Quote - > Quote - But step into the free-and-experimental field and prepare to hear "I don't care, too complicated, too not-out-of-the-box".

 

I hear ya, SaintFox. Sorry to bring that issue back up. Unfortunately, it does give another good example of how complicated to use Antonia seems to be for the average user.

On second thought, this could actually be a good thing (for those of us who have been following Antonia). While the average user continues to use Daz's latest train wreck, we'll have more originality in our renders ;) Not to mention better bending.

 

The only thing I hate about the latest "DAZ Train Wreck" assuming you speak of V4....is all the extra sheitz we have to do to get just the darn grasp function loaded. All those injectors and .pz2 files or whatever you have to track down just to be able to inject a set of body morphs drives me freaking crazy.

I, unfortunately for all you creative, technically competent Poser Tech saavies out there, I am one of those some of you have an almost "politically correct"unspoken disdain for. I am, Poser God forgive me...one of the "unwashed, cookie cutter masses". I am proudly one of those who needs a load of morph dials to spin in my numbing, endless quest of finding a "new" face or body to work with in my  mindless search for a new and diferent "Goo-Goo Doll or iBARBIE or iKEN doll to live my useless life vicariouly through.

Since I absolutely can not wrap my damaged brain around anything more complex in the use of Poser to help me find a safe escape from this dreary existance, I have to use whatever I can quickly and easily use or "forget about it too complex" and move on. I don't want to load something in good fait and try to use it only to get frustrated when something doesn't work and I have to move on to another figure.

Especially having followed this thread from the beginning despite what some here might think I have grown fond of Antonia and was looking forward to using her. Not being able to easily do so without too much mind bending run arounds and reloads, I seem to loose interest after a few attempts.

As much as many condemn DAZ for their figures they are despite all the BS we have to deal with, the best and most complete out there. A lot can be done to make them better but seeking perfection would mean no more need for improvement thus no more income. They are a business afterall. Even a cheesless whiner like me knows that.

For Cookie cuttes like me simplicity in setting up is imperative. Sorry to say it but it seems that a figure whether for purchase or free, should be set up so its use is as seamless and simple to use as possible. The more sheitz i have to sort out and figure out and wade through the more my mind shuts down......sorry but that is the real problem we "Unwashed masses" must deal with every day and every time we feel the irresistable need to create some dumb image with Poser.

If I could creat my own stuff, i would crawl into my, otherwise useless impatient little head and do my own thing. It would be wonderful to not ever have a finished image compromisd from lack of the right morphs or textures or hair or proper fitting clothes and shoes or sets and scenes and props. It sucks to have to rely on others creative flow and generous gifts to get out of my head what desperately needs to be purged.

It would be wonderful to never have to beg a content creator to please add another simple morph  that in my opinion would elevate an oterwise good model to a higher level of being or to fix a function or texture detail....you can't have any idea how weak and vulnerable that begging need makes you have to deal with especially when that need is overlooked or refused to be addressed. I feel like a damn whiner.

I assure you all, it I hate it all. Including being told if the one install doesn't work remove it and reinstall it or another version.

I have stuff installed in my new computer i can't figure out how to completely remove and that sucks too.  :(

Also, this "unwashed cookie cutter member of the clueless majority of the Poser user world  would love nothing more than to simply set things up in my fantasy world via the Poser stage, lighting and rendering the scene. I used to be a photographer. Didn't have to create anything but simply put together all the needed elements for the final shot, place light and render to get my finished image.  Because Poser is somewhat of a replacement for that long lost and never retrievable creative time in my life,  anything more complex than that, including reading ReadMe files and making sense of them when all i want is seeing the finished image, gives me a lot of unneeded stress that seems to make my head explode.

Poser is supposed to be fun not an engineering feat. If I gotta do a lot of thinking it is no longer fun.

Content creators, please keep it simple and fun for the rest of unwashed cookie cutters!  :)