Quote - And there are 2 versions of Dawn, one for Poser and the other for DS.  As JimTS posted, Dawn is totally incompatible with Poser Debut.  You are expecting too much from an application which only provides very basic and limited tools.

Installing Debut was me testing my abilities to run it, gaining some experience running it, and whether Poser looked like it would do what I want it to do, before laying down much more hard earned money for a better version (Debut cost me $12). As far as I'm concerned, Debut is only a learning tool, nothing more. Installing Dawn (I even managed to install the Mac version) was also just a test, I knew when I installed it that it was designed for 9+, but I'll hang on to Dawn's Runtime (I installed it in a separate Runtime, as you suggested a few days ago) and use it with Poser ∞.

Everything is under control...

Knickers

Quote - Dawn is only compatable with Poser 9+

Debut offers none of the features to make Dawn, Dson or any of that stuff work. Here's a link to the feature comparison:

http://poser.smithmicro.com/poser10-poserpro2014/?__utma=267329180.1623127561.1321329542.1388871174.1389289664.168&__utmb=267329180.4.10.1389289664&__utmc=267329180&__utmx=-&__utmz=267329180.1387816940.159.13.utmcsr=poser.smithmicro.com|utmccn=%28referral%29|utmcmd=referral|utmcct=/content_update.html&__utmv=-&__utmk=208190609#compare

I understand all that, and I am going to upgrade, but my question was where does one get DSON? Is it part of later versions of Poser? Is it part of DAZ3D? Can I download it from the DAZ3D or SmithMicor website?

Thanks...

Knickers

I ran the .command files and they generated a number (or moved) of files. I'll keep playing around with it and see if I can get it working right.

Knickers

I have done that WandW though I'm not sure what happened. I'm running on a Mac so things are not the same.

That's a good idea hborre, I wish I had thought of it earlier.

I got Poser Debut because I could buy it at a reasonable price, and see if I could get along with it. I am now tempted now to buy Poser 10 (I can't afford Pro, too expensive for my budget).

I had it installed in DAZ3D (using DAZ's DIM) and copied the files from there to Poser. I'd like to get it in a self-installer rather than using DIM but so far I haven't found it. Also I am on a Mac...

Knickers

The path to a file can get confusing quickly, an example:

To Alyson's casual shoes: /Users/Shared/Poser Debut Content/Runtime/Textures/Poser 8/Alyson/AlysonCasual/AlysonCasualShoes.jpg

I've noticed that many 'items' are placed in a Vendor-named sub-directory, does Poser automatically go into sub-directories when looking for something? If I'm in 'Props' everything that appears in the pane has been found, because it wouldn't be there otherwise. If it doesn't work, that's another matter.

I've noticed somethings like this: /Users/Shared/Poser Debut Content/Runtime/Textures/Poser 8/Alyson/Alyson/AlysonHead.png. That makes me wonder why .../Alyson/Alyson/... is it a mistake?

It's weird but just putting my thoughts down here is helping me understand the way Poser works, at least as far as the directory tree...

Knickers