Mugsey.. I think you're barking up the wrong tree here.

One moment you say Dork is fantastic and a cult figure. And at the same time you say that 1999 content, which - surprise surprise - was when said Dork was made - is crap.

So people are making a cult around a crappy figure? Not that it would surprise me, look at Creepy the Clown - he was uglier than Dork L And THERE you could talk about cult!

As Deeey said, only the rsr's and .bum files won't work in Poser 8 (and I'm not even sure about the .bum files... has anyone tried to add them as a normal map?) - and the .rsr is a leftover from when Poser was a Mac program. (as are its internal paths with the : where you'd expect a backslash)

But you know what? DazStudio is getting more and more incompatible with Poser figures. Or Poser is getting incompatible with Daz figures, choose your own PoV. The Freak 4 doesn't even work properly in Poser anymore. And is that POSER's and Smith Micro's fault? Is it because they're greedy b*stids that wants to milk their users? Not really, no. Quite the opposite. I can still load Poser 2 figures into my Poser 8 and they work. But I can't load a NEW figure into my Poser and have it work. From a company that got to where they are not BECAUSE of Poser.

So who's to blame? Likewise, the Poser 8 figures are incompatible with Daz Studio. Why shouldn't Poser figures evolve? For that matter, why shouldn't Daz figures? We've been incredibly LUCKY for the past 10+ years that everything WAS compatible. It's a thing rarely seen in other computer programs.

It's the way of life. It's called evolution.

And your figures are taken out of the blue - you forget that Poser has always had upgrade prices - so once you've bought ONE version of Poser you'll never have to pay FULL PRICE for any more versions. So yes, I could afford the $129 to get Poser 8 the day it got out, I'd been saving up for that occasion for a long time. And I do NOT regret being an "early adopter" - not one second. Sure I could save money if I waited, but then I would not have been able to play with Poser in the mean time

That's what people always forget when they say "wait" - it's like with DVD movies. I can go out and buy a movie on the release day and watch it and enjoy it. AND pay through the nose for it. Or I can wait a couple of months and find it in a bargain bin for nothing. But then I wouldn't be able to SEE it in the months that passed, right?  (heck sometimes the cheeky bastids on TV even air movies I've bought! I demand my money back! Here I BOUGHT a video and now I can watch it for free! The NERVE!)

They say that good things come to those who wait. I'd say obsolete things comes to those who waits too long. How many of you guys have a 10 year old cell phone? If all you need is something to phone other people, and send an occasional text message, why upgrade your phone? didn't the old one work good enough?

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