HI, I HAVE A HUGE POSER 7 LIBRARY (ABOUT 29 GB)... AND IT TAKE TOO LONG TO ME TO THE POSER 7 READ THIS HUGE RUNTIME LIBRARY... DOES ANYONE KNOWS HOW CAN I ACCELERATE THE ACESS TIME TO MY RUNTIME LIBRARY ???

IS THERE ANY SOFTWARE WHERE I CAN SEE THE IMAGES FROM MY RUNTIME LIBRARY TO HELP ME CHOOSE WHAT I WANT TO USE ?

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You shouldn't have everything in one runtime, you should have it in multipel runtimes organized by type. Then you can just actiuvate which runtimes you actually need, rather then everything you own being sorted through.

Can you suggest a way to organize my runtime ???  can i have more han one runtime ?? how i´ll call them ? runtime 1, runtime 2, ???

I also hear that repairing the caps lock helps speed up the runtime...

Just sayin'.

Gareee and Geep's suggestions work, too.. in a pinch. :>

Attached Link: "Using Multiple Runtimes" compliments of Dr Geep Studios

Hi cg3dstudio,

You might find some help in this tutorial.
It was done for Poser 5 but it should work ok with Poser 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, etc., etc. :lol:
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Attached Link: http://www.renderosity.com/mod/forumpro/showthread.php?thread_id=2732837

Or this :)
http://www.silverblades-suitcase.com/tutorials/htm/20.html

Just a little housekeeping suggestion.  I maintain a separate directory of content (I call it poser runtimes) which I have set up with the same runtime names (Animals, Buildings, Furniture, Props, Environments, G2 Characters, V4 Characters, V4 Clothing, M3, etc.).  When I install new content into one of my active runtimes, I then move the original content file (DAZ exe or zip file) to the corresponding directory.  That way, when the time comes to do a reinstall (and it will come!), I can simply install content one directory at a time, and all my runtimes are set up the way I like them.

This also makes it easy to back up content (directory by directory) and to split up content when one runtime gets too big.  SImply decide how to split up the content (old buildings vs. modern for example) place the content in the two directories accordingly, blow away the old runtime (buildings) and install content to the two new ones.  Presto, they each open quickly again!

By the way, I long ago gave up backing up to DVD's and simply bought a cheap external drive (check out the prices, they are way down) with 160 GB capacity.  I copy the content runtime folders to it and then sync it occasionally.  I use this for off site - I run a home server which backs up everything nightly, but it occurred to me that I could have a sytemic failure (can anyone say house fire?) and then I would have to try to reassemble all my content from vendor sites - yikes!  I also back up output (save files and WIP) while I'm at it.  SInce I usually use Carrara, I also grab the carrara content I've created (it's in the My Documents folder under DAZ3DCarara7MyPresets.

Klebnor

You can actually get a 1 tb external drive if you watch for them for $100 us shipped.

Odds are I'll be adding one for my 3d content, and music collections.

I agree, however, I usually go with a small format drive (essentially they are laptop drives in small cases) as they use the USB port and don't require an external power source (which I consider a PITA).  You can get one of these with 160 - 250 GB for about $60.  They are about the size of a deck of cards.

With USB flash keys going up to 64 GB, this may become an option too (although still much more expensive).

Klebnor

Actually I expect usb Flash devices or micro or sd cards to usurp disc sales at some point in time.  They are smaller, more portable, and the prices on them are plummeting. I bought an 8 gb one recently for under $10 shipped, and has seen some as high as 64gb.

Imagine an entire season of a tv show on one small flash drive you can pop into your pocket, and play on a portable dvd player.

Flash drives (and min and micro sd cards) are much smaller and much easier to carry around then discs. since 1-4gb sd cards are becoming so cheap, we're finding we are buying them for quite a number of uses.

My wife is ripping and putting tv shows on her 8gb micro sd card she uses in her cellphone for entertainment on her lunch breaks.

If all the dics we had were on micro sd cards, 5 book cases full could be pared down to a foot square.