Hi - I remember when installing a lot of poser content, from many sites, that I use the "Poser All Versions" option, and was wondering if that installed unneccessary files for P7, eg .bum (?) files etc?

Question is, what files can I search for and safely delete from my runtime, running P7?  I have a feeling there's gigs of redundant files that are needed by daz studio and P4-6 that I can get rid of ... can someone tell me what files I can safely delete and run all my models fine from within P7?

thanks!

.BUMs are Bump Map files.  Which can be converted into .JPG, and then still used in the Bump Channel.  I think you just need to change the extension of the file, and then apply the new file, within the material room.

You can look for .RSRs, which have been replaced by .PNG; so many products, for a while, offered both.  Unless....a product only offered .RSR, in which case you'd be deleting your only library thumbnail.

Quote - .BUMs are Bump Map files.  Which can be converted into .JPG, and then still used in the Bump Channel.  I think you just need to change the extension of the file, and then apply the new file, within the material room.

You can look for .RSRs, which have been replaced by .PNG; so many products, for a while, offered both.  Unless....a product only offered .RSR, in which case you'd be deleting your only library thumbnail.

If you've opened that directory in the library, however, Poser automatically makes .PNGs for the files (if an .RSR is present), so the .RSRs become redundant and can be safely deleted.

What I do from time to time (if I've recently installed a bunch of content) is do a search for .RSRs in my libraries.  if any show up, I see what directories they are in, run the Poser library to them (don't even have to load anything, just open the library), then delete them.

Thanks - that's good to know re .rsrs ... any others that can be deleted?   It would be good to free up some space, particularly for files that are needed and installed for P4-6 but not P7, to remove, to save hard drive space...

The biggest difference for you is probably going to be converting *.BUM files to JPG

*.BUM files are actually *.BMP which is not compressed, so change the extension to BMP, and then load the file into the image editing program of your choice, and save it out as a JPG. Remember that you'll need to change the reference of the BUM file in the CR2 or whatever file it is that is referencing the BUM file, or else it'll do its long "lag o' death" before asking you where the old file is.

But yeah, you can delete the RSR files, too. I routinely do that, myself.