I seem to get all the weird stuff. I'm starting to wonder if my copy of Poser 6 isn't just some crazy factory reject that's all buggy.

If anyone wants to help me with this one before I go mad and shoot myself in the face just to escape the frustration, I'd appreciate it.

I went into the Hair Room, zoomed into the face of my character, and added some eyebrows and eyelashes. Now, whenever I move my camera, my character morphs disturbingly. All I do is move my camera back and her eyes pop out and the skin melts off her. If I pan my camera around her limbs start detaching from her body.

Any clues as to why moving my camera would cause the figure in the scene to morph? The building behind her is fine, it just seems to affect V3.

Does anybody else have these problems, or is it just me?

Here is how the Preview Window looks when I open the file as I left it.

And here is how it looks after all I do is pull the camera back a bit.

No ideas, huh? Me neither.

I guess what I'm slowly learning about Poser 6 is to save backups, and save them often, because you never know when it's going to take on a mind of its own and get all wacky on you.

Try setting Hither on the camera to 0.

Thank you, Fazzel: if it occurs again I will give it a try. Right now, I've just started over from the last time I saved a backup (unfortunately quite a while ago). I'm not sure why the camera's settings would have changed on their own if that's the solution, but then none of my recent issues with Poser make much sense. I appreciate the suggestion.

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I think that your copy of P6 has probably been possessed by Devils, or it you bought it on credit, possibly re-possessed by Devils. You may find the above link helpful. You can check if this is the case by selection your figures head, then using the Twist dial. If the head turns through a full 360 or greater, or if it starts spewing green slime, then it's definatly a case of possession.

Ditto Fazzel.  This is typical of what happens in the Open GL preview

when Hither (the near end of the camera's range) is not zero. 

You might also need to increase the setting

of the Yon dial, which is the far end of the camera's range.

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@ lesbentley : LOL! Thanks for the only time I've smiled while trying to troubleshoot some Poser weirdness.

@ ockham: Thank you for seconding Fazzel's motion. I will be sure to play around with the Hither/Yon settings if/when the issue rears its ugly mutant head again.

Sorry guys, don't agree.

The "hither" problem is different. See image - it cuts through the figure, but it doesn't cause any distortion.

This looks more like some bits of the head have been parented to the camera - which is a neat trick that I wouldn't know how to do!!

Rô

My favourite question is "Why?", my second favourite is "Why not?"

Well, I'm glad to have provided a puzzler for everyone again.

I suppose. It would be nicer if Poser just did what I want it to...