The 3rd update for Poser 11 is available in the Download manager. This updates The Poser Program and Content to version 11.0.3.32055

SR3 offers several enhancements and addresses known issues present in the following areas:

• General performance and stability updates and improvements • Content Library improvements • Material Room improvements • Cloth Room improvements • Preview Rendering improvements • Final Rendering improvements • Figure Creation improvements • Animation improvements • Import/Export improvements • PoserPython improvements • Queue Manager improvements • Content improvements • Documentation improvements • Installation improvements With your registered Poser 11 serial number, you can access and download updates via Download Manager (available at http://poser.smithmicro.com/poserupdates.html).

SR3 Enhancements and Fixes, by Category General • Enabled custom shortcuts for Figure > Use Inverse Kinematics main menu entries. • Fixed case where binary morph injection containing gratuitous commands would cause instability. • Improved handling of subdivision of geometry with missing UV coordinates. • Properties palette: Measurements (line and angle) now have a Callout Style option. • Improved picking of actors when objects have significantly morphed shape. • Now showing non-visible control props in actor selection menu. • Now remembering/restoring option for "Include Custom Parameter Palettes" and "Include Graph Palettes" for Add to Library dialog. Both options are now disabled by default. • Camera Controls: User customizable small camera icon settings are now saved/restored between sessions. • Thumbnails for poses added to library now render at correct frame if current frame value is greater than 0. • Now allowing animation and keyframes to be saved in Preferred Scene file. • Updated Wardrobe Wizard. • Now preventing 'missing file' from occurring for standard geometries (e.g. com.obj, sphere.obj) when file search policy is set to None. • General Preferences Library tab: Added new option Indexing > Refresh on Launch. This triggers indexing immediately, as opposed to upon first search, which is the default. Content Library • Improved launch sequence robustness (Windows only). • Enabled multiple selection in Item List view via Ctrl/Cmd-click. • "Add" button is now active for CR2/CRZ files in the Props category. • Enabled adding of selected figures to Props category. • Now remembering selected Runtime between sessions. • Add to favorite dialog tree now shows correctly even when specific Runtime is selected. • Up/Down cursor keys now behave more intuitively in Item List view. • Tabbing in Item List view returns focus to Tree view. • Now computing Item List view width based on fixed Tree view width when resizing Library palette, rather than percentage based ratio. • Now sorting items alphabetically. • Added "Show Folder Counts" option to Tree view Options panel. • Added "Show Folder Thumbnails" option to Item List view Options panel. Disable to accelerate access to folders with many items. • Fixed problem where search results would sometimes not populate when search query was typed from Library tab. • Library search: Fixed case where text entry would not respond to Enter key (Windows only). Material Room • SubsurfaceScattering shader node (Cycles > Shader > SubsurfaceScattering) has been updated to reflect recent improvements in the Cycles codebase. New default method is Christensen-Burley falloff, menu item is called Burley. Please select Cubic or Gaussian to match new nodes with previously existing ones. • Material palette Advanced tab: Added "Replace" item to material node context menu, allowing to replace selected nodes with those copied. • Added Cast_Light option to Background shader node. Use in conjunction with EnvironmentTexture for Image Based Lighting effects in SuperFly renders. • ImageTexture and EnvironmentTexture nodes now save gamma value. • Now writing material root nodes in such a way that they are more compatible with older versions of Poser if possible. • Fixed case where modifying internals of a compound shader node would cause instability. • Disabled layered materials for lights, Background, and