joker2000 opened this issue on Mar 06, 2021 ยท 14 posts
joker2000 posted Sat, 06 March 2021 at 5:09 AM
Hello can I can Poser 11 and Poser 12 at the same time on a PC? I would try to test Poser 12
parkdalegardener posted Sat, 06 March 2021 at 5:23 AM
Yes. I do it on two different machines.
joker2000 posted Sat, 06 March 2021 at 5:45 AM
parkdalegardener posted at 5:44AM Sat, 06 March 2021 - #4414382
Yes. I do it on two different machines.
I have only one fast machine. Can I install both versions on the same machine?
Afrodite-Ohki posted Sat, 06 March 2021 at 6:15 AM
joker2000 posted at 6:11AM Sat, 06 March 2021 - #4414383
parkdalegardener posted at 5:44AM Sat, 06 March 2021 - #4414382
Yes. I do it on two different machines.
I have only one fast machine. Can I install both versions on the same machine?
Yes. Here's 12 and 11 running at the same time.
Their installations will work like this.
The Appdata/Roaming folders with the preferences of each one:
I can only confirm on Windows though, as I don't use Mac.
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Poser Pro 11, Poser 12 and Poser 13, Windows 10, Superfly junkie. My units are milimeters.
Persephone (the computer): AMD Ryzen 9 5900x, RTX 3070 GPU, 96gb ram.
parkdalegardener posted Sat, 06 March 2021 at 6:15 AM
Yes. I have both P11 and P12 running on the same machine. I have that configuration on two separate computers.
parkdalegardener posted Sat, 06 March 2021 at 6:16 AM
Aha crosspost. Haven't done that in years.
Afrodite-Ohki posted Sat, 06 March 2021 at 6:17 AM
parkdalegardener posted at 6:17AM Sat, 06 March 2021 - #4414387
Aha crosspost. Haven't done that in years.
I do that far too often for my tastes LMAO
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Feel free to call me Ohki!
Poser Pro 11, Poser 12 and Poser 13, Windows 10, Superfly junkie. My units are milimeters.
Persephone (the computer): AMD Ryzen 9 5900x, RTX 3070 GPU, 96gb ram.
RedPhantom posted Sat, 06 March 2021 at 6:18 AM Site Admin
Yes, just don't install one over the other (use 2 different folders) but that's probably a given. I have 4 versions of poser on my machine. And I've had at least 3 of them running at the same time.
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RedPhantom posted Sat, 06 March 2021 at 6:19 AM Site Admin
Lots of cross-posts this morning. But the OP has his answer. 
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hborre posted Sat, 06 March 2021 at 8:21 AM
Yes, both can coexist while open but don't try to render them at the same time.
randym77 posted Sat, 06 March 2021 at 7:17 PM
Not only can you run both versions, I highly recommend it. If you want to use your old Python scripts, you need to have Poser 11, since Poser 12 won't run them (yet).
There is a free 21 day trial, so you can see for yourself. One overwriting the other shouldn't be a problem, since Poser 11 installs in a folder called Smith Micro and Poser 12 installs in one called Poser Software.
Afrodite-Ohki posted Sun, 07 March 2021 at 1:33 PM
hborre posted at 1:31PM Sun, 07 March 2021 - #4414392
Yes, both can coexist while open but don't try to render them at the same time.
I've rendered on CUDA GPU in P12 while rendering on CPU in p11 before. Was working alright :D
Didn't try both on GPU or both on CPU at once though - P11 can't render on my GPU, and rendering on CPU when I can use optix in P12 is too much of a waste of time.
Edit: alright yeah maybe don't try it if you're not running on a powerful computer. Mine's a bit of a freak.
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Feel free to call me Ohki!
Poser Pro 11, Poser 12 and Poser 13, Windows 10, Superfly junkie. My units are milimeters.
Persephone (the computer): AMD Ryzen 9 5900x, RTX 3070 GPU, 96gb ram.
an0malaus posted Mon, 08 March 2021 at 2:49 PM
Can confirm the same multi-version parallel Poser execution on macOS. I can't speak for simultaneous renders, though. I've never had a supported GPU, so each Poser instance would have to share the CPU. That's bound to be more efficient letting them run sequentially, though.
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RedPhantom posted Mon, 08 March 2021 at 7:25 PM Site Admin
I don't have GPU rendering. I have tried duel CPU renders. If I set both renders to use half of the cores, it managed. If I forgot that, the computer shut down in protest.
Available on Amazon for the Kindle E-Reader Monster of the North and The Shimmering Mage
Today I break my own personal record for the number of days for being alive.
Check out my store here or my free stuff here
I use Poser 13 and win 10