Banaman posted at 7:00PM Wed, 04 December 2019 - #4372260

I just received a communication from store staff and thney said I cant reinstall poserpro2014 and I have to buy poserpro11 upgrade. It seems that all poser versions prior to poser11 have been deleted in the deal.i

Not true If you are in Possession of a Licence for PP2014 you can install it whenever you wish you can still access the downloads of the installers in the SM Download manage if you need assistance for the Download manager you can send me a PM

All Updates and service packs are still aviable through the Download manager so you should not have any issues getting these , just make sure once downloaded to keep a backup of them

Guess this would be something else but rather then to make a new Thread I can Place it in here.

Christmas is soon in front of our Doors so this Creature might come in just Handy for your Holiday Artworks it is "all free at Scharecg" and a Poser only Figure.

Download Summoner's Magic-Reindeer here

I had contact with Smith micro and they stated about a week ago that Bondware is in Charge for the whole Product line

" The Poser Product line is now being developed by Bondware and Renderosity.com. As the developer and distributor for Poser "

"Smith Micro no longer provides any support for the Poser products."

"Access through Download Manager for Poser 11 and Poser Pro 2014 Game Dev has ended. Access to installers for Poser Debut, Poser 10 and Poser Pro 2014 through Download Manager will be ending in the near future as that server access ends."

I also do not believe that you will get many helpful answers in here . But PP2014 does not require any Activation you can just use your Serial and way you go, you also might be lucky being able to download 2014 through the download manager then make sure to backup the Installers before the access ends.

Public access to informations are difficult so you might want to try contacting People who can help Privately this will keeps out trolls and give you better results for your questions :) as far as I know jennblake is in charge to assist in first hand else give it a shot through other members.

quietrob posted at 10:13AM Wed, 04 December 2019 - #4372193

Well that takes care of about five months...How about one or two per person?

By the way, thanks for the Iron Buster, Gate!

You are welcome :) ..... LOL it is rather a proposal would have more then 20 of these Heros at the time so it could be for others of use . Would also be nice to see a Calendar with short Comic Hero stories . but that is to leave to the OP as it was he's Idea and like he said there might be interes or there might be none. but sure would be kind of a interesting Project for Artists to show what Poser is still capable of .

well both are good ... use ZBrush for modeling and then you can use Blender for the rigging of your models or at least for the grouping if you plan to make standalone models . this sure would be a great combination. Using blender will let you save as it will give you great articulation results. just that Daz Studio will not support such so you would be limited with Poser. with Zbrush you will not be able to get your models articulated , with Blender you will not get as detailed models :)

the better results you wish to have the more Programs or features you will use I can not count anymore on one hand how many I use to get my models done , especially many small applications and well the most Important is the Notepad++ I even use Excel for modeling

Actually it is for every artist totally Individual you grow into it and build up Unique setups for your styles

Well for the ones who might have Interests there are allot of Scifi Hero stuff free at Sharecg

The Iron Buster that might come in Handy is als found there for Free not perfect but neat and sure could be useful for such a Project

Iron Buster Here

boy just going through my database for Poser Models that would fit to this theme ... this one could also be really Cool .... would not be able to know where to start with

Would quiet have something to offer that has a high quality

or something like this as well :)

Well sure could be fun if standalone models would als be allowed like these.

Pool :

or here Domino:

@ Afrodite-Ohki @Glitterati3D

well no it is not a Hack and there will not be any Instructions for it , It is to make you aware of a situation. By manipulating on the Smith micro security they actually caused a Glitch a simple error that actually is Fatal as there actually is no working Protection in Poser 11.2 anymore what remained was a Popup of an old Smith Micro Ghost.

Also it is not in any Intention to show how to do it it is to show that there is an Error like many that are done since they Toy around trying to change a working version. Well guess they are already working on a Fix for the issues meaning that you will have to Update soon LOL " and Tell me how would they know if no one tells ? "

But still like Oki already mentioned many times there are no Prevention ! and like many others feel that have a legitimate version is that they suffer on a Call Home and there might be many that even can not use poser anymore as they have it not on the Internet.

Well Glitterati3D you probably wish to get Instructions " Keep on Dreaming " some People think they ate Intelligence with a teaspoon, as it is not intended to damage Bondware in any way else it would not of been said in here that there is a Fatal error. They ask you to say if there are issues with Poser from Users ! so well there is one.

