HiveWire 3D Forums Will Be Closing

[Stezza]

it's pretty much dead on most of the 3d forums... even Daz's forum is getting used less and less.

 

[DanaTA]

Didn't know where to post this...anyone here from Terre. Last time she posted in our private thread was in February. Have I lost another friend?

 

[Alisa]

Dana - try posting in Sky's thread. I think that's where Terre typically posts.

 

[Riccardo]

While that's a nice thought, it's not something that I (or Chris, I'd bet) want to start.

I don't know that there's any forum there that would even allow a thread like that (pretty much a chat thread, if I am understanding what you are talking about). I've seen a lot of pretty nasty posts over there, too, which is one reason I don't post there much.

If you want to try to start something, of course, you're free to do so.

I did post about the forums here ending (I did it from our HW account, not mine):
HiveWire 3D forums to close July 31st | Renderosity

Well, I never opened a forum thread but... If we know how to do it, why not try?
If a few of us would like to be able to meet there, I think we should.
Since the time is nearly over here, we can continue to discuss about it on Alisa's announcement thread. We could even use that thread as the "hivewire forums continued", if she agrees.

What do you all think?

 

[Alisa]

I'd rather you not use that thread, please. I want to keep it as an announcement about the closing of these forums.
Thanks

 

[Alisa]

Let me make that request a bit stronger . Please DO NOT use that thread to discuss anything other than what it was designed for - to let people who might not otherwise know about this forum closing. And that thread LINKS to this thread, so please do not use the thread at Rendo to "continue to discuss about it" or as "hivewire forums continued". The whole POINT was to send people HERE if they want more info or to discuss things.

Thanks!

 

[Riccardo]

Sure Alisa, got it. Not using that thread.
Actually, I got the closing day of these forums wrong: I thought it to be in two days, but it's actually at the end of July, so there is plenty of time to understand if enough people here is interested in meeting at a new thread at Rendo

 

[Owlman]

Sad to see this forum go. I really appreciated the fact that people on here were always more focused on creating quality 3d- whether in the initial products or the renders of such. It was a pleasure to read and take away lots of valuable advice, but also a very positive energy.

 

[RAMWolff]

thanks for the memories and the friendship I received from current, past and late members I wish all the users wherever you may be good luck in your future endeavors ..

I did this song in anticipation a while ago... well not very long ago...

thanks all

You have an amazing voice sir. Thank you for this. It's really well done and very touching!

 

[Stezza]

Thanks mate, isn’t technology wonderful….. I uploaded my voice for AI to train so I could do it… smoke n mirrors but I did create the lyrics.

 

[RAMWolff]

It's amazing what AI can do. Folks can hate it all they want. My only issue are the data centers being opened too close to residents, I've seen some pretty unhappy folks having to listen to all the humming and other noises those machines make. AI is here to stay and it's helpful, that is all!

 

[DanaTA]

It's amazing what AI can do. Folks can hate it all they want. My only issue are the data centers being opened too close to residents, I've seen some pretty unhappy folks having to listen to all the humming and other noises those machines make. AI is here to stay and it's helpful, that is all!

Except when it's not helpful! For example, I've read and seen on TV news that AI keeps suggesting nuclear attacks in war games. Funny, I remember a movie where that happened. Prediction? And the fact that any "art" that's created with it is actually someone else's art (or actually a conglomeration of several person's art) that it stole while "training".

 

[ItsAaron]

Awww it's to heard there's closing down of Hivewire forums and second, questions: any plans for Dusk 2.0, and Hivewire Original Demon/Satyr Standalone figure (like Zygote Demon but more diverse) in the future ?

Who is the creator of The Zygote Demon???


By the way R.I.P Hivewire 3D Forums

 

[3dcheapskate]

I haven't been a frequent visitor here but I'll miss these forums. Thanks for keeping them open as long as you did after closing the store.

 

[3dcheapskate]

I've found that the Wayback machine's autocrawl captures of forum topics are rather hit and miss, so for anybody trying to ensure that the WayBack Machine has complete archives of particular forum topics of interest there is a somewhat tedious method that appears to work for the HiveWire3D forums, and you don't need to have a WayBack Machine account. Sorry if it's a bit wordy, but better safe than sorry (thinks RDNA forums, SmithMicro forums, CGBytes 'The Node Know's forum...)

