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Subject: Hiro 4 doesn't install...

Casette opened this issue on Jun 24, 2011 · 8 posts
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Casette ( ) posted Fri, 24 June 2011 at 5:33 PM · edited Mon, 25 November 2024 at 4:57 AM

Hi folks. I can't install that damned Hiro 4. I tell you my history.

-Poser8 installed in primary partition C:

-Downloads runtime installed in secondary partition E:

Running the installer I select E:Poser (as I did with V4, M4, etc). But I get this message: 'When used with Poser TM, "Hiro 4 Base" must be installed to the same directory as the application executable; due to restrictions on support file locations

Please select the directory that contains your Poser executable"

So I select C:Program filesSmith MicroPoser 8; and then that stupid installer says: "Dependency error: The required file has NOT been found. Installation of Hiro 4 Base will now quit". And closes

THE EXECUTABLE FILE IS THERE!!! IDIOTIC PROGRAM!!! :cursing:

Tips...? :crying:


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Kalypso ( ) posted Fri, 24 June 2011 at 5:40 PM
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Copy your Poser.exe and paste it in your E:Poser.   It needs to see a poser executable before installing.  Oh make sure the Poser.exe is outside the Runtime folder.

Casette ( ) posted Fri, 24 June 2011 at 5:44 PM · edited Fri, 24 June 2011 at 5:47 PM

Nice trick. I'll try it. Thanks :)

EDITED

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It worked!!! Thanks!!! :thumbupboth:


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"Poser isn't a SOFTWARE... it's a RELIGION!"

LaurieA ( ) posted Fri, 24 June 2011 at 5:50 PM

FWIW, I can't stand those Daz installers....blasted things ;).

Laurie


Kalypso ( ) posted Fri, 24 June 2011 at 5:50 PM
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Nice :)

bagginsbill ( ) posted Fri, 24 June 2011 at 9:40 PM · edited Fri, 24 June 2011 at 9:42 PM

The program does not have to see a copy of poser.exe - any file - even an empty text file - called poser.exe will work.

Why they have not changed the installers is ... inexcusable really. They're being obnoxious about this. Nobody wants to put their Daz content in Smith Micro's runtime. It's been three years since this behavior had any justification. Moreover, the program many of us buy and use now is not even called that. It's PoserPro.exe.

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Medzinatar ( ) posted Fri, 24 June 2011 at 10:07 PM

I think the dependency error is that it is also looking for "blMilMan_m4b.obj" in the runtime:geometries folder


Casette ( ) posted Sat, 25 June 2011 at 2:54 AM · edited Sat, 25 June 2011 at 2:55 AM

Well, the trick worked and I have my Hiro 4 working. A discussion about how DAZ3D designs its installers is a different mess and ... the Neverending Story


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"Poser isn't a SOFTWARE... it's a RELIGION!"

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