*** SR5.1 is available in the Download Manager

This update is for Poser10, PP2014, and PP2014/Game Dev

It will bring Poser up to versions 28445.

Happy Posering, and Happy Christmas time to all.
Have fun using the new Poser tools.

 Is my memory faulty or did SM used to email users when an update was issued? I get all the marketing emails so I'm definitely on their list

They did, but not right away; it was a week or two after the update was up on the site...

Edit; it's not yet on the update page, so I'm not sure what issues it addresses...

I got a pop-up message in Poser about the new update, leading to the update page with only 5 listed. I tried but indeed the link gives the October update 5.

You need to use the download manager. SR5.1 is there. Just updated. 

As WandW cited, there is a delay with those who have hard copies or did not use the download manager.

Hard copy owners can't use the download manager?

 thanks for the tip. Download & install (on content, poser and QM)

If any one of you lovely poser forum people would be so kind, please post the list of fixes here so that I can see before I download.  I'm in the middle of trying to get something done, so I don't want to chance installing it yet in case it stops what I've already done from working for some reason.

 For everyone interested

Smith Micro Software, Inc. and the Poser team are pleased to announce that the Poser Pro 2014 Service Release 5.1 (SR5.1) is now available for both Mac OS X and Windows. SR5.1 will update your non-beta version of Poser Pro 2014 or Poser Pro Game Dev to the latest version.

SR5.1 offers several enhancements and addresses known issues present in the following areas:

•     General performance and stability improvements

•     Materials improvements

•     Animation improvements

•     Preview Rendering improvements

•     Final Rendering improvements

•     Figure Creation improvements

•     Library improvements

•     Download Manager improvements

In order to download Poser Pro 2014 SR5.1 or receive technical support for the product, you must have registered your Poser Pro 2014 application serial number. If you have not yet done so, please register now at http://www.smithmicro.com/support/product-registration.aspx.

With your registered Poser Pro 2014 or Poser Pro Game Dev serial number, you can access and download SR5.1 via Download Manager, or at http://poser.smithmicro.com/poserproupdates.html.

** SR5.1 Enhancements and Fixes, by Category**

*** General***

·         Improved posing performance in certain scenes with conforming figures while When Conforming: Include morphs is enabled

*** Materials***

·         Restored reading of Poser 4-style material blocks with no shader trees.

*** Animation***

·         Animation palette: Fixed case where deleting objects would cause instability upon changing view.

·         Now preserving light color and intensity keyframe values again upon opening document.

*** Preview Rendering***

·         Fixed case where closing scene with Enhance multilayer transparency enabled would cause instability.

*** Final Rendering***

·         FireFly: Improved stability of rendering image sequences in a separate process.

·         FireFly: Fixed rendering of removed back faces when depth map shadows are on.

*** Figure Creation***

·         Improved placement of bone end points when importing skinned meshes (COLLADA and FBX only).

·         Morphing tool Create mode: Fixed a problem with morph mirroring when deltas along welded body part seams were not in sync.

·         Added Figure > Spawn Full Body Morph Target.

·         Enabled spawning of morph targets from simulation results on unimesh skinned figures.

·         Improved polygon reduction (Pro Game Dev only).

*** Library***

·         Restored ability to add compound figure to library (Mac OS X only).

·         Fixed case where thumbnail images would fail to display, and loading respective content item would cause instability.

*** Import/Export***

·         Fixed a case where importing 3DS files resulted in material color and name inconsistencies.

·         Now only creating keyframes if imported BVH data requires to do so.

·         Enabled import of FBX assets without materials (Pro Game Dev only).

·         Improved FBX import (Pro Game Dev only).

*** PoserPython***

·         Improved handling of subdivided geometry

*** Installation***

·         Download Manager: Fixed case where downloaded files were deleted, instead of moved, after changing location for downloaded files.

·         Download Manager: Now caching previously entered serial numbers (per user).

*** PoserFusion***

·         Fixed case where PoserFusion for Maya installer would not run.

"Morphing tool Create mode: Fixed a problem with morph mirroring when deltas along welded body part seams were not in sync."

OMG, if that's what I think it is, it sounds like they fixed the splitting on symmetry problem!
Big thumbs up to Steve, Teyon, SM, and whoever fixed it if that is the case :-)

I look forward to trying it but it proabably won't be until after Boxing Day now.
Thanks for posting, Hornet!

"Morphing tool Create mode: Fixed a problem with morph mirroring when deltas along welded body part seams were not in sync."

OMG, if that's what I think it is, it sounds like they fixed the splitting on symmetry problem!
Big thumbs up to Steve, Teyon, SM, and whoever fixed it if that is the case :-)

I look forward to trying it but it proabably won't be until after Boxing Day now.
Thanks for posting, Hornet!

Yes, that is what you think it is. I think, lol....

Great stuff, it's like a Christmas present for Roxie!
She was never fond of that bug :-D

Okay, but how do I enter my serial number when the Download Manager asks for it?  The "About Poser..." screen now blanks out the last 4 digits of my serial number and since I downloaded PP2014, don't have a physical disk to copy the number from.

 To find your serial number  : Open Poser

In the top menu Goto Help, and select "Personalise" => that screen will give your full serial number.

happy Posering, Tony

Look it up on your SM customer profile, they store all your serials. I still only get SR5 even with the DLM. No update for me.

piersyf 

Look it up on your SM customer profile, they store all your serials. I still only get SR5 even with the DLM. No update for me.

     What is the build number?  10.0.5.28445 is the SR 5.1 update.

AmbientShade 

Hard copy owners can't use the download manager?

     I'd also like to know.  Disc buyers, is there a DLM installer on the disc?  Look in C:Program Files (x86)Smith MicroDownload Manager and see if you see the DLM there.

Thanks for that seachnasaigh. It is the new build number, just listed as 5 not 5.1. Downloading now.

I have the physical disk version but when I went into check for updates inside the program it gave me the option to download the current downloadd manager after that I was able to download 5.1.

Found the serial number.. thanks!  But now, a new problem.

Now that I've installed the update, I get this message popping up every time I start up PP2014.  It goes away when I close it, but it's annoying.

Any suggestions?

 Try reinstalling the patch making sure to uncheck install 32 bit version.  fbs7 had the same problem over at RDNA and it appears that if you do not have a 32 bit version installed and you do not uncheck install 32 bit then it messes some files up.  He went all the way to reinstall Poser then apply the patch. 

Richard60, thank you for providing that DLM info, as well as the 32bit overwrite issue info.

edit:  cross-posted by Richard60

That did the trick!  Thanks!!

For those individuals with purchased hard copies and no direct access to DLM, I discovered something interesting.  Computers with PP2014 hard copy installs have no access to the latest SR webpages and DLM.  However, go to a computer with no PP2014 install, and the SR5.1 & DLM downloads are clearly available.  My question: why the secrecy and limited access to hard copy users?  We do register the software as everyone else.

please give them time to update SM updates page.  is holiday season in their area (aliso viejo)

p.s. happy Xmas to all!

"please give them time to update SM updates page.  is holiday season in their area (aliso viejo)"

The pages are updated, you just can't access them on a hard copy install computer just yet.