one simple trick to double (or better usually- in Bryce ESPECIALLY)  render speed is to turn off antialiasing. Especially for test renders, Ditto for shadows, helps to a lesser degree.

Him & thanks, I ran the M3 base update. Which did not fix my problem. That link for the Morphs update is dead. is it gone? Could not find at Daz website Pack

then your joint parameters may need to be tweaked

looks like the bend gadget is turned off (in the bodypart/properties) to me.

1. reseat the card. 2)don't assume it's not the monitor. If you unplug the video cable there is usually a dispay about missing input on the display.

Bodystudio works very well for me as well. Very solid.

I bought Pboost- but wasn't thrilled about running how it worked under FAT32. But I totally forgot till you mentioned it- thanks , that would be a great solution for cutting the overhead in half. I know Poser 5 allows different runtime folder, but I saw no speed increase in P5 after putting over 2/3 of my Pose & Props elsewhwere. I read installing PPP & P5 on separate drives helps. I rarely use PPP anymore, having bought Reiss Studio for my Max exports. I most use PPP runtime for storing all my old libraries for P5. The number of Texture folders & Geometries I have is surely overwhelming. Thanks

I would build 2 computers. One with all s/w, one just for Poser & 1 or 2 more 3D programs. Install the minimum on the Poser computer. Have at least 1.5GB RAM. if you are that serious about hardware, you really need to reconsider your 3d software. For pure rendering speed at the highest quality, you should consider buying 3dsMax, & maybe a plugin like Reiss Studio for importing Poser projects into Max. Then Network render acrossed 2 or more computers. The Vray plugin renderer for Max can netrender within a single frame. The Global Illumination render speed blows away all competition easily for even still images, & for rendering animation- even faster. Also- yoou will save a fortune if you learn to build your own. Also helps teach you how to fix/upgrade by building yourself.

was hoping I was doing something dumb/easily resolved. emailed them thanks, Pack

ok. thought there was another way. Thanks

the BEST value anywhere are to get the ATI 9800 "Non Pro" they call it non pro- just cause no no knows there is a version besides the Pro, which everyone assume all Radeon 9800's are. Lasy & i looked, the diff wasn't as dramatic as before $144 for 9800128MB, vs $212 for the Radeon 9800Pro128. There is an enormous diff between the older Geforce4, vs the new generation Geforce FX/ATI 9800 . So you may as well buy the better card. I went cheap with the low end GF4 4200MX- & I regret it .

Thanks Josh- I finally called again on the phone- my mail was being bounced. Sooooooooo it was not Reiss fault. regards, Pack

Win2k, 1GB Ram, P4 1.8GHz Dell.

it is looking for the V3 Base body or V3 Base Head installed files . You need to own the V3 Base Head morphs (sold separately) to install V3 face Packs. Ditto for V3 Body packs & the V3 Base Body from Daz. if you have P4 & P5, you must install to the same place as the char pack is installed.

I am not exactly using Poser with MB, just the meshes. Poser is an awesome mesh resource. But I could not use it as a professional animation tool with wasting time unnecessarily fixing quirks in motion. Basically, you must learn a program like 3dsMax, which I did. Then master rigging in Physique . There are other mesh deformers like the Skin Modifier, & BonesPro, but save yourself some trouble & choose Physique, which attaches the mesh to the bone/skeleton, which you do the actual animation onto. Motionbuilder is an incredible program. Max's renderer is way better than Poser's, way faster, & the Vray rendering plugin better yet. Not only can you actually use Global Illumination for animations in Vray, but it permits a network to render together on a single frame. If you are serious, email me at angrymobb@comcast.net for more info.