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Being a Poser user for many years.(I also have DAZ Studio Pro 4.6 which I still cannot get my head around). Is there any advantage in buying M6 and V6? I have all the DAZ Figures up to V4-M4! I do not seem much mention about these figures for Poser or are they mainly for DAZ Studio? I also have the Genesis collection working OK on the DSON importer.Any suggestions would be helpful. Cheers

 

Hi, arrow1:

To answer your question:  M4 and V4 were the last DAZ figures to use Poser's rigging system.  Starting with Genesis, DAZ went to using the Triax weight-mapped rigging system, which is completely different.  However, DAZ has also set up a system whereby the Genesis1 and Genesis2 figures can be used in Poser.  I haven't done much with that, so I can't say anything about how well it works.

There is no "advantage" in buying M6/V6 unless you like the figure shapes and want to be able to use them.  They are basically just morphs of the Genesis 2 Male and Genesis 2 Female figures, as are all the other "generation 6" figures.

I've made pose sets for the Generation 6 figures, and have been quite impressed with the way they bend and move.  In my opinion, they're considerably better than the Generation 4 figures were.  I was particularly impressed with the new "Gianni" figure (which is a morph of the Genesis 2 male).  

Bottom line, it just boils down to what figures you like, what you're able/willing to spend, what content you want to be able to use, and a whole bunch of other things that are pretty much up to you.  It's kind of like the old question of, "Which is better, WordPerfect or Word?"  There is no "answer" to that.  Both programs are good.  I've used both extensively.  They both do basically the same thing, but they do it somewhat differently.  WordPerfect does some things better than Word does, but Word does some things better than WordPerfect does.  The same is true of Poser and DAZ Studio.

I, too, had problems "getting my head around" DAZ Studio, but as a content creator, I felt that I had to learn to use DS, even though I started in Poser.  Having used both now for several years, all I can say is that it boils down to personal preference.  There are things I really like about Poser, but there are also things I really like about DS.  There are some things about Poser that I hate, but there are also things about DS that I hate.  Is one program "better" than the other?  No, not really-- it's just like WordPerfect and Word:  they're both good; they both have their good points and their bad points, and which you prefer to use is really just a matter of your personal preference.

Since you say you have been able to get the Genesis figures working okay with the DSON importer, I'd suggest picking either M6 or V6 and trying it out, and then, if you like the results, go ahead and get the other one.  

Sorry to provide such a vague answer, but yours is a question for which there IS no "definitive" answer.  It all comes down to personal opinion, personal taste, and personal preference.