Hello Gerald and good to see you back, and that you're recovered/recovering/dealing with it.  As we get older, those seem to be the three categories more and more things fit into. :)

If a new version of VWD emerged that worked with Poser 12 and was capable of even MOST of what the original could do, I'd buy it in a heartbeat.  It is literally the only thing keeping me in Poser 11- I use the original VWD version in every render.  Yes, it crashes sometimes because reasons, at which point I "issue the challenge" as my viking heritage demands, restart, and carry on.

I wish you all good luck!