Hi all

I use several tools and one of them is Poser 8. A major things I keep having is the following and maybe you have tip or trick to solve it.

When I start Poser 8 it takes a long time before its ready to use. Reason it check every time the total library runtimes (i have 4) even when I did not install any new content. This can take up to 30 minutes before its all done.

Is it not possible to store some sort of index or last list so the check is shorter or not done unless I select refresh?

Thks

The larger the runtime linked to Poser when you login, the longer it takes for Poser to open.  I use multiple runtimes situated elsewhere on my computer other than inside the main poser folder.  Before I log out of Poser I set the last runtime used to a small one. So the next time I open poser, it's reading that small runtime instead of some huge mega gig one.

Here are some instructions:

**Multiple External Runtimes
**

This is my choice for organizing my installed content.

It's really pretty easy.  The problem is that most people over think it.  

Just remember that an external runtime is exactly the same as the runtime in your Poser folder, only it's just sitting in a different location.  

It functions exactly the same way. 

And files are installed / added to them in exactly the same way. 

And they have the same folders in them as the main runtime does. Well almost the same folders.  Scripts for example have to be installed into the main Poser runtime and won't work from an external runtime.

Here is a sample of an external runtime.  Simply download it and unzip it. You will have a folder called "Runtime_Sample"

www.divshare.com/download/8531562-1f6

Find a place on your hard drive that you want to have your external runtimes living. For me it's on my partitioned drive D.

Make a folder called "Poser Runtimes"

s263.photobucket.com/albums/ii124/Acadia_ca/

Then simply copy that sample runtime you unzipped into that "Poser Runtimes" folder and make as many copies of it as you want to.  Change "Runtime_Sample" to whatever name you want.  Here is what I named some of mine:

s263.photobucket.com/albums/ii124/Acadia_ca/

Then all you do is simply install your content into whichever runtime you feel it fits best into.

Once you have finished installing your content look in the Runtimes where you have Daz characters such as V3 or V4 etc.  Go into the Library folder and look for the !DAZ folder.  Make a COPY of that folder and place the COPY in exactly the same place in the main Poser Runtime. 

Poser looks there first so by placing a copy of them in there, you are helping Poser out.  Don't delete the !DAZ folder from your other runtimes though. That defeats the purpose of having external runtimes, which is not only to allow Poser to work faster, organize your content better, but also to not lose your installed runtime content in the even of a crash because hopefully you have also saved your external runtimes to a couple other places for easy access in case of the need to reinstall.

Hope that helps.  If you have more questions, just ask.

Oh yeah, never install anything directly to your runtime. Always unzip / install to a folder on your desk top so you can see what is in side and what the folder structure is.

After a reboot, for some reason the first time I start Poser it runs like crap (very slow preview) until I close it and open it again, then it's fine.  May or may not be quite the same problem that you have.

SR3 has a new library that can be configured to not re-open previously open folders. This makes it start faster, albeit not in the same state as you left it.

Thks. Yes I do use external runtimes and they work ok just terrible slow. I also user psoer pro and that does not have this problem at all. I will chcek the tips and hope they help

But do you have SR3? SR3 has the same updated version of the library that Poser Pro has.

Yes I downloaded and installed the update this afternoon. Did not see that new option so must look better then. thks for info

Click the Klingon toothpick at the bottom of the library window. There are many options, arranged in an accordian device.

Thks I will look right away

Quote - The larger the runtime linked to Poser when you login, the longer it takes for Poser to open.

 
Do you realize that what you write is no longer true for Poser 8 and later?