10:30 VUE4 suddenly decides it can't save an image because there's no (90Gb?) space on the HDD 10:35 Reinstall 4.06 update, VUE refuses to boot 10:40 Reinstall 4.00 , refuses can't find a file on the CD 10:50 coffee 11:05 Delete VUE files from folder 11:06 Install 4.00 , refuses because the VUE3 serial is considered "invalid" 11:10 Dug up VUE3, install to "new" folder 11:15 Install VUE4, serial is very valid now 11:16 VUE4 refuses to run because there are no? atmospheres 11:17 Delete whole VUE biz from PC 11:20 Install VUE3, hangs on atmospheres 11:25 Install VUE3 on spare PC, hangs on atmospheres 11:30 Create VirtualCD from VUE3 CD ... play WarcraftIII...coffee...lunch 15:10 VirtualCD finally finished due to hiccups in atmospheres 15:15 Install VUE3 15:17 Install VUE3.1 15:18 Install VUE4 15:20 Install VUE4.06 15:25 Copy deleted scene,texture and object folders from backup 15:40 Boot VUE4, it actually works 15:40:30 Little bit baffled by the fact that afyer this totally clean install the OpenGL bit works with my Gf3 videocard 15:41 Disabled OpenGL, there's no sense in challenging the gods 15:50 finshed the image I was working on, look in the gallery under Day's End ( btw the Poser version can be found in the Poser gallery). This is ofcourse a little rediculous, I use VUE4 about 2-3 hours a month, used to be that much a day with VUE3.1 but VUE4 has always been a pain in the rear and that really takes the fun out of the picture biz.

LOL ! hein... but it's not finished. There is new update : VUE 4.1 FullUpdate (get it a e-onsoftware.com).

So play to WarcraftIII for a hour or two (just to get you in shape), then drink some coffee, and start all over again !

:) Eric

What about to format your disk, re-install every thing (and Vu efrom Vue 3 on, or even 2, if it was your first version)and regualry do a scandisk and a defrag. Reading all what happens to you, I'm 99,99% sure it is not a Vue problem, but a computer not very clean problem. :-)Guitta

Eric the problem is very likely a leftover from the 4.1 downgrade install this weekend. Guitta, that's usually the 1st reply from every support dept, as if theirs is the only program ever to run on a PC, even Windows systems don't need to be reformatted every few weeks or need cleanups & defrags more than the once a week I do and that's something I'm 100,1% sure off. It's never a VUE4 problem ofcourse, how could it be, not in this forum.

I have several dozen programs on my graphic machines, and have absolutely NO problems with any of them, including Bryce 4 & 5, Poser 4, Photoshop 6, etc. The only program that has given me constant problems is Vue. If it was a "high-end" program, like the pros use, I can see it needing specific and special care and feeding, but it's advertised to run on Windows platforms. From E-on's requiremnts page: Minimum System Requirements for PC Version Windows 95/98/ME or Windows NT4/2000 or Windows xp, 300MHz Pentium II processor or faster (450MHz recommended), 64 MB of free RAM (128MB recommended), 100 MB of free Hard Disk space, 800x600 in 65K colors/16 bits (1024x768, 24 bits recommended). An OpenGL accelerated video board is not required, but is a big plus. Minimum System Requirements for Apple Macintosh Version Mac OS X, 300MHz G3 processor or faster, 64 MB of free RAM (128MB recommended), 100 MB of free Hard Disk space, 800x600 in 65K colors/16 bits (1024x768, 24 bits recommended). Again, an OpenGL accelerated video board is not required, but is a big plus. I do get a chuckle out of the last sentence....Vue will not work for me unless I disable that function in Vue. Doesn't seem to affect anything else. Anyhow, you have my sympathies for the hassle you went through.