Anim8dtoon posted at 8:57PM Sun, 10 July 2016 - #4275288

Erogenesis, what do you mean by a "very watered-down" version of PE? I would gladly pay for the full version, and I'm sure many others would do as well. You have way too much talent as it is to give up before the horse race is over! Keep plugging along and ultimately, there will be a successful outcome. Take it from a battle-scarred warrior like me!

Thanks for your confidence. The main issue is just that it took way too long due to all the bugs it uncovered, and I was going broke. Literally at every turn I took to avoid problems, I found another problem. Even when I was working with a Poser script guru, we discovered a bug in the API. I mean... seriously? It started to get ridiculous. Continuing development of this figure is a big risk for me, I'd be an idiot to continue. I have comics to make, that is the reason I started with 3D CGI, and in 40 years time I'll probably be dead. No time to waste on buggy software and companies that don't care about their customers.

So the watered-down version:

• Base figure + JCMs and body controls and facial rig
• a set of base textures
• a series of morph packs to choose from (quite a lot probably)
• maybe a hair prop (figure) if I have time
• content conversion donors and mannequins

What I'm sacrificing:

• removing redundant ghost bones (removing them will result in jumbled channels, among others)
• improving the mesh (replacing the mesh result in jumbled channels, among others)
• detailed content program
• helpdesk limited to installation (I'm not going to do SM's work for them)

Despite that I wouldn't be surprised that she'd do well anyway. She's actually pretty awesome, I'm using a version of her for my comics. One thing is for sure, I am never ever ever ever ever ever ever ever going to make another Poser figure ever again. What a hell... and that is not exaggerated.

"The fool is not the one that does something foolish, but the one that does nothing at all."