Licensing

[Steven Caron]

Hi Gang,

2 years since my last post, I still haven't figured out modeling in Blender so I need to keep Softimage running 😅

With the Windows 10 EOL and needing a new machine I am afraid I won't be able to get it running again. I have a standalone/permanent license of the Creation Suite. I've got serial numbers etc. I have what looks like the installer (Autodesk_ECSU_2015...) Has anyone installed and activated a license recently to know if this still works?

Thanks!
Steven

[Matt Lind]

If you have all the pieces/parts, then installation should work
normally.  My understanding is installations won't be possible if you
need to request a license key or other dependency as Autodesk no longer
processes those requests....which should be illegal if they issued a
'permanent' license.

Windows 10 is only discontinued for new development starting in
October.  The OS will continue to function for years to come. Customers
can buy extended support for at least a few years as not everybody can
drop Windows 10 and migrate to something else in the short term.  the
first extra year is pretty cheap, but goes up very quickly with each
successive year.  Softimage does work on Windows 11, but you'll need to
futz with a bunch of settings in Windows for legacy feature support here
or there.  If you don't like that idea, you can run Windows 10 in a
virtual machine and install Softimage there and not have to worry about EOL.

Matt

[Stephen Blair]

In theory you can activate a standalone license online.

https://www.autodesk.com/ca-en/support/account/manage/versions/support-lifecycle

Autodesk no longer supports offline activation for 2021 products and earlier. If you have a perpetual license, activate your software by going online only once. After you activate online, you can continue to use 2021 software and earlier offline. This change doesn't apply to previous versions that you already activated offline; you can continue to use them as before.

I think "offline" was when you send a request code to a person, who then generated an activation code and sent it back.

Let me know if you have problems.

Funny, Softimage wouldn't run on my Windows 10 machine, but so far it's fine on my new Windows 11 machine.

Stephen

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[Steven Caron]

@Matt
Thanks for the reply, I am mostly worried about getting that activation code. Whether I go the VM route you suggest or 'futz with a bunch of settings' I'll decide later. I am a little premature as I don't have the new machine yet to test installation (and activation)

@Stephen

Thanks Stephen, when I get the new machine I will just go through the online activation process and cross my fingers. My hope is, since the Creation Suite included Maya, that Autodesk will have kept any infrastructure around to support Maya longer than it would for Softimage.

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