Quote - "i want archvis, terrain, and sss skinned people. sometimes together in one render. "

Then stop spending money on the poser application itself and
and invest in an alternative solution that will easily render poser content Like Vue  or the reality plugin for LUX

here are your archvis renders in Vue:
http://www.e-onsoftware.com/showcase/?page=Gallery&index=0&cat=1

here are your poser people in vue
http://www.cornucopia3d.com/portfolio/fabrice-delage
I probably dont need to show you any terrain samples

I have not upgraded from poser 6 because I use C4D and sometimes VUE /modo to render my poser content.
before that I used to import to bryce for rendering.

there are many options out there beyond waiting on an all in one solution from SM.

Cheers

 

I know there was a reason I switched to Vue ;) I was going to suggest Vue as well..... There's not a day I regret not upgrading to the newer versions of Poser, but spending the money on Vue instead. The possibilities that have opened up for me now thanks to Vue, I still can't get over it :) The combination Poser & Vue is a very good one, Poser stuff intergrates very well with Vue.

There is a backdraw though..... Vue wants a lot more CPU and Memory then Poser does, I had to get some different hardware.

Artwork and 3DToons items, create the perfect place for you toon and other figures!

http://www.renderosity.com/mod/bcs/index.php?vendor=23722

Due to the childish TOS changes, I'm not allowed to link to my other products outside of Rendo anymore :(

Food for thought.....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYZw0dfLmLk