixsuz]

Yes, I did use the same e-mail, I just tried it again several times and no luck... oh well, suppose I lucked out on this one... hang myself :hang: better get on with it.

Could it be that I am using a gmail account perhaps? it is my user name @gmail.com

[StephenBlair]

Your softimage.com Web account had not been activated.
I activated it for you.

So, try again, it should work now.

Thanks

[grafixsuz]

Your softimage.com Web account had not been activated.
I activated it for you.

So, try again, it should work now.

Thanks

Well I had thought it was activated as I was using these forums?? Thanks anyway. However, no luck, I still get the following message

http://img386.imageshack.us/img386/5704/sisceep2.jpg

I just tried 3 times...

By the way, I think this is a brilliant offer, so don't think I am trying to bag it or anything. It just doesn't seem to like me.

:helpsmilie:

[StephenBlair]

Your softimage.com account is a different account than SOFTIMAGE|NET.

Your softimage.com account uses the email address grafixsuz@gmail.com .

Is that the e-mail address associated with your CGTalk account? Because our checker returns FALSE for the email address grafixsuz@gmail.com.

[grafixsuz]

Problem fixed. Sorry for the headaches guys!:alien:

[Delirium]

Problem fixed. Sorry for the headaches guys!:alien:

It'd be a good habit if all the problems raised here in the forums, when solved, were given proper explanation.
This will give a proper database of fixes and not only for us.

[GreasyMnky]

I have followed the instruction sent in the email to generate the license, but when i click on Update, there is no license to select in the box...

I have tried on an other computer to install the trial and generate a license, but I got the same result.

http://www.polysurgeon.com/divers/license.jpg

anyone know a workaround before I send an email to softimage support ?

[SheepFactory]

Kudos to Softimage. This is the most brilliant marketing I have seen in the last 7 years or so next to houdini apprentice.