shvrdavid posted at 5:27PM Fri, 20 November 2020 - #4405239

JAG posted at 8:59PM Thu, 19 November 2020 - #4405209

Well, gee...that would be a logical thing to do. Surely I wouldn't have --- oh wait, yes I did ask them and no they have not ever responded and probably won't. Feel free to try it yourself. I've bought nearly $10K worth of content from them in the last fifteen years and if they don't answer my inquiries...chances are they aren't going to answer anybody else either - but if someone does get a response - please post it.

Not to be rude, and more to understand where you are coming from. If you did ask Daz about it and you didn't get an answer, why would you be mad at Poser?

Many programs have made api changes from one version to the next. It happens a lot. This has happened to just about every 3D program I have ever used. This has happened to many programs, that have nothing to do with graphics at all. Scripts have to be redone to work with the new api. It is a normal occurrence no matter what the program does.

I don't understand you being so upset at Poser when you spent a lot amount of money on content for Studio that you can't load into a newer version of Poser because Daz has not updated their own script yet. I can understand you being upset at Daz for not answering you about it thou. But that is not the direction you took this thread at all.

Anyone coming into this thread now and reading the whole thing up to this point is going to read thru 6 pages of text and come to the conclusion that the reason you are mad is that you spent 10k on Studio content instead of content for Poser. Now that Poser 12 can't presently use the 10k of content you bought for another program, it is Poser fault.

Look, I know people blow off steam, etc. Both of us have been here for years and I will admit I have had bad days myself. So no biggy there. If your dead set on getting Daz to update the script, using a tactful approach is always the best way to do it, and in the right place. It would be far better getting other people to help you convince Daz to update the script, then slam the program that ultimately needs it so you can use your content in it.

Clearly you simply don't have the comprehensive skill set to understand the point of this thread. I don't have the will or patients to explain economics and business to you. Take a class. I'm not whining about my own decisions. My DAZ content still works just fine - in DAZ studio and my older Poser editions. I'm pointing out that limiting compatibility is not good for Poser. DAZ and Iclone are both expanding their compatibility features and pipelines (plugins and bridges) while Poser is continuing to consolidate and cut-off any and all extra features and plugins. I mean they literally just upended every Python plugin for the program to date. In simpler terms, Poser is going the OPPOSITE direction of every other 3D developer. Doesn't that strike you as rather dumb? Especially when other companies are succeeding and Poser is being dumped by Smith due to poor sales? Economics man...economics!