undefined posted at 6:19 AM Wed, 20 October 2021 - #2966300

I often leave Poser running overnight on my computer, generally without difficulty, as i am working on a scene.  During this time, my computer is disconnected from the internet.

This morning I resumed work and was moving a figure around when the display window blanked white and the program became unresponsive, displaying that obnoxious swirling cursor thing. Nothing I did was able to get the program to respond.

In task manager I went to the details display and clicked on "analyze wait chain" , it indicated it waiting for some kind of network connection.  Well that wasn't going to happen, I was disconnected from the internet.  So I connected to the internet, not joy.

Eventually I stopped the program via Task manager.

I would like to know:

1. Why does Poser blank the display window sometimes while one is moving items around?

I don't have this problem. Maybe check your video card drivers.

2. Why does Poser need the network at all after the initial start up?   What could it have been doing?

I don't think it does. I don't know how often it phones home in a session, but I've used Poser during internet outages without issue. Others only connect occasionally to satisfy the phone home feature.

3, Is this a known issue that is addresses by a specific version?

My version is 12.0.340

While it may have been trying to connect to a network, that it still didn't work once you connected makes me think that wasn't the problem. I recommend updating and seeing if that helps. When it asks, tell it to keep all your old settings. Make a copy of your library beforehand You can find it here C:\Users\YOURUSERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Poser\12. It's called LibraryPrefs.xml. You can also find your UI prefs, and preferred state scene file if you want to back them up just in case.

If you still have problems, you might want to contact support at posersoftware.com

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