I wish to be entered, please.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained. Count me in please.

Sorry, the product was Chain Works or Chains Work (both titles seem to have been used) and the designer/poster was Atoxic and the year it went online seems to have been 2011. https://www.renderosity.com/mod/freestuff/chain-works/63258 Sorry, the thread title doesn't jump oit, does it!

The original question about written contests was because the thread is entitled @Contests for July' and provides the subjects. If not open to written offerings it is a bit of a red herring.

Must have been somewhere else. A contest with the theme of flowers.

Thanks. I will give it some thought. Did I notice some sort of photographic comp with flowers, or am I dreaming?

On the face of it, stories are not allowed?

Elsewhere in this dreadful castle was his Princess. She had been abducted and brought here to be used as a bargaining chip between two powerful and ruthless states. Her own land, the one in which Edward was simply a common peasant, was the buffer between the two larger states. It had always remained independent and neutral. The sudden death of the Monarch, Queen Alicia, had been a shock, but the realisation that Princess Malia had disappeared from her suite had caused chaos.

Many thanks for your trouble.

Please advise me when you do so. I have no end of problems finding threads to which I have contributed! Thanks.

I don't know how to overclock, but in any event it sounds unwise - like constantly driving in the wrong gear. It may work, but it ain't sensible.

I am looking at a Dell XPS 8900 with GeForce GTX 960 2GB DDR5, Tb hd and 256 ssd, but only 24gb ram. It is much more than I want to pay, so I need to be sure it is up to the job. Anyone got thoughts, please?

Then you can probably just select the figure in the scene (say 'Genesis 2 Female') and then select the new figure (say Josie 6) and the option should then be to either create a new figure or replace the existing one. It usually works but you may need to do some tidying up.

I have generally found that simply selecting the character in the scene, and then loading a same generation figure (of the same gender if not Genesis) brings the new character in in place of the old, but as said, some adjustment may be needed by hand if the figures are different physical shapes or sizes. For Replacing backwards I have not found a way, but forwards, as suggested, you can save a V4/M4 character pose and apply it to the newer generation figure. More often than not it won't do so perfectly, so using add-ons like pose translators is a necessity - but even these are far from ideal, especially when ending at G3. Of course, changing a V4 to a G3F character's figure and pose is one thing, but if you are looking at clothing or hair then it is a real hassle - you just have too bite the bullet and try adjustments. Even then they may not work. I still don't seem to be able to use V4/M4 hair on G3 figures, but to be fair G2 to G3 usually works very well. If anyone knows a foolproof way to resolve these issues I shall be as pleased as Jacknimble.

Any system that requires us to open our computers to it has to be viewed with suspicion, if only because our security is only as good as the security of that system. Hacking occurs, and suddenly we find that we are more vulnerable. I am constantly undergoing software amendments and updates on my smartphone, often whether I want them or not. Typically, I get adverts I don't want. But let us consider the simple fact that a copy of most well-known books is not going to materially change between first publication and re-publication perhaps decades or even centuries afterwards. If I choose to acquire the version in which modern idiom replaces (say) Jane Austen's original form, it is down to me, but if I have DRM right, that no longer applies - however the owner of the system decides, the change occurs. The debate above has been in places puerile, but the issues remain constant. If any company imposes a method of 'protecting' 'its' material which ensures that they can control access to that material (even if they do not actually do so at first) is acting uncompetitively and not in the best interests of users. To use the analogy already suggested, laws are meant to be broken, and more importantly laws that do not serve the people should be broken. In GB we tend to toe the line, but in France they simply ignore unreasonable or draconian rules. Just because something is possible is no reason whyit should be done. I just hope that the management at Daz has the sense to quietly drop this idea,and return to the friendly and generally enjoyable status quo.