i agree, u will definantly need more ram...i suggest at least 512MB. its really cheap nowadays anyway so thats no biggy. also get a graphics card, like a GeForce3 Ti300 or a Ti500 if u got the cash for it. hard-drive space is a matter of opinion, high quality scans for photoshop alone can take like 100-250mb each, then the edited document another 100mb or so. poser saved files usually are around 50mb each and so on....i'd suggest a 40gig or so. other than that u should be pretty set with what u picked out. i am running an Athlon XP 1400+, 512MB 266mhz DDR Ram, GeForce 2 GTS (i know, i gotta upgrade) and an 80gig Ultra-DMA133, 7200rpm HD (never came even close to filling it). and i am using the same programs u meantioned above and everything renders pretty smoothly on my machine, even volumetric worlds in bryce i can render in less than 3hours.

i had kind of the same problem with the wood elf hair. someone pointed out a way to me that worked great for me. load the OBJ file into a text editor after exporting from poser. search and replace all instances of '#IND' and replace them with a ' ' (blank space) and resave. now it should import just fine. it did for me anyway...good luck.

even if its a dead link, u should still be able to get the "save target as..." option....check "windowsupdate.microsoft.com" if there is any files u might be missing or something wrong with ur browser...if that dont work, try getting some kinda download manager or something....seems like windows is IE is acting where it shouldnt...it should ask u if u want to save, open or whatever the file before it does anything if there really isnt a webpage....

lol thats what i am about to do with this hair. but someone actually might have found a way to get it working for me www.poserpros.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1215 check it out...maybe it works with ur earring too, i havent had a chance to do it yet, but i will prolly try tonight...

sounds like a pain, but i have the feeling thats the only way to do it.... :(

alright i'll try that next...i got most of it working now, only problem is, i am trying to save the transparency information for the hair so i dont have to reset it in Bryce since the hair i am using has like 10 or 11 different pieces, and 5 or 6 transparency maps and i dont know which map goes to which piece...

what kinda box u mean Aldaron? like the one from the props? and the file is about 10-11mb Phantast....

tried that already. problem with that is, Bryce re-sizes the hair and it doesnt put it right on top. = i am outta ideas....

hey Dan Whitesides method worked good actually...only problem is the hair is all messed up now but the textures work....i guess Daz just didnt want me to render this guy in bryce...guess i gotta go get the radiosity scripts for poser...thanks for the help guys....

well...if i export the obj and convert it with grouper i get the i/o error again. if i export obj, load into uvmapper and then convert with grouper i have to re-texture the entire thing again. know of any ways to fix the convert for grouper maybe.........

just got home from work, will try it in a few mins. i will let ya know if it worked out or not....seems to be exactly what i was looking for. thanks a lot AgentSmith

yeah i got the mtl file and i dont get the i/o error anymore, just that all the textures are gone and i have to redo everything which i am not too keen on....specially with the woodelf hair since it consists of like 12 parts and i dont know which part gets which texture file. is there any way i could export it maybe as something different then an obj so i can keep the textures?