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Subject: Poser5 Free Content?


FranOnTheEdge ( ) posted Sat, 09 September 2006 at 7:05 AM · edited Thu, 13 February 2025 at 1:13 PM

I have finally, after a week of trying, managed to download and install the poser5 free program, and the Hero Content zip file - what I need to know is where do I unzip this content TO???

Does anyone know?

I can't find any readme file to explain this.

Help?

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RedHawk ( ) posted Sat, 09 September 2006 at 8:40 AM

Generally speaking, Poser files should be extracted to your Poser "Runtime" folder ( C:/Program Files/Curious Labs/Poser 5/Runtime ).

I have not yet been able to complete my d'load of this particular item, though, so I can't be 100% sure!

<-insert words of wisdom here->


nghayward ( ) posted Sat, 09 September 2006 at 9:04 AM

If the new version is the same as the one I had there's a quicktime movie in the Content folder that shows you what to do. Not that it's the way I do it


FranOnTheEdge ( ) posted Sat, 09 September 2006 at 12:27 PM

Oh so that's the readme - how complex sounding.  Might be easier to understand though, I'll go look see.  Thanks.

It'll be nice to have something a bit more up to date than the Poser4 I had off a magazine.

Measure your mind's height
by the shade it casts.

Robert Browning (Paracelsus)

Fran's Freestuff

http://franontheedge.blogspot.com/

http://www.FranOnTheEdge.com


FranOnTheEdge ( ) posted Sat, 09 September 2006 at 12:53 PM · edited Sat, 09 September 2006 at 12:56 PM

Don't understand that quicktime movie - as it's talking about getting something about Asia from somewhere, plus it's talking about WinZip - I hate WinZip, so I never use it, I use PowerArchiver.

Now, since I don't understand the movie - can I just extract everything inside the Hero zip thing to the "C:/Program Files/Curious Labs/Poser 5/Runtime" as RedHawk says? 

Or do I need to be more selective, and just put some of the things into that runtime folder???

Or just extract to the "C:/Program Files/Curious Labs/Poser 5" folder and hope it finds the Runtime folder itself as the movie seems to be saying that winzip does... I think...  Very confusing.

Measure your mind's height
by the shade it casts.

Robert Browning (Paracelsus)

Fran's Freestuff

http://franontheedge.blogspot.com/

http://www.FranOnTheEdge.com


jonnybode ( ) posted Sat, 09 September 2006 at 2:43 PM

Hi!

When i look at my downloaded contentfolder ( I bought Poser 5 download version some time ago)

it looks like it shall not go in to the runtime at all, it has a index.html so you can look at the content and then choose what to install.

Try to extract the file to another folder whom you create, you can then see how the folder structure looks like and you wont harm your Poser runtime.

Regards / Jonny



FranOnTheEdge ( ) posted Sat, 09 September 2006 at 6:28 PM

Quote - Hi!

When i look at my downloaded contentfolder ( I bought Poser 5 download version some time ago)

it looks like it shall not go in to the runtime at all, it has a index.html so you can look at the content and then choose what to install.

Try to extract the file to another folder whom you create, you can then see how the folder structure looks like and you wont harm your Poser runtime.

Regards / Jonny

Yes, good suggestion, I was thinking about doing that... not that I will know what to do with it all after that...

Measure your mind's height
by the shade it casts.

Robert Browning (Paracelsus)

Fran's Freestuff

http://franontheedge.blogspot.com/

http://www.FranOnTheEdge.com


markschum ( ) posted Sat, 09 September 2006 at 6:37 PM

generally the self installers point at     c:program filescurious labsposer5  

for example . The folder paths within the zip files should start runtimelibraries... or runtimesomething ....

best of luck


FranOnTheEdge ( ) posted Sat, 09 September 2006 at 6:47 PM

There's a "ShellExecute.exe" inside the zip file - I dunno if that means anything.

Measure your mind's height
by the shade it casts.

Robert Browning (Paracelsus)

Fran's Freestuff

http://franontheedge.blogspot.com/

http://www.FranOnTheEdge.com


pakled ( ) posted Sat, 09 September 2006 at 8:33 PM

that's gonna be fun; my poser directory's still 'Metacreations'..;)

I wish I'd said that.. The Staircase Wit

anahl nathrak uth vas betude doth yel dyenvey..;)


Mystic-Nights ( ) posted Sat, 09 September 2006 at 9:04 PM · edited Sat, 09 September 2006 at 9:05 PM

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The shellexec.exe is for the autorun.inf. This is if you burn it to CD. When you put the CD in, autorun opens the index.htm file. As mentioned before you can place the files in any folder, then click on index.htm to open.

This webpage lets you browse the content in the folders and decide what you want to install. Just click on the download button below any thumbnail image. On the popup menu choose Open With, then select your zip program. After your zip program opens just point it to your runtime directory and unzip.


FranOnTheEdge ( ) posted Sun, 10 September 2006 at 9:57 AM · edited Sun, 10 September 2006 at 10:02 AM

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WebPage?  Does that mean you have to be able to access the internet when using Poser5?

Cos, that'll be a real problem if so, since I can't access the internet with this computer while at college.

Does anyone know?

This is what I've now got, (see image) - does that look right?

Measure your mind's height
by the shade it casts.

Robert Browning (Paracelsus)

Fran's Freestuff

http://franontheedge.blogspot.com/

http://www.FranOnTheEdge.com


nruddock ( ) posted Sun, 10 September 2006 at 10:36 AM

Quote - WebPage?  Does that mean you have to be able to access the internet when using Poser5?

No, it's a local file.
IIRC, it's quicker to just to browse through the directories and unzip straight from the disk.


Mystic-Nights ( ) posted Sun, 10 September 2006 at 2:09 PM

No, you don't have to have internet access. The html page is included with images just to help you identify what content is there.

As mentioned if you want you can just just browse through the folders, find a zip you want and install it.

When installing just point it at the Poser 5 folder.


FranOnTheEdge ( ) posted Thu, 14 September 2006 at 7:11 AM

Ah, okay - thanks.

Measure your mind's height
by the shade it casts.

Robert Browning (Paracelsus)

Fran's Freestuff

http://franontheedge.blogspot.com/

http://www.FranOnTheEdge.com


LostinSpaceman ( ) posted Thu, 14 September 2006 at 10:04 AM

UM... NO! You don't want to unzip to your Poser "Runtime" directory. You want to unzip to your Poser directory itself because all the zipfiles file structure already includes the runtime directory. If you unzip to the runtime directory you'll end up with a file structure similar to this one:

C:Program FilesCurious LabsPoser 5RuntimeRuntime.....

Simply unzip to either your Poser 5 directory or your poser 5 Download Directory if you want to keep it separate from the main runtime.


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