Layingback wrote: You don't say how fast your PC is. On a 1GHz PC under Win2K Poser 5 is way slower than Poser 4 or ProPack. As pdxjims said, you'll not be able to put in more than a couple of charcters, (or 1 with ERC clothing) before you get Poser 5 dials to behave like Poser 4's do with 5 to 10 characters loaded.>>> On windows 98 yes. But like others say, I would upgrade. You need better memory management to run P5. Layingback Wrote: But many don't see this as a problem, so either they don't mind the slower or more unpredictable response on the dials (you know, what happens when Poser 4 gets overloaded with figures), they don't use the dials much, or perhaps a much faster CPU will hide this effect. >>>> On my 1.4ghz 512mb xp system, I could get many characters in P5 at once. I haven't noticed a major slow down unless I'm 5+ hours into the program. However I've noticed this on other 3d apps as well, and found it is best to restart. Layingback wrote: 512MB seems to be a requirement. Going to 1GB made no discernible difference - perhaps not surprising, as it can only use 2GB, which is easy to reach with 512MB of real memory. >>>> I'll Agree. :) Laying back wrote: Serious focus problems are present - at least in the PC version - due to the separate window used for the Parameter Dials. You'll learn to compensate (click to focus before doing anything) but it's a pain, and possibly the task switch done between the Paramter Dial window and the rest of Poser 5 explains some of teh slowdown vis-a-vis Poser 4. >>>>> Perhaps it is just me but my XP system has almost always requires a click to refocus on an proggie. Layingback wrote: And remember that Readscript (read Injection, a la V3) doesn't work in Poser 5 unless you install directly in Poser 5 Runtime (vs. leaving in a linked Poser 4 Runtime). >>> Not true. I created a whole new runtime for V3 and she works very well. The problems comes in moving her around after installation.. People forget to move the extra !daz folder and then redo all the links. Layingback wrote: Other than that, most Poser 4 stuff seems to work exactly the same in Poser 5 - bugs and all. Only UI feature that is in Poser 5 and not in ProPack is the handy mini-Camera dials at top right of the Preview window. So unless you expect to be able to make use of at least one of the new Poser 5 features, why would you bother to upgrade? >>>> True enough though if you don't have propack you might want that, for the multiple camera angles at the least! I'll refrain from comment on the rest. Basically if you do stills or animate from within poser p5 is a good choice. Animation from with out is a bit more tricky. Reiss studios handles all plugins now as far as I can tell, so if you don't want to wait you can go for the older propack plugins. I'm pretty happy with P5, but it does require newer computer systems to really get the most out of. If you have to stick to 98 for now, go with propack.

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