Kendra opened this issue on Nov 01, 2009 · 37 posts
ratscloset posted Sat, 14 November 2009 at 12:03 AM
Quote - > Quote - Mixing Poser content with other content is a very bad idea IMO.
Then i have to rebuild my whole runtime library yes? ... it's going to be a headache >.<
Any tips on how to do it without too much problem?
Do it the way you want the first time, then there is no problem! (until the next time after that, when you decide there is a new way you want it)
Seriously, When Poser 5 came out and we could have multiple Runtimes, I sat down and looked at how I used content and built my Libraries that way. For me it made sense.
I use Figure Centric and Theme Centric Runtimes. (Figure by Name, Animals all grouped together, Scenes, Props, Vehicles, Fantasy, Sci Fi, etc... ) Some items I have installed in two locations (A Space Ship in Vehicles and Sci Fi) Some I install and then remove extra files. (Hair for V3 that also supported M3, I delete the M3 files in the DAZ Females (V3, A3, SP3) Runtime and keep the files for the female figures in that Runtime. I then installed it in the DAZ Males Runtime and delete the Females versions.
When I get a new product, I install it into test Runtime and look at the files...I find that I sometimes rework the Folder Names and such and then move the Runtime to the final Runtime.
Start Rant... I really wish creators would stop using their name in the Runtime Folders for content.. If I am looking for a Miki2 Dress that I remember, I so not think of the creator, I think of the name of the product. To be honest, I ususally avoid creators that use their name in the Runtime to organize content. I only want to navigate one folder, unless there are two distinct things in that folder (Materials and Poses... please do separate them) , then I want those in Sub Folders. Nothing more annoying than going to the Pose Library, and having to scroll through 7 armband texures, 7 boot textures, 7 gloves textures, 7 Skirt textures, to get to the 7 top textures... what is so hard about having the Parent Folder the Product name with any Poses and having each different color or texture group in its own folder so when you open Black and white, you do not also have Black and Red, Blue and Green, etc... all in the same folder?
End Rant
ratscloset
aka John