Joey301 opened this issue on Aug 13, 2014 · 41 posts
moriador posted Sat, 03 January 2015 at 9:19 PM
Quote - oh jeez, it just gets easier :) I have the 64 bit though.
At what point dise the DSONLoader come into play based upon the previous instructions? Is that Before I install DSON?
Thx
We could really scare you an tell you how it was done before the DSON importer and DSON loader script.
The old cr2 export method was even worse.
You have to have the DSON importer installed to use the DSON loader script.
Not to try to confuse the issue, but I've recently started to export Genesis characters and clothing directly from Daz Studio, rather than using the DSON importer. Thanks to a utility by Netherworks that cleans up the CR2s, the result is clean native Poser content that runs without the importer script activating. It's a multi-step process, so a real pain for newbies because so much has to be done manually, rather than simply loading assets from the library. But the end result is, IMO, much, much better. (Essentially, it's using JoePublic's method -- but Netherwork's script does the CR2 editing for me.) ---------------------------------------------------------
To the OP -- It doesn't matter which HDD you use. (Note: Sometimes where I say "click on", you may actually need to "double click")
Main Poser Runtime -- this is the folder called "Runtime" that is in the same directory as the Poser executable. You should not install content to this runtime -- except for Python scripts. When you installer the DSON importer, this is the runtime to which the script should be installed.
Poser Content Runtime -- this is the folder called "Runtime" that is usually located in Documents or Documents and Settings (under the default install of Poser) inside a directory called "Poser Pro 2014" or something like that. OR is located somewhere else that you chose during installation. To avoid issues with User Access Control (UAC), It should not be located in Program Files.
Genesis Content Runtime -- this is the folder you choose to install your Genesis and Genesis 2 content to. You can install all that content into the Poser Content Runtime, but most of us find it easier to keep it separate.
Some confusion may come from the fact that users tend to use the term "Runtime" to refer to both the general area where you keep content AND the specific folders with the name "Runtime."
All folders called "Runtime" need to be located inside another directory. When you navigate to your Poser library inside Poser to "point" Poser to a new "Runtime", you will need to select the option in the list of runtimes that appear in Show Library (above the left panel). At that point, a + icon will appear in the top right of the Library panel. Clicking on + will bring up a dialog to add a new Runtime. You need to select the directory that contains the runtime folder that you want to add (not the runtime folder itself).
So the process for installing DSON content for Poser is this:
Install the DSON importer so that the python script is located in your Main Poser Runtime. You will have this option once you have started the DSON installation executable called DSON_importer_for_Poser_Win64*******.exe (or Win32, if you are running a 32 bit OS or 32 bit Poser)
Make sure you have all six ZIP files called:
a. Genesis Starter Essentials
b. Genesis Starter Essentials PoserCF
c. Genesis 2 Female Starter Essentials
d. Genesis 2 Female Starter Essentials PoserCF
e. Genesis 2 Male Starter Essentials
f. Genesis 2 Male Starter Essentials PoserCF
Inside each of the Daz Studio content zips, you will find a folder structure that looks something like this:
Content>aniblocks
>Animals
>Camera Presets
>data
>Daz Studio Tutorials
>Light Presets
>People
>Props
>Runtime
>Scenebuilder
These are mostly Daz Studio related content. You need to install it in order for the DSON importer to work, but once those things are installed, you don't need to concern yourself with anything that isn't in the folder called "Runtime." The folder called "Runtime" is where your library is going to look for assets to load into Poser.
Each of the PoserCF ZIPS will look something like this (they may have more or fewer folders, depending on the nature of the content):
Content>
>Runtime
>Geometries
>Libraries
>Character
>Hair
>Materials
>Pose
>Textures
What you want to do is make sure that all of these zips are extracted so that the folder structures go into the same place (runtime to runtime, textures to textures, etc). The easiest way to do that is to extract them all into one directory and then merge the folders.
You end up with a directory called "Content" that has all the Daz Studio subfolders inside and also the "Runtime" subfolder. You can rename "Content" to anything you want. Let's name it "Genesis Content".
When you open Poser, navigate to the Library Panel. On the left hand side, you have the option to select runtimes that have been added. Choose the in the Show Library option. In the top right, the + icon will appear. Click +, and in the dialog that opens, select the folder called "Genesis Content".
You will have to refresh you library to see the new content. Click on Show Library down arrow. Select Genesis Content. In the left panel, click on the name of the runtime "Genesis Content" again. It will be highlignted in blue. A circular arrow icon appears next to it. Click on that icon and it will refresh this runtime. The subfolders for this runtime will now appear in the left and right panels. To load the Genesis 2 Male, navigate to the figures tab, search through the folders, and locate the Genesis 2 male figure. Load it as you would any other item from your library. The DSON script will begin, and after a short wait, the character will appear on your screen.
If this is working, then it is time to install Michael 6.
Download the Michael 6 ZIPS from Daz. There should be one called Michael6.zip and one called Michael6PoserCF.zip. They will have the same structure as the Genesis Starter Essentials zips you already installed. Install Michael 6 the same way. Inside the zip there will be a folder called "Content", you can drag, copy, or extract everything INSIDE the content folder to your "Genesis Content" directory. The point is that you want the folder structure of these zips to stay intact so that folders merge with one another.
Once that's done, you will need to refresh you library inside Poser again, and the Michael 6 content will appear. You can load the figure from in a folder called "Daz People".
PoserPro 2014, PS CS5.5 Ext, Nikon D300. Win 8, i7-4770 @ 3.4 GHz, AMD Radeon 8570, 12 GB RAM.