Atmosphere. • Material palette Advanced tab: Fixed case where popup dials would snap to 0 when using commas for display of float decimals. Cloth Room • Restored ability to exclude body parts of Unimesh skinned figures from simulation. Preview Rendering • Corrected SreeD Preview of Ambient_Color. Final Rendering • SuperFly: Improved handling of degenerate meshes. • FireFly: Fixed case where a roughness value of 0 in ks_microfacet would cause artifacts. • FireFly: Fixed case where certain irradiance cache computations would cause artifacts. • FireFly: Fixed case where certain node combinations would cause render artifacts, such as failure to compute subsurface scattering in random spots. Figure Creation • Morphing tool: Improved morph creation object picking • Adaptive Rigging: Now transforming control props when parent center is transformed. • Fixed a problem with Symmetry operations when figure had 'lIndex3' and 'rIndex3' body parts. • Parameter context menu: Split Morph now handles subdivision level morph targets correctly. • Falloff graph editing for Zone props is now fully undoable. • Subdivision level morph targets are now transferred in Setup and Fitting rooms (Poser Pro only). • Improved automatic selection of recursively dependent morphs in Figure > Copy Morphs From... dialog (Poser Pro only). • Copy Morphs From... will now try to preserve the valueOperation type (Poser Pro only). • Copy Morphs From... will no longer create BODY level FBM parameters for morph targets which are JCM only (Poser Pro only). • Custom scene saving: Added option to File > Export > Morph Injection to create an export specifically for conforming figures such as clothing (Poser Pro only). • Custom scene saving: Now storing computation order in binary morph injection files (Poser Pro only). Animation • Animated Origins: Added animatable end points. • Now able to double-click on Animation palette channels to open new Graph palettes. • Graph palette now has "Selection Sync" option that keeps a graph in sync when selecting channels. • Graphs are no longer locked to a single actor, actor can change via Selection Sync. • Graph palettes are now saved with scene documents and optionally with library items (like Custom Parameter palettes). • Improved parameter parenting/naming for animated inputs when loading animated materials. • Fixed case where adding an animated material collection to the library omitted certain parameters, causing instability upon applying. • No longer adding superfluous light parameter keyframes to scene upon loading when current frame was saved at value other than 0. • Fixed a problem where light Intensity value change was getting reverted after a render. PoserPython • Now updating material name display when making selection via SelectMaterial() or SelectMaterialLayer(). • Now updating list of exposed outputs and inputs when node inside compound node is deleted via ShaderNodeCompoundData.DeleteNode(). • Fixed case where calling MovieMaker.MakeMovie() would cause freeze (Windows only). • Now returning created actor for Scene methods CreateLight(), CreateMagnet(), CreateWave(), CreateGrouping(). • Python Imaging Library: Re-enabled JPEG decoder (OS X only). • PrintInfo > ListFiles now lists all textures used in shader nodes. Queue Manager (Poser Pro only) • Enabled SuperFly support. Content • Added "The Pad 2016'. • Added "SuperFly Tileable" to Materials library category. • Added template material to assist with setting up PBR MetalRough physically based shaders from Substance to SuperFly Tileable > Guide > PBR Texture Guide. Documentation • Project Guide tutorials updated. • PoserPython Methods Manual updated. Installation • Now correcting permissions of global configuration directory during updater installation (Windows only). • Download Manager: Improved robustness of secure connections. This may cause alerts from anti-malware software if such software attempts to intercept SSL/TLS communication. • Download Manager: Now calculating download speed more accurately. • Download Manager: Now attempting to resume if connection stalls or fails during download. • Download Manager: Now pausing all downloads on system sleep (Windows only).

