out of curiosity, i looked for what's in the rmp for him, doesn't seem to be vendor support.

Who?

Can you be more specific?  Is Ryan a figure, a character?  For which figure, do you remember the vendor? 

There could be many reasons, including the vendor moved it to another store, or decided to pull the character.  Forum staff aren't going to be able to tell you that.

Ryan is the Poser 8 male figure.

i vaguely remember Trekkiegrrl making Snape from him.

the P8 figures won't work in P7, is that true?  something with the new joint system?

Poor Ryan!  He gets no respect...not even from me-I don't recall ever rendering the poor chap... :blushing:

is he cuter than James and handsomer than Simon?  does he have the sexehpeal?

Ryan is designed to take (limited) advantage of the newer rigging features of Poser 8 and Poser Pro 2010. The figure is licensed to be distributed with those versions of Poser. I have licenses for Poser 5, 6, 7, and Poser Pro, but I haven't opened those programs since Poser 8 came out.

Some people have found reasons to use Poser 7 because of problems in P8/PP2010. Conceivably there might be reasons for someone who owns Ryan to open a scene in an earlier verson of Poser. So, knowing about compatability problems would be helpful. I, myself, have not yet had a need to do so.

I tried Ryan out some, but there is little support for "him." A search at Content Paradise finds only three products (none at Renderosity, RDNA, or Poser Addicts). With decent added textures, morphs and content, Ryan could be as useful as most figures. At least there is Poser/Wardrobe Wizzard support for the figure, so there should be plenty of cloths.

Maybe some one has actually tried Ryan in Poser 7, or would be willing to run a test. I am at work, and cannot do it now.

lmk

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The never ending complaint about figures, Ryan too, is that they are not proportioned like real people. A lot of users don't like "his" looks. Some one should be able to whip out a quick render to post.

lmk

he looks teenager-ish. imo

Alyson, Ryan's counterpart, has more support, but it is sparse. Neither figure was a big selling point for P8/PP2010.

lmk

i saw a few character sets for Alyson.

by the time i can afford to buy a new compy, Poser 9 will prolly be out.

All I have for Ryan are the 3 Face morphs created by 3Dream and a set of armor made by MLB.

You want support for original Poser figures? You have to wait until DAZ releases Poser incompatible figures before that will happen. Until then, Poser figures will get very little attention, everyone will be using the more popular DAZ figures.

I'm pretty sure that if someone released something for Ryan, they could count the sales on one hand, maybe two. That's not worth spending all the creating time on.

If you're (or perhap we're all) lucky enough, the next generation of DAZ figures will not be compatible with Poser and other figures finally stand a chance and other good (or even better) figures finally get the attention they deserve.

Or, my suggestion in cases where you can't find something for a character is...see what you can do to improvise.  IIRC, WW is included for the P8 figures, and from what I've seen it converts clothing wonderfully.  Morphing Clothes also works.  I was never able to get the Cross Dresser to work right, but some people have, and with great results.

Huh...I just checked over at RDNA, and I was surprised that they don't even have anything for Alyson over there :(  There's a few characters here for her that I absolutely ADORE.  I'll keep an eye out, and ask in a few places if anyone knows of anything...but, hey.  The stuff that comes WITH P8?  Not bad.  Not bad, at all.

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Simon looks rather creepy to me, so if I have need of a villain, he often fulfills that role.  One of the nice things about having James, Jessie, Alyson, Ryan, Simon, Sydney, Michael and Victoria is that they all look reasonably different.  Apparently, though, everything is going to change when the NEW version of Poser and the DAZ Gen 5 figures come out . . .

Quote - I've used Alyson several times, but I've only rendered an image with Ryan once.  (He's in the jury in the image linked above.)

Simon looks rather creepy to me, so if I have need of a villain, he often fulfills that role.  One of the nice things about having James, Jessie, Alyson, Ryan, Simon, Sydney, Michael and Victoria is that they all look reasonably different.  Apparently, though, everything is going to change when the NEW version of Poser and the DAZ Gen 5 figures come out . . .

You have some special insight into the content they're making for Poser 9 that the rest of us don't have?

Only what I've read in this forum . . .