On the subject of the new V4P build; I didn't download because of crashes, I haven't had a crash since disabling the background draw thread 4 months ago. I downloaded to see if it would fix some wierdness I'd been getting in P5 cloth simulation imports.

Given the above, I think you can guess how happy I was when "Vue4Pro.eon has encountered a problem and needs to close." appeared after about 25 mins of playing with it. Anywho, I hit the "send error report" button and, much to my amazement, after the "checking for error status" message box, I got a dialog I've never seen before saying there actually WAS information available that might help fix the problem - all the time I've used XP, I never really thought that error reporting really DID anything! The link in the dialog took me to a page at microsoft.com containing the message that my error had (most likely) originated in the ATI driver, and a link to ATI driver updates.

The ATI link wasn't really useful, since my desktop PC blew up (literally!) I've been using an HP/Compaq laptop with HP custom drivers, got the latest drivers from HP though and I'm stunned by the difference it's made. When I first got Vue Pro I as impressed with how quick I could see a shaded preview of my scence, maybe 3 or 4 seconds, but now I've got real time! No noticible wait for a preview with textures, lens fare, the whole thing!

I really am very sorry for those having big problems with Pro, I didn't even realise I was having a problem till I fixed it just now, all I can say is please stick with it, coz when it works properly - and particularly in conjunction with Poser 5 - the results are awesome!

John