Quote - > Quote - What I'd like to see is very simple:

A well-made figure that works equally well in Poser and DS, without the need for an import script.  No favoring one format above the other.

Okay, let's talk tech.

You know what the last time Poser and DS could support the same tech flawlessly was?

POSER FOUR.

Seriously. Truly. If not for materials, then for small tidbits in the way the files were written (believe me, I was baffled at the things I had to change for my Antonia Morphs to not make a mess in DS that would have no effect in Poser whatsoever, including the order in which morphs appeared in the file). And now it's just all too obvious because of the new possibilities in rigging.

I see absolutely no point in making new figures or content if we're going to be tied to the same old VERY old tech. Why would we have weight-mapping, real reflections, sub-surface scattering, complex shaders, animatable joints etc... if we can't use them in the content made after such features reached our apps? To say "oh, Poser can do that" but never use it?

That's a waste. If we want to use the old tech, there's no reason for dropping V4 - or Posette even.

 

No, now.  :-)  I didn't say "works the same way." 

 

I said, "Works equally well."

 

If she loads up into Poser via a satellite on Mars, I do not care.  All I care about is...just let her work well.  No bewildering errors or sudden crashes, a good set of morphs, and a nice rig that we can use as a starter for our own clothing -- and I'll be ecstatic.

 

If Dawn becomes popular enough -- and I don't see how she can NOT be -- if she works well -- since there's a nice niche already in the market for her to slide into -- maybe her creators will consider a version that can be run in lower versions of Poser, for the folks who haven't upgraded yet.  But selfishly, since I run Poser 2014, that's not an issue for me, personally.

 

I love me some Modo!  :-)