vopehov506 posted at 1:13 PM Sun, 7 May 2023 - #4464570

Read this thread !

https://www.renderosity.com/forums/threads/2979205/poser-12-colored-spots-only-show-white

you note a pretty obvious problem that was not consistent in previous poser versions but then you get told it has been fixed in the next version 13 and sorry poser 12 has had he's last update already. But it is still on sale and sorry colored lights ain't working and will not be fixed. Is this a way of handling Customers that pay in good faith ? so it seems poser 12 just has to live with only white lights .... but probably also just a unique user issue based on a system error!   

Well come to the world of software, it is not unusual to stop updates on and earlier versions when a new version is available.  Nor is it rare for a fix to be added that breaks something else.  I remember buying and expensive scanner for to run in Windows 7, in less than a year it was Windows 8 and there were no drivers for my expensive scanner.  If you understand software development and the usual progress of gates you know that often there are bugs but if you wait until the product is perfect it will never be released. 

The Poser development team could save themselves a wealth of time and anguish by not making Poser backwards compatible.  They could also decide to ditch Firefly and run with the new boy, but that is not what they chose to do.  By all means raise the issues but give them some credit for trying to please most people.

I personally think we need a reality check, to pay $249.95, or $99.95 on upgrade is exceptional value for what Poser does, bugs and all.  Some may well think it is unusable for what they want to do but that does not stop other users finding not only useable but great deal of fun.  

 

 

I use Poser 13 on Windows 11 - For Scene set up I use a Geekcom A5 -  Ryzen 9 5900HX, with 64 gig ram and 3 TB  storage, mini PC with final rendering done on normal sized desktop using an AMD Ryzen Threadipper 1950X CPU, Corsair Hydro H100i CPU cooler, 3XS EVGA GTX 1080i SC with 11g Ram, 4 X 16gig Corsair DDR4 Ram and a Corsair RM 100 PSU .   The desktop is in a remote location with rendering done via Queue Manager which gives me a clearer desktop and quieter computer room.