http://poser.smithmicro.com/updates.html

Gary

"Those who lose themselves in a passion lose less than those who lose their passion"

Strange, they dont ask for serial.

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Thanks for the head's up!

Thanks for the heads up.

Download is crawling though...

let us know how it affects things.

Updated to SR1, now there's nothing in the Library Pallette. No runtimes, no buttons or icons that can be clicked, nothing at all. Closed the pallette and reopened it, didn't help. I was only using the internal library before the update.

Thank you. Downloading.

Might have to update your Adobe Air.

Quote - Updated to SR1, now there's nothing in the Library Pallette. No runtimes, no buttons or icons that can be clicked, nothing at all. Closed the pallette and reopened it, didn't help. I was only using the internal library before the update.

 

Win or Mac. If it altered the library settings, then it should have made a backup of you library prefs. DL'ing my self and doing a full back up before I install, otherwise I could answer better. Look for a file LibraryPrefs.xml. This is the file that points at your runtimes. You can edit with a text editor or possibly replace with a back up. Add a runtime first to see if that solves the problem. then look at the file and check the paths.

Gary

"Those who lose themselves in a passion lose less than those who lose their passion"

Internal is not AIR so updating that is unhelpful. Internal is Flash. But... many things can be the problem. If there are no buttons at all, that is odd. 

 

Be aware that if you have firewalls or UAC or any other clever stufff protecting you, Poser SR means your system thinks this is new software and will not apply what you told it before. It sometimes even thinks your Poser executable is now a virus becuase it is not the same as it was yesterday. Hahahahaah. People should band together and literally hunt down and kill Virus authors. They have no redeeming qualities and they steal time from literally billions of people. They should die.

 

PS: I have been enjoying some wine.

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Recovering from a major remote drive melt down so fell out of the beta testing loop...but

in scanning the PP2012 SR1 readme :biggrin:  About time

Figures with IK load into scene obeying IK settings as saved to library

Gary

"Those who lose themselves in a passion lose less than those who lose their passion"

Thanks for the heads up!

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Quote - > Quote - Win or Mac. If it altered the library settings, then it should have made a backup of you library prefs. DL'ing my self and doing a full back up before I install, otherwise I could answer better. Look for a file LibraryPrefs.xml. This is the file that points at your runtimes. You can edit with a text editor or possibly replace with a back up. Add a runtime first to see if that solves the problem. then look at the file and check the paths.

 

This is the Mac version of PP2012. LibraryPrefs.xml had the correct paths, but I replaced it with a pre-SR1 backup anyway. Didn't help. Besides, the problem isn't just no runtimes in the Library, there aren't even any buttons to click to add a runtime, or tabs, or options bar at the bottom, or anything. The whole Library UI is missing. I had the latest Flash prior to SR1, as well.

I clicked through that preferences page too quickly, and ended up reset to the factory defaults.

Mutter, grumble.  That shouldn't be the default choice.

Hi!

Does anybody know if the SR is available at Content Paradise? Ive looked but cant find any.

I would download it from Smith Micro but ive had trouble getting every released SR from them as both

https://store.smithmicro.com:4433/signin.aspx

and

https://store.smithmicro.com:4433/signin.aspx?ReturnUrl=cart.aspx

times out for me and refuses to load (happens at home and at work as well).

I usualy end up writing Smith Micro support but would be happy not to go down that route again.

 

 

Why don't you try the link in the first post in this thread?

http://poser.smithmicro.com/updates.html

It is a direct link to the download page

 

 

Hi!

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Why don't you try the link in the first post in this thread?

http://poser.smithmicro.com/updates.html

It is a direct link to the download page

/end qoute

I do go by that link, but to download the SR you have to continue to the links in my post.

Quote - > Quote - > Quote - Win or Mac. If it altered the library settings, then it should have made a backup of you library prefs. DL'ing my self and doing a full back up before I install, otherwise I could answer better. Look for a file LibraryPrefs.xml. This is the file that points at your runtimes. You can edit with a text editor or possibly replace with a back up. Add a runtime first to see if that solves the problem. then look at the file and check the paths.

