hi, i have a problem when i try to render scenes, the rendering box comes up but doesnt actually do anything, a shadow appears under the box but poser 4 seems to have locked up, i have to ctrl+alt+del to close it. it doesnt do it all the time though, just when it feels like it, i think i have a good enough system to use poser 4, 1.4ghz cpu & 512mb. ive tried different settings with windows virtual memory, but it still does it, its almost random. ive even re-installed poser 4 but still it continues. anyway im hoping someone has an idea, thanks in advance, bye. amd thunderbird 1.4ghz geforce 2 gts pro 128mb 512mb pc133 poser 4 + pro pack 18gb hdd

i am having that prob when i load up certain models. it just locks up when i am tryin to render. dunno why. bugs the hell outta me. and another question. is there a way to speed up a rendering? Im using amd Athlon xp 1400mhz Geforce 4 Mx 440 512mb ram Poser 4 Pro Pack 60gig hd.

What OS are using? It sounds like it maybe Win98/ME in which case your best bet would be to set your scene, save as a .pz3 or .pzz and reboot. Reload your scene and render. I used to suffer this too, but it stopped when I got XP, it's memory management is heaps better. The general concensus is an upgrade to XP generally sorts this out. Sorry!

im using windows 98se, maybe its time to upgrade to windows XP.

I used to have that problem constantly on WIN98. I recently set up a dual-boot with Win2K and only rarely have a memory related problem with Poser. While i was still having the problem I looked into the issue here in the forums and found that nearly everyone with the same problem was on win98 (which almost everyone I know that deals with software told me has a ton of memory issues) so yes an upgrade or at least a dual boot set up would be the best.