First, I can't seem to figure out where I go to find any help, other then this one place.
Aren't there any others around and don't they have one at the place that makes Poser?
I just want to ask why every single time I go to use the "Import an Object" option, Poser 6 crashes out instantly on me.
Every single time and no mater which format I choose too.

Am I just not allowed to import objects or something?
Do I need some special plugins or something?
Why would they have these options if you can't use them?

I'm hoping that some kind soul can pint me to a place with some answers?

I am possitive I have the latest updates and all that, but am double checking all that right now, just to be sure.
I'll be back as soon as I figure that out. OK, it's the latest build: 6.0.2.118

thanx.........md :)

Message edited on: 03/24/2006 16:11

can you check your OpenGl settings? do this Ctrl + Y select the Preview Tab where it says 'Display Engine' and "Accumulation Buffer" set that to 'Hardware' exit poser and reload poser try importing then... (Believe it or not, that being mis-set affects Imports, changing which room your in, etc...)

Rats! I just tried your suggestion right now, but still a no go. I also realized after I had posted this message that it not only crashes when I try to import something, buyt just seleting the File/Open button also will crash it straight out. I reinstalled the patch again, just incase it got corrupted or something, but that didn't do anything and then I tried the thing you just mentioned and still nothing. I'm open to more suggestions? I was supprised though, that I couldn't seem to find ANY sort of Help info from their own site of the people who make Poser, that e-fronteir site. While I wait to see if you have any other ideas, I guess I'll do a complete uninstall and then a reboot and then clean out the registry with regisrty machanic and reboot again and then reinstall all the updates and the patches and all that and see if that fixes things? Right? I'm too new to Poser, so I am still in the complete newbie stage at this point. thanx too...........md :) .

Video card driver issues pop up at the most unexpected places. So you could try switching to SreeD (=pure software) preview display and try opening files or importing objects. If Poser works fine in SreeD, its a graphics card driver problem.

md, they have plenty of helpful guys at e-frontier, e.g. colin, but these guys here are just as good IMVHO.

Thanx, I'll try that next. The problem with all this is, I had recently reformatted my system and everything is a fresh install. In otherwords, Poser worked perfectly fine for me the last time I had it installed. now, I'm finding, it's not just those couple of options/buttons that I've clicked on, but almost all the others that are doing the same things, when it comes to the Menus, I mean. I click on them and then they cause Poser to crash out on me. So, I'll try that version out right now. I DID just try out the SreeD to see if that would make any difference, instead of using the OGL option, BUT I didn't change the other option. Here is my system, if this helps any? RAIDMAX Astro ATX-268 Black CASE (I love this case) Thermaltake 680w Power supply ASUS A8N-SLI Premium AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ Toledo 1GHz FSB 2 x 1MB L2 OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR 400 Platinum XFX PVT45GUDF3 Geforce 6800GT 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Maxtor DiamondMax 10 6L120M0 120GB, 150GB, 250GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA HD Plus a couple of LiteOn DVD RW DL 16x Drives. XP Pro (32bit not the 64bit version, not enough things work with it yet) BIOS Build: 1007 Display Driver: 66.72 Wacom3 6x8 I had to resort back to the oldest versions of BIOS and Display Drivers because of sooooo many stupid issues. Like look-ups during rotating objects in the Perspective view in Lightwave's Modeler and then I'd have to enlarge that window in order to get things rotating again. And other issues, like Morrowind missing polygons and making wierd stretched out polygons sometimes during game play, and I still get those with these current drivers, but not the look-ups in Modeler anymore or as many wierd missing things and poly issue as before in Morrowind. I've had nothing but sucked problems ever since I built this system and can't wait to build me a system that actually WORKS RIGHT for once. but, anyway, i just want to get Poser back to how it was working the last time I used it, which was fine. So, let me try out that other type of settings and see if that changes things. I'm getting tired of uninstalling apps and then having to reinstall EVERYTHING all over again, as I have lots of Poser objects that I have to get back to where they were before, and it's all a head ache LOL Anyway, thanx for all the help everyone :) .............md :)

BTW, as long as I have you all here, is there any way to make Poser NOT load up that default man every single time you start up Poser? Can I modify a config or something? I never found anything to change in any prefferences. ..........md :)

