I've had a number of emails like this over the last 18 months and while a couple of them might be warez requests the majority seem to be someone who's downloaded a freebie from somewhere without understanding what they're downloading or the requirements for it to work. The selection of recipient for the email isn't always deliberate, it depends on a number of factors. You've told them where they can get the file from, that's all that really matters. If they're after warez then they'll get what they want eventualy anyway. Pointing them in the right direction may have a beneficial effect.

Thanks VS. I had missed those thumbs, and you're right, they do violate TOS. Guess that those pieces at least will be removed then. I'm curious to see if the rest go as well.

Illusions, a comment in an open forum is going to attract posts from other people, simple as that. If a person doesn't want other opinions or remarks then the question should be site mailed directly to admin staff don't you think? The double standards comment wasn't aimed at C1rcle specifically, hence not being addressed to that person. It was aimed in response to Virtual and expanding on the "this stuff doesn't belong here" attitude in general. And I'm sorry you don't feel that my question adresses the operation and well being of this site. But having bondage wear in the store does in my opinion reflect upon this site's operation and it's attitudes towards other items of a similar or related nature. Hence why I thought it worth mentioning. You may also have not noticed my earlier comment up there near the beginning. shrug Whether or not people are going to agree or disagree with the response is somewhat immaterial. People are entitled to their opinions on things. This is after all a collective of individuals. Until the name is changed to Borgosity then I personally expect to see conflicting opinions on issues.

Virtual. What thumbnails in freestuff for those pieces of equipment show anything except those devices? I've not seen any decapitated posettes. Maybe I blinked and missed it. However, isn't this just a little bit of double standards? It's ok to sell bondage wear in the store, but it's not ok to give away torture devices? Am I missing a point here? The TOS says you can't make naughty unpleasant images, ie for the gallery. But where does it say you can't make naughty unpleasant toys for freestuff? And if you can't, shouldn't that also apply to the store? Whatever. I'm a little confused over this whole thing to be honest. But it warrants another bookmark, if only to find out. :)

Wasn't there also some fuss last year with someone uploading a bunch of props from Dendras? Seeing as he makes rather a lot of "torture" tools I'm assuming the ones in freestuff here are originals. (Sorry haven't looked yet). Are they really unsuitable for here though? I know TOS guidelines prohibited torture, bondage or violent images but the props aren't distributed with more than a thumbnail of what they are. shrug.

Please? Oh cool... I get to spank someone instead of getting whipped. I'll be right over. Erm,, assuming that your other half doesn't object. :)

ROTFLMAO... Jackie, you bad girl... I'm not sure if you should have your backside spanked or not.

It's the only Poser forum I know of with such freedom It isn't but I'm not allowed to post a link to a rival site that has a brokered store. But, you are welcome to talk openly and freely about things at 3-DArena. We don't have dufflebags (watch out for the carniverous cushions though) or people so stuck up on the big red button that you can't ask questions; and mostly, the people who do post there actually try to answer questions. Obviously warez distribution and requests are not tolerated but discussion is welcomed. Feel free to drop by and chat there. If in doubt, just hit the Bar, it's where all the best parties end up. :)

OK, got the email, I'll take a look at the downloads on my site and see if any others are broken, thanks for the heads up on that. I've sent the model you wanted by email and I'll look forward to seeing your image. :) Take care, have fun. :)

LOL. Thanks silvermage... :) I'm still around. I was on a sort of vacation. a forced one. My system trashed itself and it took a few days to get things back together. Most emails sent to me over the last week of december and first week of january are trashed as well, so it's quite possible I just didn't see your email Jay. Sorry about that. Anyway, everything is running again now so if you fire off another email and I'll see what I can do to help you with your problem. In the future though, if you want to catch me quickly, leave a message in the bar at 3darena, I'll get that for sure. :)

