Oct 11, 2026, 2:51 PMIf there was any justice in this world then Autodesk would release the source code for #softimage.
I mean… look, Blender is a gift to the world, but nothing compared to #XSI and nothing has since managed to recapture that magic.
Oct 11, 2026, 3:42 PM@photex I loved XSI so much. Softimage gave me a free copy to make Ogre exporters with in the 00s, they were the only ones to answer my emails (Autodesk and Alias ignored me). It was so nice to use and I miss it dearly.
I searched my photos and found this from better times
Oct 11, 2026, 4:00 PM
@photex It's so bizarre to me that no one's come along and tried to recapture it. It's not like what made XSI so special is undefined and unknown, the blueprint is right there! And hell, your post as small evidence, there's still a built in user-base pining for it, even now, so long after it was taken out back by Autodesk.
Anecdotally, I've talked to *so* many ex-XSI users that still want the chance to bring it back somehow.