 

This is the Mac version of PP2012. LibraryPrefs.xml had the correct paths, but I replaced it with a pre-SR1 backup anyway. Didn't help. Besides, the problem isn't just no runtimes in the Library, there aren't even any buttons to click to add a runtime, or tabs, or options bar at the bottom, or anything. The whole Library UI is missing. I had the latest Flash prior to SR1, as well.

 

Some other problem. Just updated my Mac 10.6.8 same Poser Pro 2012, no issues with the lib

Gary

"Those who lose themselves in a passion lose less than those who lose their passion"

imax24, was your update applied to disk-installed version?  which flash version have you?

in response to imax24's post which occurs 2 posts after this one, would suggest installing apps in apps folder, even if apps installers seem to violate obsolete (>=10.6) OS X rule against installing content in apps folder.

p.s. one should not kill bill's "Virus authors" - rather one should use them, as we saw in a recent Iranian incident.

Is the service release: 9.0.1.18621... ?

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grichter, did you notice that the Mac installer skips right past the Destination step and doesn't let you choose where to install? It automatically installs to the Applications folder even if PP2012 is installed somewhere else.

Thus there is a partial install (with a new PP2012 app and a few new runtime files) in Applications and my original full install, not iupdated, in a different place. I manually copied the new stuff into the original installation folder, replacing where necessary. I suspect somehow in there I lost the library.

I will probably have to move my original install to where the updater expects it to be. Because the updater doesn't seem to know there IS no Poser where it is installing the new files. It's creating a new Poser 2012 folder and a new, very incomplete runtime.

Quote - imax24, was your update applied to disk-installed version?  which flash version have you?

 

Yes, I only have a disk-installed PP2012 on my computer. I didn't get the download version.

My Flash Player is 11.1.102.55, the latest available on the Adobe update page.

I didn't have any problems with the library and preferences once I copied my backed up ones over. However, in preview I no longer see shadows, which is a pain.

Quote - grichter, did you notice that the Mac installer skips right past the Destination step and doesn't let you choose where to install? It automatically installs to the Applications folder even if PP2012 is installed somewhere else.

 

Since I have it in my apps folder and content in my share folder all the PP2012 default locations, I didn't pay attention of where it was going. Just let it run.

Gary

"Those who lose themselves in a passion lose less than those who lose their passion"

Quote - I didn't have any problems with the library and preferences once I copied my backed up ones over. However, in preview I no longer see shadows, which is a pain.

It sounds like the update reset your Preview settings. You should be able to change it back to use hardware shading and show shadows in Preview.

Personally I only use shadows in Preview to check the lighting, then turn them off again once I'm satisfied. It bogs down camera and dial performance too much for my taste to leave it on all the time.

Quote - > Quote - grichter, did you notice that the Mac installer skips right past the Destination step and doesn't let you choose where to install? It automatically installs to the Applications folder even if PP2012 is installed somewhere else.

Since I have it in my apps folder and content in my share folder all the PP2012 default locations, I didn't pay attention of where it was going. Just let it run.

 

Well, moving my original installation to Applications and then running the update did the trick. Apparently, even though the original installation lets you choose where to install, the Mac updater doesn't. It puts its new files in only one location (Apps) whether Poser exists there or not. You have to move your original install where the updater wants it to be, and you have to do it BEFORE running SR1. There is no mention of this in the Read Me, of course.

Attached Link: http://www.contentparadise.com/productDetails.aspx?id=20260

> Quote - Does anybody know if the SR is available at Content Paradise? Ive looked but cant find any.

It's easy to generate the URL for the CP item page from the SM URL, link attached.

Thanks a lot Nruddock!

You saved me lots of time with that link, SR1 is in my account so I can download it when I get home.

 

Regards / Jonny

it sounds like an awful lot of trouble to installe the SR

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The SR is pretty hefty at 160 MB. It includes a complete replacement for the Poser app.

@MLP

Oh no, it is not, if you did not mess up the origional installation.

Just install as your origional copy and you"ll be fine to go.