I tend to agree with Cooler on this, I strip the normals out using UVMapper. In all honesty I've not found any problems importing that stripped object into Cinema or Bryce with the normals missing so it's never really something I've considered a problem, and it does save size. Poser re-inserts normals when you export a scene using one of it's filters so again it's not really an issue that many users will come up against. Williamshell: Yes, omni lights do increase render times and shadow map calculation and they are more complex in nature as a result of the "light" emitting from them. It also would require a ray-trace engine to render properly (I think), something which poser has lacked until now. Unfortunately, even with an upgraded render engine they still didn't "fix" the lighting model they use. I personally consider that rather tragic. Having said that. Creating a dozen or so spots to represent a single standing lamp creates a similar delay in shadow map calculation. Add more than one lamp into a scene and the calculation increases exponentially. So in that respect it wouldn't have hurt so much. Also in defence of CL, Poser was never really designed as a render engine nor for the purposes to which it's found itself applied to. It was and is a basic humanoid positioning program that's a prelude to the application of other artistic mediums to finish. I still think they missed the boat in so many ways, but in other ways it's understandable.

Williamshell: No probs on the hijacking, I do it often enough myself so I shouldn't moan. :) Interesting idea you have there, batch rendering with an instant art button. Now that could be a big hit. :) John Render. Unfortunately there are no easy ways around the lighting problem inside Poser. The lights in that software are inherently broken although CL insist they aren't. It is possible to get interior scenes lit by making ceilings and walls transparent (especially ones that aren't in the scene) and copious amounts of work with spotlights. Until Poser grows up and uses a more logical and realistic lighting system I'm afraid that there's never going to be a firm way around it. The hassle involved with creating a single room light is laughable in comparison to other applications but - what can you do? Some lights will be supplied with this model, but in the end it's very much the responsibility of the user as to what lighting they want present in the scene, as anything I set up will be ok maybe for basic renders but I can't reasonably provide lights for all possible camera angles. Like anything of this nature, it's either stay with simple backdrop images, single wall interiors that you rotate around the scene allowing full light access, or as you say "tweak the settings". It's been a personal gripe of mine for years but I am but a small voice and CL did state that they weren't touching the lights because there was nothing wrong with them. I guess they didn't realise they'd left the 18th century - or didn't have a clue how to program omni lighting. shrug I don't know their reasons and can only guess (cynically) at what they are. I guess in many ways there was little point in fixing Poser's lighting system because most people export out to another application for renders anyway. Bryce, Vue and Cinema are relatively cheap and offer far superior lighting capabilities. My usual intention with models of this nature is to give people something that they can use to "set" a scene. If they intend using the provided model lights then it really is advisable to export the whole thing to something like Bryce, Vue or Cinema or whatever your preferred application is because a: you'll get a better end image b: other applications have more realistic lighting systems c: the render engines are invariably far superior d: most other applications handle textures and fine level placement better. For myself Poser is the start of an image, the initial set for character placement, I have never yet finished an image inside Poser, or rendered one there except for preview other than a challenge piece at 3DArena - and that was my first. Hopefully the seperate materials for the walls, ceiling, floor etc in this model will allow (through transparency, hiding or removal) an easier access for poser lights and prevent the all black or too dark nature of interior scenes in Poser.

Oh no, Stephanie is the skinny assed muscular thing from Daz with the hairy chest and beard. That alien creature from Poser 5 that looks like it got hit by a Mack is Judy... But yeah, Daz definitely need to get some sort of cosmetic surgery set up. If only to save the sanity of the poor souls who have to face it. :)

Who 3D: Committed? Heh, I should be. :) Mesh Magick: She blackmailed Mike after finding out that he's actually Stephanie in drag. :) Williamshell: Hey, no hijacking the thread. LOL Honestly though, you might get a faster answer mailing John directly or someone else at Daz, they've been pretty good about answering my emails and questions on the studio. Omni Lights... ooohhh drooolllll. That's a big "PLEASE". :) No comment about the rest, except that yes, an "instant art" button would be rather useful. Espcially if it randomly selected textures (by date of installation) and used vacant blank staring expression with some sort of store manikin pose. Be brilliant if that could be integrated.

I'm not sure Rawnrr.. I've just run through the site in IE and Opera and the links and downloads appear to work for me. I'm loath to say it's you because it could be anything. Please try again later and see if it works for you then. It does "appear" to be working ok. :)