Quote - This is a known bug that e-on are aware of but I'm sure it was fixed in SR1!
Your problem I have had, it doesn't seem to be a Poser issue though and I have been unable to replicate it after the first service release, I take it you have tried that!!

Sometimes, before SR1 this could be "fixed" by exiting Vue, restarting it and importing again, but not every time!
Vue imports Poser materials just fine, I never have to alter my Poser imports, it does however have serious issues with poser shaders at the moment, again this is something e-on and Smith micro are working on and this is a Poser problem rather than a Vue one!

Found out some more details on this. Yes, you are correct on this being a known bug. However, I have been in talks with e-on about this.

First, everyone should know that if you try out the software to learn on it before you buy with the Vue 7 "PLE", it does NOT have the software updates or patches applied. This came straight from e-on. So, what you may run into is some of the issues not been patched.

Also, they do advise looking at the materials using the material editor. There is a known issue that Poser imports have their highlights set to dark (black) on most items and also the highlight may be too bright depending upon type of material which needs adjusting. This is more of a Poser problem as mentioned than Vue 7 and the only way to fix it is by hand.

Hopefully both Smith Micro and e-on will work closely on resolving these lighting issues soon. I expect it would be Poser to update their "Poser Pro" and "Poser 7" with a service patch update, but maybe e-on has some things they can do too. Bottom line is this needs to get worked out, so hopefully it won't be a whole year. However, there are some workarounds as mentioned for now, that is provided it is NOT "Vue 7 PLE" in which case there are bugs there with no patches as mentioned above.

Jeff

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