I'd like to test it also. I'd still use M2 more if I had more textures for him :)

I agree.

You could also disable that thing permanently with Autoruns. Just google for it, it's pretty simple although you can do some damage with careless clicking about :)

I also get that error when applying a MAT pose from an external runtime, same routine with the same files in Poser Pro works as expected.

To me the DOF seems so bad that I wouldn't make any value judgments based on that image. Or are those just compression artifacts on the blurred edges?

That looks very good, just needs wrinkles (displacement or normal maps, I'd prefer the latter) :)

I'm sure many would appreciate just the head morph, the body isn't as important since scaling is pretty easy to do and it's covered in clothes (although no doubt someone wants to do pr0n with Yoda), and there may be some applicable morphs in the Creature Creator.

Accusing someone of "warezing" because they've made a negative post about P8 is a tad nonsensical, don't you think? You might as well have just labeled him/her a troll, a whore, an idiot, or any number of other things that have no relevance whatsoever.

Just sayin'.

You still didn't tell me where they have lied about it though.

Granted, it should be mentioned on their product pages since it's generally assumed that their products are compatible with Poser.

Quote - I'm gonna try and get my money back, but considering the ethics they are displaying lately its probably fat chance of that. That really frickin irks me, not that they chose not to set the figure up for Poser, which they easily could have, (if I can, they can) but because they lied about it and the reasons for it. They should have just been honest and said they didn't bother to set it up for Poser. Well they can lick my cherry red from now on.

Where has DAZ lied about the scaling issue? And further, if Poser still can't handle conformed figures with scaling properly, I can see why one might choose not to bother. After all, the scaling in F4 is relatively minor from what I've seen, so you're not losing all that much by disabling it.

So what display of ethics are you talking about? DAZ has a 30 day unconditional refund policy, which is plenty more than can be said about pretty much every other store.

Here DavidGB discusses the issue I was thinking about: forum.daz3d.com/viewtopic.php

I don't know if he's correct, just thought you might be interested.

Quote - I do have one that I did to show someone from another site how to set up the scaling for the M4 Gens but I'm not sure if it's appropriate for this forum, but here it is. If you're easily shocked dont go look. The basic principles are the same for any body part.

You will do this for all the various scaling dials for each body part. And just basically work with it till it is scaling properly. Sometimes its a little tricky, but most of it is pretty easy.

Is this something you have to do every time you change the scale, or is it a general purpose fix?

Is it possible to create an injection pose which injects the F4 morphs and scaling and applies the necessary adjustments to the joints?

If you were to do a little bit of research you'd find that it is in fact a problem in Poser that has been known for a long time already, but you may not have encountered it if you have never used figures that utilize scaling to change body proportions. Many of those who have used Apollo Maximus for instance are well aware of this issue.

I don't know how well DAZ has informed their customers about this issue, perhaps they could have been more in-your-face about it.

This may help:
http://www.cgcookie.com/articles/2009/06/22/model-and-texture-a-wooden-barrel

BlenderNation also has a nice directory of links to tutorials etc.
http://www.blendernation.com/links/

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Has there been any word on the release date for P8 SR1? Someone somewhere said it has been released already, but I can't find it at Smith Micro's site.

Edit: never mind, stumbled upon the answer immediately after posting :-] Apparently it's not out yet, maybe this month.