It's still an option. You don't have to install it. Beside, I work in games industry, and Steam installation is almost essential on my end. :) Really if they were going to change anything truly useful it would be how they get their machine ID. Really all you need is to hash the Motherboard+CPU+on-bo...

cgmodeler wrote:No steam please.

Why, considering it would be an option, not the requirement?

Steam is pretty good solution, I have both Substance Designer and Painter there. Could you think about Steam keys for current customers once Paintstorm Studio is released over there?

Email sent. Hopefully this new system will be also available on Windows, as it's my OS of choice.

Thanks very much!

Mike.

Please, reconsider the license verification system. I've already asked for new key once as my hardware ID changed (probably because of the portable HDD drive), and now I'll have to do it once more, I've just bought new video card, and Paintstorm Studio refuses to run again. I change some of my hardw...