Successfully crashed my Poser 7 with the greatest of ease.....

Yes, it runs fine on Vista 64 bit. Just got the final code downloaded and installed a couple of weeks ago. (Official MS-Technet Subscription) I haven't encountered any problems with Carrara 5 Pro.  I've also been running Carrara 5 Pro on Windows XP 64 bit for over a year with no issues.

However, there are problems with a lack of stable drivers and utilities. Nvidia's graphics driver is still beta, and it shows. Other hardware support is still under development as well. Some items work great, others still don't have support. Anti-Virus/Firewall/Spyware software is pretty much beta and buggy. Support will improve, but unless you are getting it installed on a new machine, I'd give Vista about 6 months to get the drivers and software compatibility shaken out. If you're technically savvy and can live with / work around buggy beta drivers then go for it, but you've been warned... :)

That said, I do like some of the new interface features and hate the constant permission pop-ups when installing/configuring the system.

Don't know if you use Poser, but Poser 7 DOES NOT WORK with vista. Poser 6 does.  I use Poser for the figures and cheap models, then import into Carrara for final texturing and rendering.

nruddock - Looks like any use of the OpenGL causes a delay. Using software only display and the scripts run quickly.

semidieu - Glad it works for you! I did disable my second monitor, and the script ran faster, but not enough different to justify losing the second monitor!!!  I haven't noticed any other graphics related issues like this, and I've been running WinXP64 since it was in beta.

Looks like the slow down is drivers/WinXP 64 on my side.  The SreeD software rendering seems to be just as fast as the OpenGL - and that's not right. I'll probably be trying out Vista soon, anyway. Things are bound to get worse before they get better ;)

Grrrr.....

Nope, it's not an installation problem. It's a WinXP 64 bit problem. I ran it on a WinXP 32 bit installation, and it ran without a delay.

That was actually run with the same installation - I just network shared the install directory, and ran on another system. Works as long as only one version of the serial number stamped poser executable is active. A little slower on loading files, but I don't have to install Poser on every system I may want to use in the house. One central installation, and I can use poser "like a book".

It's looking like it is some kind of video driver issue under WinXP 64. If I use SreeD instead of OpenGL  the delays go away completely. Strange.... I'll have to see if there are driver updates for my video.

Thanks **stahlratte for the link! She looks great!

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Awesome work, Stahlratte! Add me to the list of downloadees please!!!  

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