I guess I should have read the newest questions and answers before posting in this thread. From the Q & A page: ========================================================== Q 35 by Jackson on August 19, 2003 8:48 "The key quality areas Curious Labs are focusing on include bug fixing, usage enhancements, memory and speed." This is very good to hear! Are any of the core problems in Poser going to be fixed with SR4? I'm talking about stuff that's been plaguing it since version 4: freezing when it can't find a texture, memeory leaks, not releasing textures no longer used, random crashes, etc. Many of these have gotten worse in Poser 5. None got any better. And are there any plans to bring Poser closer in line with the Windows API standars? Thank you. ----------------------------------------------------------- A by Curious Labs (Curious_Labs) on August 22, 2003 05:52 We've a lot of areas we want to improve, and it's just a questions of priorities at the moment. I can say we do plan to address the traditional issues (such as the ones you mention), and not just the Poser 5 issues. This is important. We'll move on to do a Service Release 4, but most of these issues will need to be address is Poser 6. We're going to focus Poser 6 on general fixing, enhancements, and improvements (eg speed). As for the Windows API, I'm aware that some customers would like to see this. Again it's a question of priorities, and I need more data to decide what to do here. We'll be doing some surveys shortly we're we'll collect the data to make a decision on this. Q 36 by rreynolds on August 19, 2003 9:03 What new features or improvements are being planned for Poser 6? ------------------------------------------------------------ A by Curious Labs (Curious_Labs) on August 22, 2003 05:59 Poser 6 will focus on improving the technology that's already there - e.g. bug fixing, enhancements, speed, memory. We don't have a specific list of what we'll do yet. We're in the planning stage, and we'll also be doing some surveys. =========================================================== So, if I am understanding the two questions and answers correctly, I am going to have to upgrade to Poser 6 in order to fix the problems in Poser 5??? Mabye I am totally clueless, but I thought Service Packs and patches were released to fix problems in software. I hope DAZ does well with DAZ|Studio, because I do not want to have to pay CL to fix the bugs in Poser 5.