It's probably your driver version. 66.72 is rather old. The most current driver AFAIK is 81.67. Tip: download RivaTuner. There's a decent chance you can fool your operating system into thinking your Geforce6800GT is actually a QuadroFX 4000. The Quadro drivers have MUCH better OpenGL support than the Geforce drivers. I've tweaked my 6800LE into a QuadroFX 4000, which got rid of any OpenGL issues I had, and increased OpenGL performance by a factor 10 or more. Using a system for both gaming and modeling is a bit of a catch-22. Games want DirectX, the more recent the better, and they want a consumer level graphics card. 3D modeling apps want OpenGL, and preferably a professional graphics board. Usually a gamer card sucks on OpenGL, usually a professional 3D graphics card sucks on DirectX.

Getting rid of the default guy: - load Poser; - delete the guy; - go to Edit->General Preferences; - click "Set preferred state" - and select "Launch to preferred state" Done.

Thanx for those tips all :) I'll do that Deleting the man thingy right away, as that gets anoying real fast LOL Yes, I knew that the display driver was really old, I put that old one in there on purpose, because NONE of the others I tried (and trust me, I tried every single one out there) would work on my system. And the early driver would at least NOT freeze up my Modeler in LW. BUt!, while researching tonigh on Poser, I found that they mentioned something about a NEW driver for my card and sure enough, they did have one that was released just a few days back, on the 17th. So, I thought, what the heck, I've tried all the rest up to that driver build, might as well see if this one works. I read the little bit of info they had and it actually sounded like maybe this time they finally fixed some of the issues that I've been waiting for, like OGL 2.0 support, which my card was meant to do from the beginning but never did. I cleaned out the old drivers and shut off my AntiVirus and installed the new 84.21 driver, and BAMM! it worked like a charm! Not only did it fix Poser, but NOW I can rotate anything from a simple box or sub'ed box all the way up to my complex steam engine train objects like lightning speed with NO freezes! Yaaaayyyy! ! ! ! ! Now maybe I can try and install the modern BIOS for my system, instead of that really old version I'm currently using LOL I'll wait and see first though, as it feels good finally having this thing work for once! I DO want to figure out what this thing is that you mention about fooling my card, as I've heard about that before I even bought the card, but no one ever pointed me to where I find these things? If you happen to have some links for me, i'd sure appreciate it? :) Boy!, for me being a complete newbie, you all sure are treating me nice, that seems weird in this age of newbie haters LOL Thanx, that means a lot to me..........md :)

Attached Link: http://www.guru3d.com/rivatuner/

Here's the like to Rivatuner, plus an in-depth explanation of what it can do for your system. Thanks for the heads up on the new drivers, I've had some troubles with my 7800GTX (the other machine), maybe the newest driver can fix them. And yes, these forums are a good place to hang out, for newbies and veterans alike. People are nice, in general. Welcome to the club, md!

Thanx a zillion for the link and the Welcome as well

I posted my very first Poser scene which was a Poser
scene that I loaded into Vue when I first got Poser.

The very first night I got Poser I was posing away having a blast and now love
this program, even though I haven't yet had the chance to get back to it until just now.
I've been working at several different things all at the same time as I am working towards
getting some of my own objects out to market and am in the learning process of figuring
out how I need to do things so they (the objects) will be compatible with
both Poser and Vue and some other formats possibly as well.

This was my very first attempt with Poser as well as my very first attempt
with bringing a Poser scene into Vue and it worked out pretty good for a first try.

Now they have it as one of the little adds in the top right corner over
at Cornucopia's site in the Store section, I think it can be found?

http://www.cornucopia3d.com/

It's the Dog and His Friend scene.
(man and dog, if you like... I prefer, dog and man LOL)

http://www.renderosity.com/gallery.ez?ByArtist=Yes&Artist=mdunakin

I now love Poser!
And of course, I love Vue too

BTW, been rockin with my new drivers allll day long without one glitch yet.

Morrowind still acts weird, but there is probably
Nothing I can do about that as it's kind of an old game.

But the main thing I care about, is all my intensive graphics programs,

(mainly my 3D programs) are all working awesomely now.

Anyway, now I have a new hang out with other people who do Poser stuff too

...................................md

Message edited on: 03/25/2006 18:19