Best regards and Happy Posering, Tony

thank you so much for letting us know

Sorry, wrong post in the wrong forum. Grrr. . . . Renderosity, you are playing with our feet.

Believe me ... It is being worked on ...I assure you.

I moved it to the Poser Forum as it should be here, am I right?

Thanx for the heads-up, Tony!

Mac users: Maybe it was just me, but after I installed the updates and relaunched Poser Pro 11, no libraries appeared. Gah! Hitting the reload icon in the lower right brought my libraries back. I run the latest version of OS X.

RobZhena posted at 5:49PM Mon, 28 March 2016 - #4263068

Mac users: Maybe it was just me, but after I installed the updates and relaunched Poser Pro 11, no libraries appeared. Gah! Hitting the reload icon in the lower right brought my libraries back. I run the latest version of OS X.

I had it happen in Windows 10. I closed Poser and restarted it, and it worked; I can now select multiple Library items, which didn't work before...

Yes thank you.

Thanks for the info.

whoopsie, my library is now dead after updating.... 64-bit PP11 version in Windows 10.

Getting these errors now:- ERROR: DLL load failed: The specified module could not be found.

An errror occurred importing addon PythonShell : ERROR: DLL load failed: The specified module could not be found.

An errror occurred importing addon ShaderWorks Library Manager 2 : ERROR: DLL load failed: The specified module could not be found.

An errror occurred importing addon KinectCapture : ERROR: DLL load failed: The specified module could not be found.

An errror occurred importing addon PythonShell : ERROR: DLL load failed: The specified module could not be found.

An errror occurred importing addon ShaderWorks Library Manager 2 : ERROR: DLL load failed: The specified module could not be found.

An errror occurred importing addon ShaderWorks Scripts Menu : ERROR: DLL load failed: The specified module could not be found.

Sorry for that, for me it worked well. Only the first time opening, the library took a while.

infinity10 posted at 12:48PM Tue, 29 March 2016 - #4263126

whoopsie, my library is now dead after updating.... 64-bit PP11 version in Windows 10.

My library does load, but takes years to load now. Win 7 64 bit PP1. Has Pauline been updated as well? Don't see improvements.

Thanks for the heads up. You beat me to it- I had just checked the DL manager and wondered if I'd missed a post.

Still not happy....PoserPro 2014 much better...Poser Pro 11 nothing to brag about for sure

How do I download the new update. I go to SM and there is no link.

vitachick posted at 4:26PM Tue, 29 March 2016 - #4263191

Still not happy....PoserPro 2014 much better...Poser Pro 11 nothing to brag about for sure

PP 2012 is my go best version although that's not saying much. The constant crashing and lock-ups with PP2014 is what chased me into the stable arms of Daz3D. Unfortunately, stable as it is, it lacks the advanced tools that Poser has which sucks me back into Poser.... until it crashes again sending me back to Daz. It's a viscous cycle. It's a good thing I didn't win that huge American powerball draw a couple of months ago when I was working in Mojave. I had all intentions of buying both Daz and Poser then shutting them down permanently just out of spite.

darkforceprime posted at 7:25PM Tue, 29 March 2016 - #4263238

How do I download the new update. I go to SM and there is no link.

SM Download manager

I cannot even get the library palette to load at all after the update

Closing Poser and restarting it restored the Library for me in PP11...

Tried that, tried setting it to use nvidia GPU only, then tried integrated graphics, nothing will get the pallete to become visable for me.

fmfdoc posted at 12:15PM Wed, 30 March 2016 - #4263280

Tried that, tried setting it to use nvidia GPU only, then tried integrated graphics, nothing will get the palette to become visible for me.

FOUND IT! Last time i had worked in Poser, was using dual screens, decided to plug in second screen and TADA there was my library.

Well it still didn't fix my library problem, all my folders are in date created order instead of alphabetical sigh.....

stallion posted at 8:44PM Wed, 30 March 2016 - #4263385

Well it still didn't fix my library problem, all my folders are in date created order instead of alphabetical sigh.....

That's not a bug; that's how it's always been. One can change the order by editing LibraryPrefs.xml (found where poser keeps its configuration files on whatever operating system is being used) with a text editor when Poser is not running. Put the entries in the desired order; the Index number isn't important. Make a backup first...

stallion posted at 4:29AM Thu, 31 March 2016 - #4263385

Well it still didn't fix my library problem, all my folders are in date created order instead of alphabetical sigh.....

In case you are using a NAS or Linux server for your runtimes: In poser.ini there is a setting called LIB_ITEMS_SERVER_SORT - set it to 1 This will sort items and folders in you runtimes in the library

There is no need for it on Windows or Mac systems, which do it automatically

It takes more than 1 min. to load the libraries. It used to take a few seconds before.

Library loading is definitely slower now.

wimvdb posted at 5:34PM Thu, 31 March 2016 - #4263420

stallion posted at 4:29AM Thu, 31 March 2016 - #4263385

Well it still didn't fix my library problem, all my folders are in date created order instead of alphabetical sigh.....

In case you are using a NAS or Linux server for your runtimes: In poser.ini there is a setting called LIB_ITEMS_SERVER_SORT - set it to 1 This will sort items and folders in you runtimes in the library

There is no need for it on Windows or Mac systems, which do it automatically

Thanks for the suggestions, wimvdb making that change in the poser.ini did the trick now I don't have to spend hours looking BIG THANKS ALL

stallion posted at 4:25AM Fri, 01 April 2016 - #4263570

wimvdb posted at 5:34PM Thu, 31 March 2016 - #4263420

stallion posted at 4:29AM Thu, 31 March 2016 - #4263385

Well it still didn't fix my library problem, all my folders are in date created order instead of alphabetical sigh.....

