"25. Re: Poser 5 Service Release 3 is now available by queri on 5/8/03 22:46 Does it anywhere mention that they fixed the freeze on loading when material can't be found? I read it three times and couldn't see that-- that's my main problem" Have you tried "CorrectReference" (IIRC) from the freebies? This program apparently fixes most of not all "incorrect texture referances" in your runtime library. Whilst these are not the fault of Poser (4 or 5) having the references correct in the first place should obviously speed up any version of Poser. "40. Re: Poser 5 Service Release 3 is now available by richnovak on 5/9/03 08:06 [snip] i have had p5 for a few weeks now. i tried to register it with cl via e-mail and they haven't gotten back to me. i'm on a government computer and can't register from the computer i'm posing on, and i likewise can't just call up and do it by phone, because i'm deployed in the middle east right now. Have you tried installing SR2.1 or SR3? Either of these removes the NEED to register in order to use the program, because they "disconnect" Poser5 from the hateful "Anti-Piracy" software. That would allow you to use Poser5 to your hearts content. "30. Re: Poser 5 Service Release 3 is now available by kassad on 5/9/03 04:41 I don't see any Cinema 4D, 3D Studio plugins in the readme. Same thing for the Vue d'Esprit compatibility. [snip] I thing that we, users and buyers, are beta-testers of an unfinished product... ;-)" IIRC CL have been saying, for quite a while now, that commercially available plugins are under development - not part of a SR that adds functionality (and they've been blasted for adding functionality in an earlier SR too!). Software development quality has been on a downslide for decades. Windows 2000, released somewhat before Poser 5, is still getting bug fixes. As long as we continue to pay for goods which aren't "good enough" companies will continue to make them that way. Not all companies, but reality (and competition) can set in quite quickly in a products development cycle :(