wolf359 posted at 5:04PM Thu, 17 January 2019 - #4335419

it would great if Smith Micro bought V4 outright from Daz and kept on improving her

V4 can only be "improved " by completely re-creating her with more modern technology that is tied to a native application that has matching core technolog to implement the advanced features of the figure,

Honestly, if a company is the making that kind of investment why not Make their own?? instead of continuously renovating some patched up, 12 year of rig from Daz??

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Wolf, If I remember properly Zygote and DAZ have been creating stuff for amateur users to work in an application for amateur users, at its onset anyway. As an amateur user I don't need for all the stuff you are talking about. Mil1/2, Mil3/4 figures for poser were, originally, I think, targeted to an amateur market. Over the years, some users I have noticed hardly even utilize the dials to get different characters let alone explore functionalities you are concerned with.

I use V4/Mil4 figures to get ideas out of my head. I don't do animation or export to higher functioning apps for rendering. Too complicated for my gray matter.I don't create "art" just pictures to get those images out of my head. poser does that as it has always done. Unfortunately for me I have not head the mental capacity to learn and use the more detailed complex functions of it to get the most out of the application to my eternal frustration. But knowing my limitations and not so much the app's I keep it simple.

To answer the question of this thread I use V4 because I am VERY HEAVILY invested in the model by way of morphs, textures accessories, etc. Her learning curve has been greatly flattened and knowing where everything is on her I can set up images quickly which is important for my limited attention span. To start over with a new figure (and I have tried them all to my ever frustrated disappointment) is always daunting for me and my simple needs. V2 and V4 still remain my favorites. I got Sasha 16 and had long conversations with Karina LOOOOOONG before he released her, though i use his beautiful Karina Vagina set a lot for v4, I have not tried Sasha out. Not sure why really I see a lot of good functionality in her. Would be nice if someone created a similar WM rig fix for M4 but that is another story.