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Ok... I screwed it up... Library on Win PC is gone. I didn't Back up and I don't seem to have a prefs.xml file. Does I gotta reload all of the content libraries? 

 

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Quote - Ok... I screwed it up... Library on Win PC is gone. I didn't Back up and I don't seem to have a prefs.xml file. Does I gotta reload all of the content libraries? 

 

In my case, on a Mac, I lost the Library because the installer expects to find Poser in one place and one place only. I had moved Poser after initial installation, and the updater isn't smart enough to deal with that. I don't know if it's the same deal for the PC version, or if that's your problem at all.  If it is, you need to move or re-install Poser to where the updater expects it to be, then install SR1.

Yeah... apparently I let it eat my preferences since it was 5:00 AM and I guess I was just clicking buttons. No I get to add it all back one runtime at a time. Whee.

 

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no  MacMyers

I never do that.  there are python scripts for this.

Sorry I can't point you in the direction of the one I have that will load them all at once from semidieu, but there is one in poser for loading all the preferences from your previous poser version.  so go to scripts at the top of your poser and look around. You might be surprised what other little helpful goodies are there.

Love esther

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I aim to update it about once a month.  Oh, and it's free!

Heh...I called SM... they told me to do it the dumb way!

 

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Quote - > Quote - I didn't have any problems with the library and preferences once I copied my backed up ones over. However, in preview I no longer see shadows, which is a pain.

It sounds like the update reset your Preview settings. You should be able to change it back to use hardware shading and show shadows in Preview.

Personally I only use shadows in Preview to check the lighting, then turn them off again once I'm satisfied. It bogs down camera and dial performance too much for my taste to leave it on all the time.

That didn't seem to help.

So I clicked on the "Backup My Preferences" when doing this.  Now its done, and I am back at the defaults...question is...where did it backup my preferences to?   ...or did I misunderstand that?   ...and what is the restore preferences process?

Attached Link: http://www.runtimedna.com/Semidieu/

without my python scripts my poser life would be very very hard.

Love esther

PS did you get your runtimes reinstalled.  If not get in touch and PM me.

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I aim to update it about once a month.  Oh, and it's free!

The update changed my default gamma correction to 1.00.  It used to be 2.20.  I never changed it, because 2.2 looked good.

Now I'm wondering if I should change it back to 2.2.

Quote - The update changed my default gamma correction to 1.00.  It used to be 2.20.  I never changed it, because 2.2 looked good. Now I'm wondering if I should change it back to 2.2.

If you actually want GC, then 2.2 is what you should be using (1.0 is equivalent to no GC).

The SR1 does not change settings.
If your current default was set to 1?
Set it back to 2.2 and save under General preferences as your default scene.

I have a very personal default scene, and its the first thing I do after every update.

Load my preferred scene and save it as my default under General preferences.

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Quote - The SR1 does not change settings.

Yes, it does.  You have three options when you install the update. The default reverts Poser to the factory default.

The factory default for GC is apparently 1.00 now, instead of 2.2.  Basically, I was wondering if there was a reason for that.

 

The Mac installer for SR1 did not offer any options whatsoever. And it did not change the gamma in Render Settings.

Quote - Yes, it does. [change settings]

Amen to that!  Took me a lot of fiddling to get my default interface back to the way it was.  (and still cant get my scripts to stay in place the way they were)  The Second option is to back up your settings, but it gives you no clue where it backed them up to?

I must be doing something wrong. The SR installed without issue. No settings were changed. My defaults remained as they were. No runtimes disappeared. The only changes to my default setup is that the D3D render script had SSS ticked as a default. Not a bad thing. My Queue Manager did request the serial number to be enterd again but I don't see that as a problem either. Win 7 64 with heavy duty UAC mods applied at all times. I did not update the 32 bit installation as I do not have it installed.

pdg

Quote - I must be doing something wrong. The SR installed without issue. No settings were changed. My defaults remained as they were. No runtimes disappeared.

Did you tick the "keep settings" option?

I didn't.  I flew through the screens so fast I didn't read carefully. 

If you do choose the keeps settings option, it does keep all your settings and libraries.  (I know, because I also updated a copy of Poser 9.  I went slower with that one, changed the default option to keep settings, and it did keep all my settings and runtimes.)

