I sure this has been discussed before so if some one knows the tread that would be wonderful. At times when I use "older" lights in P5 and render the render hang. If I save out the lights and reapply all renders fine. Questions: 1. Why does this occur 2. Is there a way to somehow change the lights with out doing so individually Thanks greatly

1. why does this occur Because poser 5 is broken. 2. Is there a way to change all the lights... See my Python script, "Light Changer for P4 and P5" in Freestuff/Utilities.

Thanks. Now how do i use this to make the lights work in P5 without changing the settings. Please be specific. I'm a bit slow.

Oops. I'm sorry. I didn't fully understand the problem; my Python will NOT help with this problem.

OK could you whip one up?? Thanks anyway.

Which light sets are you using that cause Poser 5 to hang-- as far as I know only the PoserStyle lights do this. Though some people have mentioned others, they have never been specific. I use DNA lights and lights for characters-- Illumina, Carmen lights, Evodes lights, Umbra-- no problem. I would really like to know which lights are the issue. Seriously. Emily

I have experienced the same types of hang-ups in Poser 5, but have come to the conclusion that it is not the light sets per se that are casuing the problem because it doesn't happen consistently all the time. Rather, it seems to be more of a universal problem that P5 has when you make several CHANGES to a scene whether it is swapping textures via MAT pose files, loading different light sets, or applying materials in the material room. If you do it several times in a row, Poser just freezes. I think it has something to do with P5 not properly clearing the previous element before applying the new element resulting in some memory allocation error. The result is a "build-up" memory leak that eventually overwrites the poser core. To test the light set try doing a fresh reboot, start Poser and apply the light set before making any other changes. If it renders properly under that circumstance then it is not the light set. If it crashes Poser, then it is probably due to bad formatting of the light pose file itself. Improperly formated text files (whether pose files light files cr2s, etc, are known to cause problems with P5.