ChromeStar posted at 3:04 PM Mon, 18 December 2023 - #4479277

I don't suppose you have the old and new preferences to compare? I assume there is some particular setting that is the one that matters.

Sorry no, All blew off .... and really bad. First I compared the poser versions, then I exchanged the Exe with the older one, all was working just that some new features did not show  then changed it back, made a Gpu reset, still poser was cranking with the Volume in combination with Clouds or 3D textures, then I tried to find a solution in setting up the clouds otherwise with some new node combinations and wam ! the material room was gone, the material room was a copy of the Pose room, restarted the computer, well no hope the Pose room was definitive gone. Reinstalled Poser keeping the preferences, Material room still a duplicate of the Pose room. So again reinstalled Poser removing all preferences and running on factory state, Now the Volume clouds and 3D textures seem to work. This naturally changed the setup all the way back to any Poser 13 version as they all use the same preferences. Was hoping that it might also fix the Displacement issues but that one is for sure not working after further testing in superfly.

Might of been a little more then just the preferences who knows but I assume that the best choice is to make a clean Install removing any trace of a previous version to make sure all works right the way it is setup to be. 

a render test setup with Volumes and 3d cloud in the latest Poser version ... acceptable render-speed of 4 min in optix high No postwork