mezzaniine opened this issue on Oct 25, 2001 ยท 3 posts
hogwardenwork posted Fri, 26 October 2001 at 10:40 AM
Ok... Always nice to help a newbie as we've all been there! Generally speaking, there will be a text file in the ZIP which should tell you where everything goes. You will usually find that the paths are already setup in the zip file... you just select "use folder paths" and unzip into your "Poser" directory... but this isn't always the case. If you have deviated from the "usual" installation paths when installing Poser, as I have, this can cause problems. For instance... a zip may be setup to automatically unzip into "C:/Program Files/Metacreations/Poser/runtime..." My directory layout is "C:/3d/poser4/runtime" so I have to manually place the files as shown in the text file. General rules of thumb are... Only "OBJ" file have to be in the right place... somewhere in the Runtime/Geometries/Whatever folder... See the text file! If you put texture images in the wrong place, don't worry... you will be prompted to find the files by Poser when you load up the figure/character/whatever. I find that the Windows "Find Files" utility comes in extremely usefull at this stage! The figure files (CR2 and RSR) must be together, but can be put anywhere you like in your Poser/Runtime/Libraries/Character/whatever directory. Again... Read the text file! To use your new downloads when they are unzipped, look in the Figures section in the right hand bar and you will find them there! The Right hand bar basically mirrors the file system within your Poser/Runtime/Libraries Folder... But remember not to create any sub-sub folders or poser will not find the files! This often happens when unzipping manually and forgetting to uncheck "use folder paths" in WinZip. Hope I've not confused you too much!!!! Have fun... best way to learn is to experiment!! HW