Do you have proof they didn't know about it? You seem to be more upset that we discuse the broken product, than we are that they sold us a broken product. I think you have blown this thread completely away from it's original topic, and turned it into a means to argue. Since you are a beta tester, and seem very passionate about working to fix their broken program...by all means enjoy yourself. The rest of us are happy to inform them of their broken program, discus it amongst ourselves, and inform others of the known issues with it. You do your thing, we will do our thing...everyone is happy /smile

You seem to be under the impression that none of us have sent in these complaints to the company. The complaints have been sent to them.Probably hundreds of complaints. They are well aware of the issues with their product. I believe they were well aware of the issues with the product before they put it up for sale. I understand that Curious Labs probably doesn't like threads like this one. However,this is not a "bashing" thread. I haven't seen a thread yet on this subject that could be considered "bashing" the company. I love Poser. I do not love the problems associated with Poser 6. This is a discussion thread based on the issues with the product, and the sharing ideas as to what we speculate might be causing them. If you don't appreciate reading threads like this. Threads where people gather to share their feelings and idea's about things. You have a perfectly legal right not to read them.

The last time I checked I wasn't on their pay roll. Second, I bought I product that should have been tested proper before they put it on the market. Had they asked me to beta test BEFORE they sold it to me I probably would have been happy to help. They can certainly gather plenty of very useful information from these "complaint" threads. These threads are inpart a good way to inform others who haven't purchased the product yet of the known issues.

yes it is unusable for a lot of people. I would say for the majority of the people who purchased it. I can't render a scene with only one naked Vic 3 toon. I can render a background pic though.

I have a Pent 4, 1 gig mem, 2.4 ghz cpu and a Radeon 9800 V card.I run on Xp pro.

To avoid having any issues with my runtimes and libraries I installed all my content over again into Poser 6. Now I have a huge chunk of disc space used up. Does it still have the texture issue? Yep it does. It happens every time the program locks from lack of memory. Bottom line is when it messes up it can't find texture files installed directly to it's runtime.

Worse is when you have to end the program it takes forever to get out of it. It will ask you if you want to save your stuff before it completely closes down. If you say yes the whole file gets destroyed. That is basically what happen to me last night.

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I agree with you mlofrano. However, beta testers don't pay to test a product. I'm guess their need/want for cash got in the way of logic on this one.

Timberwolf wrote: " Besides the other c4d pros I like the logical designed UI there .Poser has to many coloured funny buttons that wastes a lot of working space.Have you noticed it as well ?: the more funny coloured the UI the more the app tends to be unstable." HAHahHa..hmmm I dunno that the color of the buttons is causing the issues. At this point I'm willing to consider anything though. You just might have a point. DEATH TO ALL FUNNY COLORED BUTTONS! 8)

I do believe this is an issue of building off an outdated foundation. May be even because they were completely messy about it. There seems to be a lot of code conflicts with certain system set ups. So, what happens with SR1 ? It will fix some of us and break others. That's my take on it. Unless, it's mostly a matter of a messy build. In that case they probably do need a case of scotch, and a few bottles of nerve pills. Searching for code that A. is not needed B. is causing a conflict and C. can be removed without crashing the whole project...I totally wouldn't want to be them. However, they should have done all this before they sold the product to us.

I totally agree with Timberwolf. I'm still mourning the loss of my render 8( If all I wanted to do was render backgrounds I would have no complaints. If I want to do any type of model work I'm up the creek without a paddle.It's getting dark...the storm clouds are rolling in. I think to myself as I sit there, lonely, scared, and cold...now would be a good time to have a 12 year old bottle of scotch. Hehe if I can't be creative with my Poser, at least I have this forum and it's not broken.

Oh Yeahhhhh WooHooo!! I'm having ALL the nasty bug issues./sigh I guess this is just my luck. But, I HAD to go for it HAhAHAhaha I have a pretty nice comp set up P4 with all the good stuff. Have a Radeon 9800 graphic card. Plenty of added memory.And, I run on XP Pro. Now, I had all sorts of issues with programs when I ran XP pro from an upgrade format. I wiped the drive and installed XP Pro full version. The issues with program permissions and all that jazz stopped.( just a lil info for those who run this and are doing so via an XP Pro update version ) At any rate, I'm now a proud member of the " UNHAPPY Poser 6 Customers Club "

" Edited to remove all nudity, violence, links to pornographic sites (you prolly don't have a pornograph to play 'em on anyway), cuss words, naughty bits, excess garbage (like this edit message), TOS violations, and (of course) all TOP SECRET and other "classified" information. Note - for the "right' price, I'll put all of this stuff back ... wanna see it? ;=] " HAhHAhHA that's really cute 8) My head hurts from all the searching,reading, and messing around with this program. If not for help from this forum I would probably stomp up and down on Poser, then burn the box...with CD's in it 8) Thanks for all the help and putting up with my 101 questions. You guys are the best!

Ok thanks!!

Wow you all have been most helpful. Thank you for the responses. I only use Poser for stills. Based on everything I have read in this thread, it's seems giving it a go might not be a bad choice. We shall see if the dreaded Poser 6 ghost comes to haunt me...

WOW I'm very impressed with Ajax's work, and I haven't made it past the ReadMe file. Very well written. It's not often I find these ReadMe's too helpful. I must confess to knowing very little about Poser beyond the "Front Window", so to speak. There just aren't too many tutorials on texturing, shaders, and the like... that are easy to follow. Atleast not for people who have no experience with this sort of thing. Does Ajax's offer other things? Such as tutorials on Poser?

Awesome!! Yes, this is what I'm going for. The water looks real. It has depth, texture, and reflection. I'll go take a look at Ajax's stuff. Thanks much for the help folks!