Forum: Poser 11 / Poser Pro 11 OFFICIAL Technical


Subject: DAZ content confuses PP 11.2 when adding to Library

Psych2 opened this issue on Nov 25, 2019 ยท 17 posts


hborre posted Tue, 26 November 2019 at 7:18 AM

I am going to correct some misconceptions before it becomes gospel. When Daz converted to zip format from executables, they decided to add their files under a primary folder called Content. When extracted with DIM, the content is stripped from the Content folder and placed correctly into the hierarchy that exists in either DS or Poser, depending on the application the Content was intended for. This was by design, not a collusion. To clarify, DIM will install into any folder you create, not just the default but the files must be designed to be extracted with DIM. If you extract Daz files manually, you must extract from within the content level folder, not a brute force extraction. With brute force extraction the content folder will appear in the hierarchy regardless of application which should not exist, you are nesting your content. This has been the case for several years now. Now, if you go deleting content folders, you will delete content, again regardless of the application. Remember Poser did not institute these changes, Daz incorporated them. Any Daz purchase that I make is installed with DIM because of what I described above. And keep in mind, the old repackaged Poser zips created by Daz will have its runtime nested within a Content folder.