JustBeCause posted at 5:10 AM Fri, 3 November 2023 - #4477246

Thalek posted at 2:10 AM Fri, 3 November 2023 - #4477239

When I saw the notice that the final version of Poser 13.1 had been released (version 13.1.518), I went and downloaded it.  And then, wanting to get to be at least  a little more than a dilettante in my old age, I decided to try the joys of creating dynamic hair.  With both the Poser manual open in front of me, and the Poser tutorial on using the hair room in the browser, I set forth.  I gave the Andy mannequin a Fu Manchu-style moustache figuring it was small and would involve 1-3 polygon groups, so it should be simple. 

Everything went wrong.  I couldn't get the two sides of the moustache to be symmetrical with identical settings.  The drooping portion of the left side was longer, thicker, and tilted at about a 45 degree  angle compared to the right side.  I never got a decent density on the upper lip group.  Twice, my grouping settings disappeared and I had to start over. I stopped using symmetrical settings and started fiddling with length, pull back, pull down, and pull sideways in an effort to get a visually similar image. That didn't work either.  And Poser crashed on three separate occasions, the latest while I was waiting for it to render another image of the 'stache.

Since my batting average on reporting bugs was pretty much zero this year,  I thought I would check to see if anyone else was experience similar problems before handing in a new bug report..

If anyone discovers they're having similar issues with the new version, I'll write it up.  Otherwise, I'll assume that either I or my computer are getting senile, which is not something the Service deptment can really fix.

Not sure if it is something like this you are trying to make in the Hair room ?! Not really something common I am using, I could only make one render shot then also experiencing a Poser crash.

Just a very quick test in the Hair room ......

 

That's a pretty close approximation of what I was attempting to do.  My design was slightly different, but probably not enough to matter for this discussion.  (I had created the upper lip, which was going to have shorter hair as one group, and the two side 'staches as separate groups to allow for longer, drooping hair.)  I wish I knew what I'd been doing wrong.  I may do more experiments tonight, if I'm in the mood to drive myself nuts.