I still think the default should be keep settings, rather than revert to factory, but I should probably read more carefully before clicking "next."  One of these days I'm going to end up being Bill Gates towelboy because I clicked "I agree" without reading it first.  ;-)

 

 

The queston to remove, backup, or keep the prefrences is normally asked during the SR1 install.
If any change happened during the SR1 install, it is here that you had the choice to do so or not.
Where the backup files go, depends on your OS and UAC settings.

The default setting for gamma correction in the render settings still is 2.2 (PoserPro2012) Poser9 does not have gama correction.

SSS is defaulted to ON in the normal render settings also.

Happy Posering to ya all.
Tony

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I know Poser 9 doesn't have GC.  I have copies of both 9 and 2012.  And, Poser 2012 set itself to 1 when I applied the update.  I never changed the original setting, and anyway, as I said, all settings reverted to factory defaults because of the option I (didn't) choose.  And GC is now 1.00. 

No big deal to change it back.  I'm just curious about why the default has changed.

Since updating with SR1 there has been a significant lag when switching cameras and when typing text in PP2012 (Mac). First there is a delay of a coouple seconds when nothing happens, then there is a further delay of 3-5 seconds while The Beachball of Death spins. This did not happen before SR1.

An odd thing with the typing -- this lag thing happens even when typing in a Save dialog as well as typing in parameter values or naming something to save to the library. 

Anyone else, MAc or PC, see this?

A nice fix that is not documented: I no longer must move my cursor over the Preview window before any action in the Library takes effect. This was a problem in the original PP2010 and was fixed in one of the SRs, then appeared again in the original PP2012.

Do any of the Mac users still have that annoying white hand instead of a proper cursor? And my scrollwheel still doesn't work in the library.

Quote - Since updating with SR1 there has been a significant lag when switching cameras and when typing text in PP2012 (Mac). First there is a delay of a coouple seconds when nothing happens, then there is a further delay of 3-5 seconds while The Beachball of Death spins. This did not happen before SR1.

An odd thing with the typing -- this lag thing happens even when typing in a Save dialog as well as typing in parameter values or naming something to save to the library. 

Anyone else, MAc or PC, see this?

A nice fix that is not documented: I no longer must move my cursor over the Preview window before any action in the Library takes effect. This was a problem in the original PP2010 and was fixed in one of the SRs, then appeared again in the original PP2012.

 

Go to your render settings. Click on the preview tab and turn off the shadows (not near poser at the moment) middle left of the dialog box. Make sure you save as preferred state or on the next launch they will be back. Had this off pre-sr1. Noticed the lag, turned off the preview shadows and all is good again. I only use the preview shadows at the very end of the creation process of a big scene to check lighting. Otherwise it is off all the time.

Gary

"Those who lose themselves in a passion lose less than those who lose their passion"

Quote - Do any of the Mac users still have that annoying white hand instead of a proper cursor? And my scrollwheel still doesn't work in the library.

 

PP2012, OS X 10.6.8...no!, the library works as expected (external). Drag and drop updates target notification instantly. Love the poser library again.

Gary

"Those who lose themselves in a passion lose less than those who lose their passion"

grichter, thanks for the suggestion, but hardware shading and shadows are off. They were off and SR1 didn't change that setting.

Another lag introduced by SR1 is when closing the program. There's a lag of 5-10 seconds while the beachball spins before Poser asks if I want to save changes. This is even with an empty scene where nothing was ever done.

imax, what top processes are running in activity mon. when you see the beachball?

do you see network activity during the beachball or during startup?

is poser app/runtime installed on external HD?

Miss Nancy, during the Poser lag something called "pictd" spikes to over 90% of CPU usage in Activity Monitor, then drops to nothing after the lag. During startup and shutdown there is a spike in data received over the network, but not during the camera switches or text entry.