Well we can get to the next facts !! as I said there is much more then one could imagine, consequences are like already mentioned that the Honest People get Punished they get a Call Home , they get spied out , they might loose there entire runtime ... and why because they are honest ? Nop it is because Industrial can do with them as they wish. Making them believe on what they say. I said I am not willing to use Poser 11.2 and I still will not use it why should I anyway ! they will spend there whole energy on trying to controll you but see one spends 15 minutes and it will start all over again ! If one really wants to get rid of a Call Home it will be so no matter how hard the try to Prevent it !

I made a test on my dusty old Laptop to be able to argue as I until now did not look into the Bondware Poser Version I did not even had to connect my self to the Internet! I am not a Professional Programmer so what do you think a Professional could do. The trial is the barrier if that one would be removed it would cause Poser to be active offline with no call Home

I would say that Bondware instead of insisting to keep there Call Home would have way more success removing it and concentrate on a Better Poser for a better Future supporting there Honest Members rather then to Punish them. I sometimes think that Poser would of been in Better hands if Daz would of gotten it !

Now I guess I have said what I wanted and stated my concerns , expressing my frustrations getting hit by a knife from behind, having a own community that I should give my attention rather then to spend my time in here " A Loss of time with no results " The concerned hide in there little castles smoking there cigars

I will not be Updating from 11.1 to any future Poser as long as this Call Home Kill Switch will be active.... If it is within my Power I will support the ones who use the older Poser versions for the time being assisting them with there versions.

If you read the Statements about Internet activation in Poser from Smith micro you would see that there is much more behind all this. They left officially the option that you choose your self if they can get information about your Habits and Hard software you use. I believe that this option has already been removed from Bondware as Poser needs to be connected. also there is no Offline activation as an option.The store gets integrated into the software.

Collecting Private information has to be stated clearly in the Info once you buy the software I recall that allot of Information Bondware is giving are miss leading and are very unprofessional. Actually you do not really get any Information like a Professional serious software distributor gives out . One Page will tell you that you can activate Offline the other say's you need Internet so how could the customer know.

" we will be collecting anonymous data help our team identify features in Poser that are frequently used. It also will give us a very basic snapshot of the hardware you are running on. That data will also tell us about crashes to help us improve Poser’s reliability."

"Each license you’ve purchased can be activated a maximum of 3 unique times. You can manually deactivate the license on one system to transfer it to a new system without using up one of your 3 activations. If you need to reactivate beyond 3 unique times for hardware related reasons, contact our tech support team for their assistance."

If you need such Information like mentioned above can anyone tell me where to find them at Renderosity that would be clear when purchasing the software? the other thing is Did Smith Micro hand out these information to Bondware when they made the Trans-fair !?

The other Issue is that actually it is not in any concern for Bondware as we found that it is stated that Smith micro can not just deactivate sold Licences and sell these to another one they guarantee the activation of Poser 11.1 and Game Dew the only reason for the call home is to Prevent Piracy and not intended to shut down a sold Poser Version. But well as we can see it happen and this has been abused by sending the notification that you have to update to bond-ware else Poser will stopp working.

The next question is ... wo did send this Notification ? Was it Bondware or was it Smith Micro ? It was Bondware ! Smith micro knew if they would send out this notification that they could get into Trouble breaking there contracts. so they left it u to Bondware just in case that it would cause issues in the near future.

Afrodite-Ohki posted at 7:12PM Mon, 02 December 2019 - #4372018

Gate, learn to take a hint.

They locked the other thread because of the ugly rants and accusations you insisted on tossing there... and now you're bringing them here. They're already being gracious enough to allow you to speak here at all - most people don't accept when somebody goes into their house to try to badmouth them and try to get everyone to be against them.

For crying out loud, just take a chill pill and stop.

Oh I can take it I have a hard skin I knew the answer just wanted to hear it , the question is can you handle the truth. Sometimes it takes a little to find out what is behind a plan rather then just to make a guess about it. they might also have a reason why they let me talk in here as there is always a reason why something happens , don't you think ?

but this is just a drop on a Hot stone about the whole truth as strategic Plans are very complex when it comes to business and if there are fiances involved there is no space for love nor compassion. Pay or you are out ---->> Door They work in long terms not just on the length of your Nose !

And I have no hard feelings about the closed thread this happens when trolls come in to make out of a good discussion there little war , guess it is based on there own frustrations nothing else