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Subject: Poser 8 G4 will not open any ideas.

saibabameuk opened this issue on Sep 23, 2010 · 12 posts
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saibabameuk ( ) posted Thu, 23 September 2010 at 12:05 PM · edited Wed, 16 October 2024 at 3:32 PM

Hi guys 
resurrected my old G4 and loaded poser 6 no problems, yes I have the original box and what joy to have the curious lab ref manual , then tried poser 8 , ouch

Will not open any ideas?:)

I will use the old G4 for rendering if I can get it to work with Poser8
and keep the animating on my laptop.

Poser8  8.0.3.11793
 Mac Osx 10.4.6 Running Tiger Processor Dual 1.25 GHz Power PC G4
Memory 2GB DDR SDRAM.

Thank you all.

WandW ( ) posted Thu, 23 September 2010 at 12:23 PM

I don't have a Mac, but just a thought-you might try installing the Service Release:

poser.smithmicro.com/updates.html

Oh! One other thing-Poser won't start if another copy with the same serial number is running on your local network at that time, so make sure that it's not running on your laptop...

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saibabameuk ( ) posted Thu, 23 September 2010 at 12:30 PM

 WandW
Thank you for coming back so quickly, sadly I have covered both those points still crack the problem.
I have noticed that my poser 8 application has 205MB on my laptop and only 195.5MB on G4?

hborre ( ) posted Thu, 23 September 2010 at 1:07 PM

OS incapatibility?

saibabameuk ( ) posted Thu, 23 September 2010 at 4:42 PM

 HI big H
Do you think I am wasting my time ?
I will chuck it if so.
Life is to short to spend time trying to sort out software.

hborre ( ) posted Thu, 23 September 2010 at 6:51 PM

Earlier MACs were notorious for not being backwards compatible.  This might be the problem you are encountering.

WandW ( ) posted Thu, 23 September 2010 at 7:50 PM

Here are the system requirements from SM-it seems likeyours is in the ball park:

For Macintosh: Mac® OS X 10.4 or 10.5; 700 MHz G4 processor (Intel® Core™ Duo or 1 GHz G4 or faster recommended).

For Macintosh and Windows: 512 MB RAM (1 GB or more recommended); OpenGL enabled graphics card or chipset recommended (recent NVIDIA® GeForce® and ATI Radeon™ preferred); 24-bit color display, 1024x768 minimum resolution; 2 GB free hard disk space (4 GB recommended); Internet connection required for Content Paradise™; Adobe® Flash® Player 9; DVD-ROM drive (physical product only).

Could it be a graphics card issue?

I would open a ticket at SM...

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"Oh - the manual says that? I have never read the manual - this must be why."
“I could buy better software, but then I'd have to be an artist and what's the point of that?"
"The [R'osity Forum Search] 'Default' label should actually say 'Don't Find What I'm Looking For'".
bagginsbill's Free Stuff... https://web.archive.org/web/20201010171535/https://sites.google.com/site/bagginsbill/Home

Miss Nancy ( ) posted Thu, 23 September 2010 at 9:55 PM

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it will run on OP's machine (see att img) but one is advised to upgrade to: - 10.4.11 - flash 9 or 10 - or - intel machine, windows vista or better (snow leopard) :lol:


saibabameuk ( ) posted Fri, 24 September 2010 at 4:50 AM

 Well, here we go guys!

Thats a start warning sign (You cannot use Snow Leopard  on this computer)

No thanks or please! oh these modern software packages >

"And me with my goulstones!!!"

I will try Leopard5
Thank you for your expertise, one of the problems with all these programmes  is the small print License Agreements, however for now I am safe as LEOPARD 5 I am not using on any other computer.
BBBBBBBBBBBBUUUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGGGEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRR
You cannot install MAC os x on this computer .

I need to find a 10,4,11 upgrade Miss Nancy!
Thank u all
Oh by the way Miss Nancy that photo reminds me, of when I was a kid looking in the sweet shop window.
Something that you want and have not got!

saibabameuk ( ) posted Fri, 24 September 2010 at 9:15 AM

 Well thank you all, the up date 10.4.11 worked , small problem the library is not showing , yes it is ticked in the window Libraries . Any thoughts?

saibabameuk ( ) posted Fri, 24 September 2010 at 9:41 AM

 Hi guys found a lot of links to this problem I will not concern you any more will go away and do my homework .
Thanks again

saibabameuk ( ) posted Fri, 24 September 2010 at 12:30 PM

file_459581.jpg

 Thanks its working now to get on with the work.

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