It is taking me so long to get used to this new version of Poser.  I'm getting rather annoyed actually.

One the library.  I HATE it in the seperate window like that.  I wish there was a way to dock it in the main window.  Is there a way to do this?  It's so annoying having to constantly go back to that just to look for things.

Two: Saving Poses.  I was just testing out saving poses to see how that works in this.  Why does the new pose I save just go to a random Pose folder?  Looks like it may be going into the first folder in the Pose Runtime.. It doesn't look like there is any way to move them inside the library.

I've had this program for a couple months now I think and I haven't gotten past loading V4 and getting annoyed.  Now I'm walking away a lot and not trying as hard as I should but it's a real pita.

Any help in these areas?

Oh adding to my frustration with the library.  I add runtimes and they show up with 0 content in them.  So I basically don't have anything I can load from the program besides v4 anyway.  I must be missing something.

As to docking the Library (I assume you are using PP2012)...

Look down at the bottom of the library pane. At the bottom of the gray area, you will see a little bar commonly referred to as the "Klingon Horn." Click on it. The very first option you are given is "Always on Top." Check that box and click the horn again to close the controls. You can now park the Library wherever you want it, and it will stay in view.

Saving Poses: Make sure you have the character selected in the pose window. Go to Poses (2nd icon) and click on the main item at the top of the list. If you save here, the pose goes into the top level directory. If you select a folder under that list and open it up, then the pose is saved there.

Runtimes: What is the path to the runtime you are trying to add? What version of windows are you running? 

At the bottom of the gray area, you will see a little bar commonly referred to as the "Klingon Horn."

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thats "Klingon Toothpick."*

@ Basicwiz: the OP title mentions PP2010.

Folders with 0 means that there is no content for that particular content under that category.  For example, if you load a pose file into Poser, you will see 0 if you are in the Character category in the Library.  Click the appropriate icon at the top, and you will see those folders populate.  If you are not sure which icon is associated to which category, please refer to the manual; it is clearly outlined there.

That got me as well.  That my character file should have plenty in it but not realizing I was still in "lighting".  

A little reading of the manual, Chapter 7, would probably have eliminated several weeks of confusion.

When you save something, it goes in the folder that is currently selected. If you would avail yourself of the many options, you would find lots of ways to customize the UI. One of the ways you can customize it is to only show the Poser 7-style icon list, with no tree, along with a breadcrumb bar. In this mode, you never can be confused about what folder is active, and you navigate so that you only ever see the contents of one folder at a time, like Poser 7. If that floats your boat.

advanced library manager by semidieu at rdna is very good too.   Because of my set up with multiple external runtimes I find it easier to get to my stuff using that library as I can just search helicoptor and all my helicoptor folders pop up instantly.

Love esther

"Runtimes: What is the path to the runtime you are trying to add? What version of windows are you running?"

D:Xruntimes/Poses/Runtime = example.  I am using windows 7 64

Basicwiz: that info is helpful - thank you!

Kendra:  Thank you for letting me know I'm not the only one. lol

Bagginsbill:  You are correct, reading the manual would have saved me some time and frustration.  I guess my reason for not doing so was that previously the manual had been of no help whatsoever so I assumed (yes I know what that means :p) that it would be the same now and just a waste of time.  I also 'assumed' that since I was already familiar with previous versions I should be able to just jump right in.

In all honesty, for me, posting on the forums is like going to the bathroom when you are waiting for your food at a restaurant.  When you get back your food is always there.  When I post, I  usually find the answers within 5 minutes.  It's magic really.

However, there are something that are mentioned in the guide which do not help at all.  Like I decided after learning about the quick start guides that I would do that to just get familiar.  Well they don't work - at least not for me.  So much for that.

For me the people on the forums are far more user friendly and informative than the manual ever is.  I would love to "avail myself" the option to change the folders to Poser 7 style.  I will have to research exactly how that is done.  Thanks for the tip!!!

Esther:  Thanks for the tip about the library manager!

