The problem is definitely due to Win 98. It doesn't have sufficiently robust memory, process and thread handling to cope with the huge demands Poser makes on your system. Temporary solution: 1. Use texs at lower res 2. Don't use bump maps. 3. If you have to have several mil filgures at once, obj them out to body morphs and throw away all the other morphs you don't have to have for the scene. I installed Win2K, not a hang since then. I got them every day when I had '98. Oh, by the way - if you get a hang, always reboot the machine to clear it out - just restarting Poser is not enough. :] FishNose