No one else is complaining about this, so it must be my setup. The only thing different from prior to SR1 is that I had to move my Poser app folder into Applications just to get the update to work. (I had previously moved it elsewhere.)

it's hard to say why this would occur.  it's the pict-draw helper, a known bug for 10.6/10.7.  I doubt there would be any picts (old mac img filetype used by 32-bit cpu) trying to load.  maybe clipboard is full, clipboard monitor process active or some problem/process involving quicktime.  let SM know, e.g. which quicktime version, qt 10.0 or later, or is qt pro 7.x installed as well.  adobe allegedly agreed to kill flash for html5.  It would be a bummer if the latest flash update causes this IMVHO.

I'm not seeing quickdraw nor pictd during startup.  it's almost like your scene might have some old pict texture or something, which means loading the default scene wouldn't cause it, unless the default scene is bad somehow.

I just checked - poser may give an error trying to load a pict, or it may just pretend to load it, but it actually fails.  I couldn't even view/generate a pict with preview.app in 64-bit mode.

This happens even in fresh scenes with no content. The only textures are Ground and Background, and those don't call on any images, they're just colors.

Whatever it is, it started with SR1, which is not playing well with something or other that the previous version had no objection to.

Hey, the hardware shading no longer slows things down!!!! I like that.

You know, I forgot the first thing that tech-support people tell you (after they ask you to make sure your computer is plugged in and turned on) -- Reboot and see if that helps.

Lo and behold. That cleared up the lag I was experiencing. There must have been some bugginess that had accumulated, that SR1 can't handle as well as the original release. I feel sort of foolish for not trying that before raising the issue. And yes, my Mac was plugged in!

Glad you got it solved. I was reading the exchange with Miss Nancy and thinking yikes, what they hey was going on.

Gary

"Those who lose themselves in a passion lose less than those who lose their passion"

Hmm.  I'm a registered owner of P2012 but it wants me to enter credit card stuff and charge me $1.68 or something for SR1.  Is this how it's supposed to work?

That fee is only for extended download of purchased goods if you want to be able to download it after the time period you are allotted.   You can just remove that from your cart by pressing the remove button on the left or if you are getting it through content paradise there's a rubbish bin on the left that you press.   The updates will always be available should you need to download them again.

If there's one questionable practice employed by SM and Content Paradise, it's that they include Download Protection by default on their invoices. It's up to you to remove it before submitting the order, which is not really kosher in most people's eyes. Many folks just trust that the invoice is OK and click through.

Anyway, just remove that $1.68 item and proceed with the order. Then you won't need your credit card because there's no charge.

Thanks, guys.  That worked.  Was trying to change the Quantity to 0, which it wouldn't let me do.  But the "remove" button, which I somehow managed to overlook, worked fine.

Well for me the service release seems to have improved PP2012 heaps for me. But will be on the lookout for more. :)

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Quote - If there's one questionable practice employed by SM and Content Paradise, it's that they include Download Protection by default on their invoices. It's up to you to remove it before submitting the order, which is not really kosher in most people's eyes. Many folks just trust that the invoice is OK and click through.

Anyway, just remove that $1.68 item and proceed with the order. Then you won't need your credit card because there's no charge.

Negative billing grrrrrrrrrr. For those like me that don't allow scripts to run it really p!ssed me off that I couldn't do anything about it. Took a few minutes till I realized invoicing is a background script. I'm a bit dense some days but against being screwed all days. To me negative billing is getting screwed.

Quote - > Quote - > Quote - I didn't have any problems with the library and preferences once I copied my backed up ones over. However, in preview I no longer see shadows, which is a pain.

It sounds like the update reset your Preview settings. You should be able to change it back to use hardware shading and show shadows in Preview.

Personally I only use shadows in Preview to check the lighting, then turn them off again once I'm satisfied. It bogs down camera and dial performance too much for my taste to leave it on all the time.

That didn't seem to help.

But updating my graphics driver fixed it.

Quote - The SR is pretty hefty at 160 MB. It includes a complete replacement for the Poser app.

The last BattleField3 Patch was 3.9GB! Had to download 3 times!

Back to the topic: Orbit selected mode seems to work now with Space Navigator. Not sure yet if it's perfect. I am running PoserPro 2012 on Win7 Home Premium 64Bit.