Hborre: Thanks for pointing that out for me :)

So, have we resolved all of these issues or are there still some that need clarification?

lol

I'd like to figure out how to do this:

"If you would avail yourself of the many options, you would find lots of ways to customize the UI. One of the ways you can customize it is to only show the Poser 7-style icon list, with no tree, along with a breadcrumb bar. In this mode, you never can be confused about what folder is active, and you navigate so that you only ever see the contents of one folder at a time, like Poser 7."

But I am hesitant to ask, since I suppose it's probably documented somewhere.  

The Library settings under theKlingon Toothpick. 

I know you would like to see things be the way they used to be as a comfort issue.

However...

BB went through a lot of coding and grief with user feedbacks to get the new library that we are now using. If you will take the time to custiomize it the way you like and actually USE the new features, you will grow to love it.

For instance, the ability to move the material pose files out of the pose area and put them in with the character files (I put them in a folder that shows up under the character files) makes life SO much simpler.

Having the list on the left and the folders on the right seems so natural... I can scan down the text list if I know what I'm looking for, or down the folders (with icons showing!) if I have no idea what the item is called!

It is the most functional Poser library since I started using the program 10 years ago. 

That said, to answer your question:

Open the Klingon toothpick.

Check "Always on top."

Go to Display: Uncheck Tree. Check "Breadcrumbs"

Close the toothpick.

You ought to have something close to what you want.

Quote - advanced library manager by semidieu at rdna is very good too.   Because of my set up with multiple external runtimes I find it easier to get to my stuff using that library as I can just search helicoptor and all my helicoptor folders pop up instantly.

Advanced Library Manager is great indeed, but you can search exactly like that in the built-in library as well, no?

everytime I try to search something in the built in library it takes a really long time.  Is that because I have 4 internal drives that are 2-3 TB in size each and it is searching all of them and maybe each subfolder.  ALM2 is instant for finding my runtimes probably because it can just search runtimes and not internal content (longer to find content inside a runtime) and then it can merge all the found runtimes together if i want. Not only that it does lots of other things. I can conform and magnetize a whole folder full of clothes that I shift select all in one click.  I can apply just an arm pose instead of a full pose or a leg pose etc. It is an amazing library.  The only thing I can' tdo in it is add an external runtime (at least i haven't found how to do that in advanced library manager 2 as yet)  other than that it is brilliant!!!

Love esther

GG.  Honestly I think my copy is just bugged or something, I need to redownload from SM.  Now after making these changes that I had hoped would help me - the stupid library no longer opens at all.  Oh it's there, it's docked.  It's a plain white box with no text, no folders, no libraries - just blank.  I reset to factory settings and even that obviously doesn't work because the settings all stay like I put them.  And the stupid blank box stays docked there.

I'm using windows 7 64 bit and I swear there is some configuration error.  Probably between the keyboard and the back of my chair - but for whatever reason this works like crap for me.  I have no problem upgrading, if I could confirm that was the problem, and what exactly to upgrade to.  Honestly it would be nuts to find out that my computer is not good enough to even open this dang program correctly.  4g, decent vid card, 64bit OS etc...

I just want one thing to work easily and efficiently.  Just one.  That's all.

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I would greatly appreciate any tips or settings that will help me get this thing running properly.  As it stands I am looking at reinstalling it because nothing I have done has gotten the library back to me.  That sucks!!

I used to always be on a 32 bit system and things worked just fine for me.  But because I had a multi-core processor a friend kept insisting that I spend the money and get the 64 bit OS, "that it would make things much better".  Well not so far....

Now I just read another thread about having 64bit flash.  I don't know if I have that or not, I don't think so. 

Is there anything else that you need to make sure is compatable with the 64 bit system so that poser runs correctly?

Any other system settings that will help me out here?  I know how to google, and adjust most things, so if I can just get the info I will make the most of it.  This is the sole purpose of this PC so I don't care how this effects anything else on it. 

(side note) I didn't realize BB had been involved in developing this version of Poser.  That is awesome for him.  Now I also realize why he seemed to take my complaints personally LOL.   Sorry BB, no offense, love your work.