@ wolfenshire

Okiday....thanks anyway

@ wolfenshire

Thank you That was well hidden.

Btw...is it possible to move images that's been posted earlier into different albums? I've tried but can't seem to find a way to do so.

I'm also having problems finding the upload link. Nothing in the drop down menu at the top and nothing in the menu above my gallery.

I haven't been active since 2010, but I believe the link should still be there?

 Thank you :))

Thanks Sabine...I appreciate your help :)
And no one ever seems to know why xStream acts the way it does...it's almost as if it was built by aliens from another planet :p

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Yer all talking about me here :p

I might as well spill the built number in here so you all know ;)

I'm running version 6.05-04 Build 289768. I've got all the patches and fixes (which I might add is far from fixing everything).
There.

And the error I get is a read error. xStream simply tells me that it is unable to read the .vob and that's it. No further messages or anything.
I rarely buy .vob files for this reason, but when I do I can usually open them.
It's all down to random as it seems. Just like most things with xStream.

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I've been gone for a few days in lack of a connection and had a site mail here about what happened to Valerie when I came back online today.
And I just can't believe it....even if I know how truly vulnerable life can be.
It is still a shock.

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Hi, my name is Akira and I am a former xStream user... owait... I can't get rid of it!

Now that sounds familiar somehow ;)

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Stay away from xStream if you can live without it because it's a horrible piece of crap, if you excuse the language. I've had Vue 6 xStream since the end of December last year, everything's up to date and the render engine is still a pain. Along with everything else.

I can't imagine that they would improve anything with a new version since they can't seem to make this one work the way it should. Personally I would rather get Vue 6 Infinite if anything if I had a choice.

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I've had this happen as well, with a freshly upgraded Vue 6 xStream, and it is due to certain materials.

I suggest that you start taking a closer look at the procedural materials you have in your render and replace them if possible.
In my case, I had to replace every single material and then still do the render in sections to avoid the black dots from appearing.

Hope this helps and good luck :)

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You can also enable your own website for it if you have a gallery uploaded somewhere :)

Red Dog - I think I started out with Bryce 2, then Poser 2 and I didn't really discover Vue until Vue 4 came out. Back then I had huge problems with Vue since it kept crashing (some bug that they later fixed), but I was hooked :)

A lot of my old renders in my gallery here are made in Bryce. Characters imported from Poser to Bryce etc.
These days, because of the tiny lil laptop I'm using, it's a hassle to import anything from Poser. A bird here and there works, but when it comes to bigger characters it's a pain.

AboranTouristCouncil - you have the same line of discoveries of apps that I have then :)
You're on a Mac btw?
I used Mac a lot when I was working with advertisement...but that's a long time ago now.

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Hope you get something nice then!

Oh yes. I've got my own personal hardware supplier and I will get it much cheaper as well.
Can't get better than that. And I know what I want :)

My partner is fiddling more with Poser than I am and I've noticed that his logical mind (he's a programmer) makes him put together scenes in a different way than I do. Not saying that I'm not logical....I have my moments too...but compared to him my mind works differently.
 
When starting out with Bryce in the mid 90's I think at least I set my ways of creating scenes. It hasn't changed a lot since then. Hopefully the quality has changed, but that's a different story :p

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I think Poser vs Vue is difficult to compare in the first place since they are two very different pieces of software. Poser is aimed on character development, while Vue was made for landscape and as the name implies, views of different kinds.

And being an old Brycer, Vue does more for me.

LOL @ Silverblade.
Trust me, I wish I had a 64-bit machine instead...coz this sucks to be polite about it :p
But, it might happen in the end of May ;)
With a computer like yours someone would probably have to bend me off the screen...hehehe

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AboranTuristCouncil - yawp....Poser is more limited that way. Not a lot of room for any bigger visions at all.

Rutra - yes, it can affect a lot of things, but I usually know if I want to create a landscape or if I have a Poser figure in mind that I want to put into a render. Since I'm a traditional artist I often start with the background no matter if I know what I want to do or not...then everything is born from there.
However, if I need anything from Poser or any other software, I save my work in Vue and do what I need to elsewhere...then open Vue again and import the model/texture/terrain.
99% of my renders doesn't include models I don't already have in the library in Vue, so I try to stay out of Poser if I can :)

Red Dog - Duh! LOL....yeah....I DID mean MB, not kb...geez...hehe
And I will build a new graphic desk top for the studio in the end of May, which will be a lot bigger than the laptop I'm on today. So I won't spend any money on this lil laptop when it comes to RAM.
But today I'm running Vue 6 xStream with the astonishing amount of 512 Mb...that is correct :)
Makes for some interesting happenings...I can tell you that....hehe

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