1. Enter the URL* of the first page of the topic into the 'Save Page Now' option bottom right of the main WayBack Machine web page. When you click the Save Page button you'll be asked if you want to log in and whether you want to save error pages (I don't do either) - it then gets to work - at busy times it may tell you that the capture will be delayed for while (the estimated time they give seems quite accurate). Only that single page is saved, and it also appears to capture any inline images. It shows some 'processing' information and then clearly indicates when the capture has been completed, along with a link to the captured page. If you close the page before the capture is complete you can find the capture by doing a normal wayback machine search (but note that the captures are probably URL-precise*)
2. While it's working on the capture look through the topic page for any attachments. Right click on each attachment and select 'Copy link address' (even if the attachment is an image I use this rather than 'Copy image address'), then open another Wayback Machine web page in another tab, go to the same 'Save Page Now' option on the main , paste the attachment URL, click the 'Save Page' button and capture the attachment. Note that it only seems to allow you to have two ongoing saves at any time
3. Repeat step 2 for each attachment. (remember that it only seems to allow you to have two ongoing saves at any time)
4. Repeat steps 1-3 for each subsequent page of the topic. (remember that it only seems to allow you to have two ongoing saves at any time)
5. Examine the Wayback Machine capture of the first page of the topic to make sure that all the inline images have been captured. If you see any broken-image-link icons right click on them and select 'Open image in new tab' (or equivalent) and hopefully you'll see the image (he WayBack Machine sometimes appears to have problems serving images in image-heavy pages just after the page has been captured - if not
6. Click on each attachment in turn in the Wayback Machine capture of the first page - it should open a new Wayback Machine page showing how many captures it has of that attachment (usually just one dated the date you did the capture) and automatically download the attachment, which your browser will probably indicate. I like to actually open the downloaded file to ensure it's hunky-dorey and then delete it, happy in the knowledge that the WayBack Machine has it.**
7. Repeat 6 for the capture of each page.
8. If you've done all this but there are still missing inline images/attachments then wait until tomorrow and look at the capture again. Hopefully it's all okay now. If there are still missing images then try step 2 but right-click the images that are missing from the capture and use 'Copy image address' - and remember that it only seems to allow you to have two ongoing saves at any time))

*If you use a URL that includes a message number at the end, then I think it only connects that page archive to that exact URL, so I prefer to strip off any message number from the end of the URL. For multi-page topics I use the actual page number buttons within the topic to open specific pages and use those URLs
**Until of course the Wayback Machine curls ups it's tootsies and shuffles off this mortal coil.

 

[Electro-harpist]

Hive Wire Forums Backup June 2026.7z : HiveWire3D users : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

A 2Gb archive compressed as a 272Mb .ZIP archive, now on Archive.org, containing a complete archive to early July of the following sub-forums...

– Poser
— - Poser Scripts
— - Poser Shaders

– DAZ Studio
— - DAZ Scripts
— - DAZ Shaders

– Photoshop

As per-post encapsulated .MHTML files (i.e. pages plus images plus page-design all intact and embedded - load in any modern browser). Follow-on sub-pages for threads are included. There are also just four selected items from the freebies section of the forums, as .MHTML pages along with their download .ZIP files.

 

[3dcheapskate]

Hive Wire Forums Backup June 2026.7z : HiveWire3D users : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

A 2Gb archive compressed as a 272Mb .ZIP archive, now on Archive.org, containing a complete archive to early July of the following sub-forums...

– Poser
— - Poser Scripts
— - Poser Shaders

– DAZ Studio
— - DAZ Scripts
— - DAZ Shaders

– Photoshop

As per-post encapsulated .MHTML files (i.e. pages plus images plus page-design all intact and embedded - load in any modern browser). Follow-on sub-pages for threads are included. There are also just four selected items from the freebies section of the forums, as .MHTML pages along with their download .ZIP files.

You're an absolute star! A quick check of a few of my own topics shows that it's captured everything, including the attachments.
You mentioned that "(Similar archives also also on Archive.org for the Smith Micro and RuntimeDNA forums, and ShareCG)." - can you give us links to those too please ? I've searched but can't find them