Hi... I am about to make a runtime folder for each of my characters in poser :-) What is the most easy way to do this? Is is possible just to make a single folder called runtime, and then the zipfiles vil make new folders inside as they will be needed? Does DAZ-installations do the same? Is there somethings that i Need inside the runtime folders to get it to work in poser? Thanks in advance Mette

Poser Version?

Sorry :-) Poser 5 :-)

Alright...

Is is possible just to make a single folder called runtime, and then the zipfiles vil make new folders inside as they will be needed?

Yes, but it's better to check every time on new installation if it was done successfully.

Does DAZ-installations do the same?

No, they will usually want to install to the Poser directory. However, you can also create a manual installation path during the setup.

Is there somethings that i Need inside the runtime folders to get it to work in poser?

Yes, usually anything that has to do with that character. Meaning objects etc. and for, for example, V3, if the character needs the head and body morph pack, you will also need to copy the chanvis and delta folders into that runtime - each runtime, if you, as you say, wish to create one runtime for each character.

To me this sounds a little as if you have too much hard disk space... ;-)

Message edited on: 01/12/2005 01:08

Thanks for your answers :-) If i understand it correct, then i'll need to have a lot of the things more than one time on my HD? Right? The chanvis and delta, is that something that comes with the DAZ installation or something that beong to poser 5?

If i understand it correct, then i'll need to have a lot of the things more than one time on my HD? Right? As far as I know - yes. The chanvis and delta, is that something that comes with the DAZ installation or something that beong to poser 5? Read my posting again - especially the part with the head- and body morph packs ;-) They can be bought as an addition to V3, M3, Aiko...

Ohh thanks :-) I'll give it a try... i can alway reinstall (done that before! LOL) It only take weeks and then my poser is totaly messed up.. I just can't seem to keep order in my things! G Thanks again Mette

Changing my post... I just realized I totally misread the whole thing. Back to our regularily scheduled program... :)

Message edited on: 01/12/2005 02:52

You might want to create a folder with the name of your Runtime. For example: "Test" (or Mike 3, etc.) Inside that folder, you'll have your Runtime folder structure. You can cheat a bit. Just create your first folder, then install a DAZ item. Stop the installation right away, and get a box where you can choose where your stuff gets installed. DAZ will create the folders it needs for the install from there. Once your structure is setup, your zip files will work ok. Well, you get the idea.

You can have more than one Runtime folder? What is the benefit of this? How would this look like? Runtime1, runtime2.....? I see this a lot, and I am curious.

You may want to put the characters (V3, M3, SP, Aiko,...) in the basic runtime folder. And the other runtimes not in the Poser5 folder but somewhere in a folder on your root (like C:Runtimes) In here you create subfolders for, say, V3, Architecture, Animals,... In each of these you must have a folder called Runtime and in this the structure you find in Poser (libraries etc). To install Daz inems: double click on the exe file. Then when it indicates it starts a search (takes forever), click cancel. A window opens and you can then browse to where you want the item to be installed. Example: the Morphing Fantasy Dress into C:RuntimesV3Clothes . You may also want to have one runtime folder for experiments and freestuff you collect. Instead of trying to get rid of unwanted items, you simply delete this little runtime. Last remark: too many runtimes add to the confusion. (left eyes, right eyes, bump maps, lips, shoes,cats, dogs,...)

You can get better organized by using more than one Runtime. It's easier to find stuff. Poser will also load faster. You can choose which Runtimes to link directly to Poser, at any given time. If you're only working with Vicky 3, just have that Runtime linked, etc. One really big advantage of multiple Runtimes is the ability to backup everything in that Runtime. If you can keep a Runtime down below 4.7GB, you can back it up directly to a DVD,without the need for compression. You could even load that DVD Runtime directly into Poser. (Of course you can't write to it, unless you have a rewritable DVD.) Multiple Runtimes can be a bit tricky when you use DAZ "Generation 3 figures" such as Vicky 3. You need to have the !DAZ libraries in Poser 5, in addition to your external Runtimes. You could easily copy all the !DAZ folders to Poser 5. Just get them in the same location as they are in your external Runtimes. Again, you want to create a folder that has the name of your Runtime, then have your Runtime folder inside that one.

Hi.. Okay.. i've been playing a little... And Made 3 runtimes now :-) everything works just fine, and i have done nothing but installing poser 5 (again) and then installed the other things ind different runtimes :-) I sure hope that it will stay this easy to manage :-) I have made a runtime for each Daz figure that i have, then i want one for all the different things that i do not know where to put, and one test-folder. The idear with the test folder i like very much.. then it is easy to see what things i have downloaded without messing up my other runtimes :-) Thanks for all your great idears :-) Mette

Good idea. I have a folder called !Poser Stuff. Within that folder, I have categories such as Mike2, Mike3, etc. Under each category I have sub-folders such as clothes, characters, etc. All my downloaded stuff goes into !Poser Stuff, in the proper categories. I unzip or install right there, and see just what is going on. Then I move everything the way I want it, and make a self-extracting zip folder from there. I always keep the original files. I try to make frequent backups, maybe every day or two, depending on the amount of activity. I might fill up a CD or DVD depending on the amount of stuff. This will be a temporary way of storing things till I can do more later. I've recently lost my primary storage hard drive, and lots of Poser stuff. So I don't wait so long any more.

I guess u cant do this in poser 4 huh? It would def make it easier on me if I could.

The best answer I had for Poser 4 was PBooost (available in the Marketplace).

It's my understanding that you CAN do this in Poser4, you just have to rename a runtime (for instance, "runtime2" to "runtime") before running poser to access the runtime you want to use. For that matter I suppose you could do the same thing to just the pose directory (for those of us with abnormally large pose directories) but leave the rest of the original runtime as it stands. Read the bit about the Daz !files though, if they're not as they should be you won't be doing much in the way of morphing.