Hi there,

I had a problem with the Add Library button with Poser 2012. I followed the manual EXACLY but whenever I ckicked on the OK button I got the following message:

"That folder doesn't seem to be a runtime folder..."

Here's my fix-

1. Went into the file called "Poser Pro 2012 Content" made a copy of the "Downloads" file and renamed it (it was empty since I just installed 2012).

2. I then opened poser and went to the Library and clicked on the Add Library button and then highlighted the renamed folder clicked on OK and it appeared on the Show Library list.

You may want to make a copy of the "Downloads" folder and keep it for additional libraries until SmithMicro makes a service pack update.

Just to add - this is when you want to make a NEW runtime and use Add Runtime, Create

New folder

As it is, many users do not even bother with the download runtime, they create their own runtimes outside of the Poser folder.

It's not a bug in the program, it looks like one step got missed in the manual ... the most likely reason for the "fail" is that there was no "Runtime" folder beneath the folder you selected.  So ... let's say you want to create a library folder to install all your Miki 3 content into.

You can get it to work as follows:

1. Open the Library palette if it is not open.

2. Click the Add Library button (+) to open a standard Browse for Folder dialog box.

3. Select the hard drive that will store the new Library files you want to add (for example, you can choose your D: drive)

4. When the Browse for Folder dialog appears, click the Make New Folder button. You will be prompted to enter a name for the new folder. Enter the name of the library as you would like it to appear at the top level (such as Miki 3).

5. With the new Miki 3 folder selected, click the Make New Folder button again. Create a second new folder named Runtime beneath the first folder you created.*

So the file structure now looks like this:

D:
     Miki 3
          Runtime

1. Go back and select the  Miki 3 folder. Then click OK to create the new Library. Poser will add subfolders for each Library palette category (Figures, Props, etc.) beneath your selected Runtime folder. You may then populate this new Library at will.

Hope this clarifies. Manual will be updated.

Hey that works too... though it's supposed to be automatic.

I added my Poser 6, 7 and 8 runtimes to PP2012 with no problem, done in literally seconds..

I believe JSmith is talking about actually creating a new library from within Poser, rather than adding existing runtimes.

I don't believe it's a bug ... the Add Runtime feature in Poser has always expected you to select a folder that has a subfolder named Runtime beneath it. I don't think it operates any differently than it ever has.

???

Too bad it can't just create the runtime folder itself like it does all the other sub folders already! That would be on my wishlist for the next version!

The add runtime behavior has changed over the different poser versions. In previous versions it created a library folder directly inside the selected folder if there was no runtime folder (with a library folder) inside, that's not good for search behavior, when all references start with "runtime:" ;-). On Macs it even had problems when you selected the runtime folder rather than the parent folder (like not finding textures anymore...).

So it's a big improvement that a runtime folder and a libraries folder inside is now required (that's since Poser 7 or 8).