In case you are using a NAS or Linux server for your runtimes: In poser.ini there is a setting called LIB_ITEMS_SERVER_SORT - set it to 1 This will sort items and folders in you runtimes in the library

There is no need for it on Windows or Mac systems, which do it automatically

Thanks for the suggestions, wimvdb making that change in the poser.ini did the trick now I don't have to spend hours looking BIG THANKS ALL

I had the same problem and worked with SM to get it resolved Glad it did the trick for you as well

I run Poser 11 Pro on a mid-2010 iMac. When I installed the update, my library palette disappeared as well, and when I relaunched again, it finally came back after about 10 minutes...

On a related note: One thing I continue to hate about all Poser updates is that they don't remind you that it is going to wipe out your libraryprefs file. Luckily, I save them periodically, but there are always some recent things that I have to re-add. A simple message - back up liraryprefs before installing - would save a lot of people grief.

And I also find that when I add a new library folder from an external runtime, I have to relaunch to add a second one (and so on and so on).

Howy2012 - there is a very useful set of utilities by semidieu at rdna. included is advanced library manager. This is a really nice library manager and you can join a whole lot of external runtimes onto poser all in one hit by selecting a folder full of them. Also you can combine some after eg if you have 3 different external runtimes blue cars, red cars and green cars, you can merge them virtually t see everything in a cars library temporarily. you can right click on a pose to apply partial poses by just choosing a leg, arm foot, hand etc I can't manage without this software. I highly recommend it. the best python scripts ever!!! Love esther

estherau posted at 8:10AM Wed, 06 April 2016 - #4264390

Howy2012 - there is a very useful set of utilities by semidieu at rdna. included is advanced library manager. This is a really nice library manager and you can join a whole lot of external runtimes onto poser all in one hit by selecting a folder full of them. Also you can combine some after eg if you have 3 different external runtimes blue cars, red cars and green cars, you can merge them virtually t see everything in a cars library temporarily. you can right click on a pose to apply partial poses by just choosing a leg, arm foot, hand etc I can't manage without this software. I highly recommend it. the best python scripts ever!!! Love esther

Hey Esther! I do have advanced library manager - I need to get more comfortable with it (really take the time to get to know it).

I guess I am just bitching and moaning about SmithMicro... I find the libraries in both Poser and Daz extremely frustrating (in Daz's case, confusing as well) and slow... and as important as that function is, they seem to give it very little attention. Why not have something that works more like windows explorer?

Anyhow - many thanks for the kind response and the tip!!

Very cool online comic, btw! Nice work!

Best,

Howy

Yes, I'm quite surprised that SM hasn't fixed this. Maybe because lots of people just use scripts like this. this is how you do it in case you have not figured it out as yet.

I did not encounter any Issues , allot of things run better now after the update, the Library loads now without cranking on root folders that have over 1500 subcategories folders. even that I have a 2.61 TB runtime with over 4'000'000 poser files it loads in less then 30 sec. the good thing is that the rigging circle is gone when adjusting center axis and end axis you can work more precisely now when rigging figures. I guess that some issues might occur using to many Runtimes , also iot depends on were Poser is installed, I encountered issues when it was installed in Programs location as there allot of things get write locks. so it was not possible to save figures through the Hierarchy editor. But since I installed in the main Root of C:// all works smooth.

Google "free Poser/DS" or "Freedom Poser/DS" and you will always find me

estherau posted at 8:46PM Sat, 09 April 2016 - #4264404

Yes, I'm quite surprised that SM hasn't fixed this.

I am not.

The only things that get tracked and fixed are bug reports - talking about bugs in the forums is a waste of time - the Poser development team doesn't spend their time hanging out here.

The new update in windows is causing the library to not load and it hangs up also. I rolled it back to version 11.0.2.31562 and all works well again. This is just a heads up in case anyone else is having problems. The new update needs allot of work.

There is a selection to retain your preferences when you update.