Good stuff, Bejaymac. I wish I'd known this stuff when I first started working in DS. 

 

A few other things I wish I'd known:

 

While Poser Lights load up in DS, they usually look terrible. 

 

"Generation" characters have unpredictable compatibility. Poses designed for most third generation characters (Michael 3, Hiro 3, Stephanie 3, Victoria 3, Aiko 3, David 3) wil work pretty well for all of these characters. So, if you have a pose for Hiro3, it will probably work fine for Aiko3. MAT poses (aka skins) will also work on all characters of the same gender, so a hiro3 skin will work on michael 3. However, some regions must be manually set on aiko3. Like, if you're using a MAT pose of a Victoria3 skin on aiko3, you'll often have to apply the legs manually. None of these characters have any clothing crossover compatability. If it says, "conforming clothing," it only works on that character. It also won't work on characters with the same name from a different generation. So, stuff written for Michael 2 won't work on Michael 3 or Michael 4. This is so obvious to me now, but when I first got the program, I thought Michael 4 was just a new version of Michael 3, not a completely different model. This is further confused by the fact that anything designed for Hiro4 or Freak4 (or Aiko4, Shefreak4 and Stephanie4 on the ladies' side) can be worn by Michael 4 (or Victoria 4, respectively). And Genesis can wear anything, if you buy the right addons. 

 

Hair figures only work on compatible characters. Hair will work on anybody if you take some time to tweak it. 

 

That's all I can think of right now.