Doc000 posted at 10:07AM Wed, 18 September 2019 - #4362384

Afrodite-Ohki posted at 7:45AM Wed, 18 September 2019 - #4362328

To clarify: this installation REQUIRES an uninstall of previous versions. If you have Poser installed, the new version will uninstall it for you - but if you don't, don't bother installing the old one, go straight to the new installer.

OK, that just sent my panic levels through the roof. I HATE updating programs that work perfectly fine right now. Why the hell does the whole thing need to be uninstalled.?

Do we need to back up stuff? If so, which stuff should we be backing up?

Thanks Rendo...you just shot my stress level sky high.

Because the program needs to change some things at base-level, and for that an update isn't enough. Remember that the very registration server is changing, and the old one will stop working - Rendo isn't to blame for this, SM is the one that instated the phone-home system for Poser 11.

The installer will ask you first if you want to uninstall the previous one, but if you refuse it will just shut down. Your old Poser 11 will stop working anyway because it won't be able to phone home - the "number" has changed, so to say.

I'm pretty sure the only thing you need to back up is your scripts folder - maybe your entire Runtime IF you don't use external runtimes (those will NOT be touched). If you want to protect yourself against a possibility of your own absent-mindedness, you can backup your preferences folder in case you forget to tell the installer to use previous preferences (but if you forget to use that option, the installer will backup your preferences anyway, so you CAN recover them later).

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