Circumstances are just a bit different between Windows lifecycles and Daz Studio life-cycles, Male_Media. WindowsXP is a fully-functioning operating system. Bugs were being addressed and fixes provided even after Vista was well and truly part of the landscape.

I have numerous bug reports lodged at Daz regarding DS3Adv vapourising without a trace whilst I was working in Shader Mixer. These were neither acknowledged nor addressed. I gave up lodging reports after reaching double-digits: I realised then that DS4 was going to be the fix (like Win7 was supposed to be the "fix" for Vista) but I'd have to pay for that fix.

I still have Vista running on one of my machines - the bugs that Win7 was meant to fix were also dealt with by Microsoft in Vista. So, love it or hate it: Microsoft Vista is a fully-functional operating system.

According the Rand DS4 is what? 75% complete? DS3Adv is not a fully functioning programme and never will be. Is DS4x going to suffer the same fate as DS3x when we move on to the next shiny thing?

Just sayin'...

Monterey/Mint21.x/Win10 - Blender3.x - PP11.3(cm) - Musescore3.6.2

Wir sind gewohnt, daß die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehen
[it is clear that humans have contempt for that which they do not understand] 

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