Blitter opened this issue on Mar 23, 2005 ยท 46 posts
maclean posted Thu, 24 March 2005 at 6:10 PM
'Dan did say over at the DAZ forums that they would be supporting Poser 6' Well, I know that DAZ didn't beta-test P6, but they are getting advance copies for product compatibilty testing, etc. I'm pretty sure DAZ won't make the mistake they made with P5 support. The thing is, I saw people shouting for P6 support (at DAZ) before it was even released, but the one question these people haven't asked themselves is 'What does P6 support mean?'. AFAICS, P6 support won't be a lot different from P5 support. A lot of the features, like lighting, aren't included in many packs. I doubt if DAZ will be selling texs or clothes for J & J, so uvs and JPs aren't an issue. Dynamic cloth? Possibly. And what's left? Well, the main thing is the material room, which (apparently) is the same in P5 and P6 (at least, as far as compatibilty goes). P5/P6 materials need to be embraced by DAZ big-time. The thing to remember is that a good chunk of DAZ's output isn't created by them, so a lot depends on how the merchants take to P6. Speaking personally, I hate P5. I have to force myself to open it, and I only use it because I want my products to be compatible. I'm VERY hopeful that P6 will be more usable and I'll use it willingly. If a lot of merchants feel the same way, support will increase. 'However, I think a certain amount of tension is inevitable, if only among the users' Yeah, that's what I'm banging on about - the users. If we could all drop it, it would probably be forgotten about. User rivalry will probably never end, but it's important to keep pointing out that it's no longer an issue for the protaganists themselves, just the rest of us. mac