If you're running Windows, you might want to check your HOSTS file in WindowsSystem32Driversetc  

At one point I was having some funny stuff going on, ended up I got re-direct IP's injected into my HOST file for google analytics. Any page that had them on it would load then redirect after a few seconds.   I just had to remove the re-direct lines & resave it. Don't know how it injected to it, I had the properties set on it so even I can't make changes to it without adjusting the properties.

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But one thing keeps coming back and is a valid point DAZ is totally free! and if poser if not markedly easier to understand maybe the cost isn't justified.

You can get Poser 9 right now at Amazon for $39.99 if you have Prime.  Then if you decided you like Poser, upgrading to 10 would only be $77, & sidegrading to 2014 would be $300 - Upgrade Poser

The V3 to V2 version of Victoria3 allows her to wear clothing & to use poses made for V1-V2, and to use the texture maps designed for those figures, but has the head morphs of V3.

V4 to V3 version does the same but for V4-V3.

Also change the filtering on the texture & trans maps to "crisp" on all the materials. You'll notice a difference.

If you really want to get fancy, I plug the trans maps into the bump map channels. Play with the strengths depending on your focus length. It can really help make the beard "pop".

Give it some time, I'm sure the whole site will end up looking like this eventually.

Y'know, I actually do surf the forums from my smartphone when I'm out & about, but I would rather have to zoom in to read things on my phone occasionally than deal with this kind of formatting on my desktop all the time.

If you click on the pic link, it takes you the description page the way the details button used to.  I don't like this format either. I wish the programmers would leave well enough alone.

One thing before I got my new box I was running Poser 2012 on Win7 with 4G of ram. IDL calculations did take a bit of time, then the SSS pass would take some more. Depending on how complicated of a scene it was, both of those passes could take HOURS. You especially have to watch with IDL & low RAM that you are using some kind of closed space before you do your IDL pass or you are going to bog down your system trying to calculate those traces.

When I got my new system with Win8, I put more Ram in it (16G), & my IDL & SSS passes are flying by now, even on complicated scenes.

Glad to see you got it working. :)

Unchecking that will remove all the Sub-surface scattering calculations, but that might also minimize the "realistic" look you're going for with Reality.

As I was familiarizing myself with the plug-in, I can't stress enough - read the manual. A lot of programs are easy enough to just jump in & Reality is actually one of them, but there is a LOT of good info in the manual.

Check out the Reality forum over at RDNA. Someone might have come across that same problem already, & if so, Paolo probably gave them some insight on how to correct it. He's really good about answering questions in the forums over there. If there isn't a post with your problem, just create a new topic. I'm certainly no expert, and it makes sense to get answers from the person who wrote the program if you can :)

If you change the gain & refresh the preview, you will see the B&W hair mask change. You want it to basically be blown out white, with only any hair showing dark, (eyebrows, or hair on the head if the texture has it). Sometimes if you check the hair mask box on the other materials (body, neck, etc.) it will show the redness you're having, from miscalculation of the SSS.

Here are Poser 10 & 2014 http://poser.smithmicro.com/comparison.html

This comparison chart gives you the break down of old versions - 

http://poser.smithmicro.com/ComparePoserSoftware.pdf

That could be from several different issues. On your Face material in Reality, the hair mask should be checked, and the gain should be set to where in the small preview only the hair on the map remain (hair, eyebrows). That removes SSS calculations from the facial hair. The hair mask should not be checked on any other materials.

The official Reality forum is over at RDNA - 

http://forum.runtimedna.com/forumdisplay.php?302-The-Official-Reality-for-Poser-Forum

You can get assistance directly from Paolo there.

The info you need is here - http://www.cocs.com/poser/props2.htm.

Not necessarily. I just got my new system with Windows 8 a few weeks ago, & it had IE 10 on it. With all the posts here I was seeing, I unchecked the "Install new updates automatically" in the About IE on the Help tab & wouldn't install IE 11 through Windows update. I also keep ignoring the nags about updating to Windows 8.1 that keep popping up every so often.