>>>>>  I don't have other newer versions of the Poser and I don't know if it's possible to download them and if they are free or paid and what their cost can be.

The only versions of Poser available now are Poser 13 and Poser 13 upgrade (which only upgrades from 11 or 12)

There are no free versions of Poser.

It might help if you open that Poser 7 Files file in Windows Explorer (or Mac Finder) to see what subfolders are in there. Can you take a screen shot of that?

What you need to do is open that file and look for a folder named Runtime.  Then when you install the files you need to select the folder JUST ABOVE that Runtime folder. 

Can't remember the earliest version that used Flash for the library. Either Poser 7 or 8 if I recall. 

But take note ... the content you use in Poser will also be a factor in the version you install.

Poser 5 was released in 2003. It's the first version that used Firefly. About the only content that it will support is that furnished with Poser itself, or with Victoria 4 generation from DAZ.

Poser 7, also mentioned above, was released in 2006. It supports the G2 figures released by eFrontier, like Simon, Sydney, James, Jessi, etc (NOT the Genesis 2 figures relerased by DAZ). So as far as DAZ content goes you're still limited to V4 and that generation.

Poser 9 and Poser Pro 2012 are the first versions that support weight mapped figures as well as subsurface scattering. Weight mapping was not as robust as in later versions. 

Poser 10 and Pro 2014 first versions to have the fitting room which allows you to convert clothing from one figure to another. 

Poser 11.3 and later are owned by Bondware. 

What do you have for a video card? That would factor in to which version you can use as well.

dForce Master at DAZ has cloth simulation preset to fix explosions, among many other things. 

https://www.daz3d.com/dforce-master-cloth-simulation-presets

You select your clothing item, go to surfaces tab and apply the shader presets to the clothing. 

PBR materials are heavily dependent on the textures created for them. 

Can you post a screen cap of the PBR textures you are trying to use, including the metal and rough maps that you say don't work right?  Not the full resolution because they are probably copyrighted, but perhaps a small screen cap (say 250x250 thumbs or whatever). 

With the proper maps, all you should have to do is connect them to the corresponding inputs on the Physical Surface node, or the Cycles root node with Principled BSDF texture. 

Not silenced and repressed at all. Everyone is entitled to an opinion. 

There's an easy solution. Don't post political posts. Not everyone shares your opinion. There's a reason that there aren't many political posts in the galleries. 

Good deal, glad you got it working!

What do you normally model your clothing in? It might be a lot easier to fit the LF2 dress to Dawn 2 in your modeler, 

I'm assuming you're converting your LF2 clothing to Dawn? I have the Vintage Dress will you do that one?

Usually I just take the original clothing OBJ into my modeler, placed over the target figure, and then morph the dress in my modeler directly. I have more control over things that way, and then can save it to a new file name.

OK.  The easiest way to do this is as follows: (Make sure you save your project before trying this)

1.  Select the modified garment with all of your morphs (ones created with the morphing tool, and others with parameter dials). Make sure ALL of the morphs you want to combine together are set as you need. 

2.  Choose Figure > Spawn Full Body Morph.  You'll be asked to enter a name for the morph.  Example:  Dress for Dawn 2

3.  With the outfit still selected, choose Figure > Zero Figure. This zeroes out all of the morphs you dialed in.

4. Now Dial in ONLY the "Dress for Dawn 2" morph that you spawned. You should see exactly the same thing you saw when you had the morphs individually set.  DO NOT delete this from the scene. You'll need it for the next step.

NOW ... Here's the key.  You need to create a new DEFAULT SHAPE for your clothing, and the vertex order has to be the exact same result as the original OBJ file for LF2, otherwise the morph won't work properly.  To do this part:

1. Import the OBJ file (not the CR2) for the garmet you modified.  Typically located in Geometries folders. So let's say your original OBJ file is named Dress for LF2.OBJ. 

2. Select Dress for LF2.OBJ (substituting with your OBJ name, which will be listed under the Props category)

3. Choose Object > Copy Morphs From. Expand the menu to select the Dress for Dawn 2 CR2 that is in your scene (it's generally the choice at the bottom of the selector list). Then choose OK.

4. Click the Select None button at the bottom of the dialog. Then select ONLY the Dress for Dawn 2 item in the BODY actor.  That will automatically check all of the various body parts included in that BODY morph.

After you create the morph, go to the BODY actor and dial the morph to 1.  

Now you can export THAT OBJ and name it whatever you want to name the clothing object for the Dawn 2 dress. Note though that Dawn 2 has an extra abdomen2 body part that LF2 doesn't have so you may need to do some manual regrouping.

If you need more help let me know. 

I'm not sure that a morph alone would be enough, you'd probably also have to adjust the joint centers for the thighs to match the new leg shape. Otherwise the centers will be off if the legs are narrower.

Which version of Poser are you having issues with?  If Poser 11, make sure it's 11.3.

General Preferences is in the Edit menu in Windows. I can't find my power supply for my old Macbook, but it MIGHT be in the File menu on mac. I'm not sure.

If you search for "Animals" at DAZ and limit it to Poser results you'll see a whole bunch of various animals, most of them being Poser 7 era. 

The search at Rendo doesn't have an animals category and searching for that term doesn't filter real well.  There is a Forest Bundle available which used to be sold at Content Paradise. But that's back in the Poser 6/7 era as well.

Whether or not they are realistic enough for your needs is the question. Standards have changed a lot since those days.