Hi all, I'm looking to get a haunted house for both spooky settings, & as a general house i.e. posette & dork relaxing after work etc. DAZ & SAM'S 3D both have a haunted house for sale & there's only a few cents between them, the one at SAM'S looks more like my idea of a haunted house, but the one at DAZ looks easier to use in terms of setting up scenes (I can't really see much of the inside at SAM'S the thumbs are too small). Could anyone who has either/both haunted houses let me know which they find easier to use. I've seen a couple of renders here using the DAZ house but none using the SAM'S house, if anyone could point me at a few renders of the SAM'S house I'd be grateful.

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I own the one from sams 3d and its really nice!You have 2 floors ,a stair and a railing ,movable doors, a room in the tower!And its worth every penny!!! The image shows the hall and the stairs. And as far as i know ,the new version of the house comes with textures.

Here another one

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I agree with Thomas, I have the one from Sams3d, this pic shows part of the outside used as a non spooky image. It's probably cheaper as well, Sams3d is very good value

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Hi idolitry, well I can't speak for Daz's Haunted House, although I have heard really good things about it, but I can speak for ours, all of the following can be made invisible so you can create a scene fairly easy inside the house: like the roof, attic floor, second floor, we have 2 sets of stairs, a hidden one for going to the attic and one in the foyer which is seen in these pictures. Also, it now comes fully MAPPED, and Poser ready. To be honest with you setting up scenes can be a long process unless you really know how to use the lights and camera's in Poser. I don't want to tell someone it is simple to do, but a little time and patience, will bring you a huge reward. I wish I could give you more details, but I might sound a bit bias and I don't want to do that. Daz's Haunted House is good from what I have heard, and so is ours. But it is up to you. I have got you some better pictures, hope this helps your decission. And Thomas, I will send you your update later today, but I think I lost your email address, could you send it to me....and also, nice picture, I never saw that one....Sharen

It has 3 floor actually if you include the attic.....spooky....he he he the first 2 pics have the new texture map applied, the rest don't....Sharen

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Here are some more Sharen

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One more, do these pictures help? If you have any questions just ask....Sharen

A few more pics, these aren't my best but they do show more detail, remember this doesn't have the texture map on it. Sharen

And the texture map does come with it now....Sharen Okay enough from me.....now lets here from the rest...:-)

Thanks everybody, the pictures helped a great deal Sharen. I have to say I'm definately impressed with your house, & I'm pretty sure I'll be getting it. As a newbie I can appreciate how difficult it is to set up scenes, I've had Poser for 3 weeks now & I'm still fiddling about trying to get it right. Still practice makes perfect (or better anyway)

well I'll put up an image with Sams house soon. ~g~

Jaqui, oooooo, I can't wait to see it, I love seeing our models rendered by others.....my stuff seems so boring....Sharen

I just love everything by SAMS3D. I can echo the comment about it being complicated to maneuver around in such intricate buildings. I did many fine renders with my cowboy outside their Saloon. But I got totally lost trying to maneuver inside. I'm still a klutz I guess. I haven't revisited the Saloon in months. Guess I should get a good stiff drink and try again.

For things inside a building i always use the dolly camera, not the normal one, its much easier to handle, cause the rotates around her own center

To maneuver inside a building i find it's easiest to use the Top Camera (move it high up enough so you get a view of the whole building), then make the roof invisible, as well as any floors above the one you're working on and then use the x and z trans dials to move your character or prop into position. Parent one of the cameras to a prop, then maneuver the prop into any of the rooms and switch to that camera to get a camera view of that room.

Yes, I agree with thgeisel, the dolly is much much easier to maneuver. And Ron, you should try that with the Saloon, you will be amazed at how much easier it is....just be patient. I love using different lights now too....just really started experimenting with them. Sharen

Well, I bought Sharens haunted house and I'm a very happy bunny. I might actually do some rendering in Poser now. Thankyou to all who replied and helped me decide.

What really helps is when models of houses, rooms etc. come with camera settings. That what Judith does with her Transponds products.. Marforno has also put in camera setting, and I'm sure Richarbi has too. It's very hard when your new to Poser to get around in a house without at lest a base to start with. This is a HINT for Modelers.

It sounds easy when you talk about it, but I get lost when I read it. I have a Lifestyle Home from DAZ3D. It has cameras, and I've been totally lost there too for months.

I'd say go for Sams house, and if you have problems they can answer them easily for you, and they will answer you! :) I have lots of their models and have never been dissapointed with any of them!

a w.i.p. with Sams3D house. gotta get it ready for final render, this test render took an hour and a half to do.

wow this looks great, you did a wonderful job, can't wait to see the end of this....Sharen

nice... but what about my own (it's on BBay and it was my very first Poser prop so it's only a single mesh without any morphtargets but each room is fully textured...)

...one of the rooms...

ARCHITECT, just wanted to say, you did a real fine job with this house. It is quite spectacular. Sharen

ARCHITECT Re night view: Did you use "Universe" for the sky?

...yes. It's made using Universe. Meanwhile I'm modelling a new version of the house. I will post some screenshots next week.

Actually, I have all three of the haunted houses and each has their own particular pluses. If told I had to make a choice between the three I would have to refuse. Each has their own unique appearance which is what I look for in an architectural model. I'm one of those strange people who buys a model to fit a scene I'm building rather than building a scene to fit a model. :-) Kate (who really needs to get off her butt and e-mail Sharen for the update to their model)

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still not completely happy...though this is a 12 hour 45 minute render.

Jaqui, that's a great render. I'm just curious why it took so long to render? Was it a large image? My longest render was 20 minutes, and that seemed like an eternity.

Jaqui, I think I know what bothers you about it, it's too light. It's really not that bad though, but there is "artistic license" in use here which you used well. I also like the way you represented the moon.