Quote - Heh, I'm just staring at the files to figure out what I need to install.  Do I need all three packages installed if I have DS 4.5 currently installed? :)  It doesn't happen much but I'm confused.

Don't know if this was answered.

The legacy file packages isn't needed unless you're using DS 4 or earlier - I believe that package has the older ds/dsa formats.  The DSON CORE file is the normal DS file, updated to the DSON .duf format.  It also of course contains the data files needed no matter whether you're using Genesis in DS or Poser.

The Poser Companion files go in the Poser Runtime, and as long as you keep the 4 files (eg .duf, .py, png, pz2) together you can move them anywhere in your Poser libraries.

The other package contains the data files (similar to geometry type files in Poser) and updated DS files as well (using the DSON .duf format).  These are also needed. and should stay outside the Runtime folder in the "data" section they're placed in .

I ALWAYS extract the Daz content exes to a separate location and then zip it up in case I need to reinstall and put the extracted items in my runtime manually.  That way I know what's in the package and I can decide what's going where - I don't like any program or content creator deciding where I put things in my content directories.  Takes a bit more time, but it's well worth it to me.  Daz is switching to zip files with an optional installer, but are starting with older content as the old installers apparently don't work with some Macs.  The newer stuff is, therefore, unfortunately still in exe. format

I've been really unhappy about some of the stuff at Daz since they put out the new site, but I don't get people who are just posting here just to bash Daz about this.  It is something LOTS of people have asked for and I give kudos to Daz and SM for working together to make it happen.  I'm a long time Poser user and find I actually like many things about DS4 since starting to use it, so it's more my program of choice of the two these days, but I still like and use Poser.

Once I installed the DSON plugin and the Genesis Essentials stuff and just ONE of my updated M5 characters, I was able to use that character along with the morphs that I already had in DS. VERY cool! 

I adore Genesis - probably will still use it more in DS, but am thrilled to have the option now to use it in Poser as well, even if it won't do everything it does in DS.  More options are nice!

Cheers,
Alisa

RETIRED HiveWire 3D QAV Director