Quote - Start at autofit, yes, this is a ds only item, ds specific.  Or to me, it doesn't exist.  I mentioned it as one of the things listed as "Iffy", which translates to "More often, not".

Autofit is the equivalent of crossdresser or wardrobe wizard, but converts Gen4 and Gen3 clothing to genesis.  So it's not really Genesis functionality.

Quote - DYnamics, I want to select the figure I'm working with, double click on the clothing item in the library and go into the cloth room, select the things I want it to collide with and run the sim.

So when you load genesis, load the dynamic item and you select the subd bone to collide with.

Quote - You don't need DS?  Gene is available without DS? 

The Essentials files that come with the plugin has genesis in it and the python calls to bring it into poser without DS.

Quote -  Required for V5 etc.  No, what I mean is want to either run an installer, (poor second choice) or unzip a .zip into the runtime and have said character, prop, clothing or environment be there in the library.  Everything I've read has said this is not the case.

Once you install the essentials files into the directory of your choice, any other characters, like V5 will be installed via an installer into that same directory.  No DS is needed. It's as simple as that.

Quote - There have been a lot of things others have said you will have to go into DS to do before you can use it in poser, or a straight up conversion that will run as a poser native model will, still doesn't exist.

Only time you will go into DS if you have an genesis item that hasn't been converted to work in Poser and you want to create the Poser companion files for it or you're creating content for Genesis. If you're just adding stuff to the a scene, and you're installing poser-ready content, then no you don't need DS.

Quote - I'm from a very different world, one where there are two possibilities, that being, to spec and working, or scrap and start over.  I see no reason to hold a different,much more lax standard to the software world. IT either works, or it doesn't.

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Well then, things wrote to DSON specs work in Poser. Things that aren't then you have to wait until they are or you do them yourself. It works or it doesn't. Nothing different from what you're expecting.

The big thing about Genesis is wrapping your head around what it really is. The big problem is people think it's just another figure to manipulate. It's more than that. It's probably better to take time to educate yourself about what it is before saying things that are most likely misinformed. Most people don't see the advantages of it until they spent a while playing with it. It took me a while to warm up to it, so I don't think it will be different for others until they understand what Genesis really represents.