randym77 posted at 4:50AM Wed, 18 November 2020 - #4404966

They had no choice. They held off updating Poser's version of Python as long as possible, but its end of life date is 2020. As with Adobe Flash, the end is nigh. They were forced to update, and that meant breaking all the old scripts, including DSON. They did not want to do this. There's a lot of scripts besides DSON that are affected.

DAZ is the only one who can fix this, and they're clearly not interested. They haven't updated DSON in ten years. It doesn't work with any figures past Genesis 2, which suggests they really aren't getting a lot of money from Poser users. Or Poser users have figured out other ways than DSON.

I thank you for the input but you are completely wrong. DSON works right on up to Gen8 figures. I know - I use them daily. They have updated DSON in the last few years and I'm using the most recent version with DAZStudio 4. Not sure where you came up with that. And they do stand to lose a lot because I'm not the only one who still uses DSON. Again, we'll see. I give Poser another two years at best. The whole reason I suspect they've released this half-hearted 12 is to generate funds to keep the project afloat. Meaning 11.3 sales died on the shelf. The program is all but done not do to users or love but due to clear mismanagement over the last 8 years. We'll see in a year or two whether I'm a crazy, old, ranting boomer or not. I predicted the crash for 11 and I am on record with the Beta team having warned them about it all. So unless you've got experience with this software dating back to the mid-1990's, I suggest you all keep your opines to yourself and stop telling me to get over it. When this software crashes and burns as it nearly did with Smith, and your software stops working and you're out the money and tool...the laughter you hear in the back of your mind will be the memory of me warning you all. Crash and burn coming.

Find a way to save DAZ compatibility or all will be sad.