Got this done, so I need to start on the helmet remodel:

Ok, thanks!

I am going to remodel it. I didn't like it. I will remodel it with the opening in mind, so there are no weird things going on.

I will read it over. Thanks.

I just watched a Poser video where they went into the setup room and created bones and grouped the different moving parts to that.

But I know there was a simpler way to do it, and I used it in Poser 9, but I don't remember all the steps and when I try to group my helmet and create a new figure, I get issues where the parts are no longer separated, and even though they are grouped, they move as one single unit.

I'm lost. I hope someone can see this, I don't really want to start a new thread, but I will if I have to.

I modeled the helmet in two pieces to rig it to open, and have the visor draw back and up. But I'll be darned if I can remember how to do it.

Anybody know of a good tutorial for that?

So I used LF's Donor rig for the helmet. It's not UV mapped or anything yet, but I wanted to see how it would look. The materials will change, but not the color scheme. I kind of like it. I kept the bodysuit as a dynamic so that I could take advantage of her morphs without having to attempt to transfer them (never works out for me because the topology differences).

I have to decide how I am going to proceed. I haven't made a template for her body suit yet. I might not.

This is going to be interesting when I finish it...

Yeah, I've been using my Poser 9 and 10 runtimes quite a lot since I mucked up the 11 install. But there is enough new content I haven't seen yet to make me want to play with it more.

So I got the entire thing installed. It was less painful than I thought it would be. I didn't know that Poser 11 had the install from zip file option. I just did everything that way, with the option to overwrite. Worked great, and now I am playing with things that I couldn't before. It's pretty cool to see everything I didn't even know I had!

Now I am happy. I got what I wanted. Thanks again for all the help. This forum is invaluable.

That worked, thank you so much RedPhantom!

I am going to add the ezdome in there now, too. I don't use the construct, but I want to be able to add the dome from time to time.

LaFemme is a little shy...

rokket posted at 12:48 PM Sun, 1 January 2023 - #4452858

RedPhantom posted at 12:33 PM Sun, 1 January 2023 - #4452855

To add more pallets, you need to edit the mainButtons.py file in a text editor (don't use Word). Lines 8 and 9 load 2 new pallets called custombuttons.py and custom2.py respectively. Those pallets are set up in the same format. I think I just made copies of the mainbuttons.py and edited them. You can find the mainbuttons.py in Runtime\Python\poserScripts under the folder where Poser is installed (as opposed to your content runtime).

import poser

poser.DefineScriptButton(1,  ":Runtime:Python:poserScripts:PythonPalette:geomModButtons.py", "Geom Mods")
poser.DefineScriptButton(2,  ":Runtime:Python:poserScripts:PythonPalette:utilityButtons.py", "Utility Funcs")
poser.DefineScriptButton(3,  ":Runtime:Python:poserScripts:PythonPalette:callbackButtons.py", "Sample Callbacks")
poser.DefineScriptButton(4,  ":Runtime:Python:poserScripts:PythonPalette:renderButtons.py", "Render / IO")
poser.DefineScriptButton(5,  ":Runtime:Python:poserScripts:PythonPalette:materialModButtons.py", "Material Mods")
poser.DefineScriptButton(6,  ":Runtime:Python:poserScripts:PythonPalette:printInfoButtons.py", "Print Info")
poser.DefineScriptButton(7,  ":Runtime:Python:poserScripts:PythonPalette:propButtons.py", "Prop Samples")
poser.DefineScriptButton(8,  ":Runtime:Python:poserScripts:custombuttons.py", "Custom")
poser.DefineScriptButton(9,  ":Runtime:Python:poserScripts:custom2.py", "More")
poser.DefineScriptButton(10, ":Runtime:Python:PoserScripts:clearButtons.py", "Clear Buttons")

So if I add the buttons to include the EZSkin3 PYC, do I need it to be in the scripts menu folder, or just in the poserScripts folder?

You shouldn't need to move it. Just make sure the path is correct.

To add more pallets, you need to edit the mainButtons.py file in a text editor (don't use Word). Lines 8 and 9 load 2 new pallets called custombuttons.py and custom2.py respectively. Those pallets are set up in the same format. I think I just made copies of the mainbuttons.py and edited them. You can find the mainbuttons.py in Runtime\Python\poserScripts under the folder where Poser is installed (as opposed to your content runtime).

import poser

poser.DefineScriptButton(1,  ":Runtime:Python:poserScripts:PythonPalette:geomModButtons.py", "Geom Mods")
poser.DefineScriptButton(2,  ":Runtime:Python:poserScripts:PythonPalette:utilityButtons.py", "Utility Funcs")
poser.DefineScriptButton(3,  ":Runtime:Python:poserScripts:PythonPalette:callbackButtons.py", "Sample Callbacks")
poser.DefineScriptButton(4,  ":Runtime:Python:poserScripts:PythonPalette:renderButtons.py", "Render / IO")
poser.DefineScriptButton(5,  ":Runtime:Python:poserScripts:PythonPalette:materialModButtons.py", "Material Mods")
poser.DefineScriptButton(6,  ":Runtime:Python:poserScripts:PythonPalette:printInfoButtons.py", "Print Info")
poser.DefineScriptButton(7,  ":Runtime:Python:poserScripts:PythonPalette:propButtons.py", "Prop Samples")
poser.DefineScriptButton(8,  ":Runtime:Python:poserScripts:custombuttons.py", "Custom")
poser.DefineScriptButton(9,  ":Runtime:Python:poserScripts:custom2.py", "More")
poser.DefineScriptButton(10, ":Runtime:Python:PoserScripts:clearButtons.py", "Clear Buttons")

Well, then. Looks like I have some work to do.

Thanks all for the replies. I am going to check this out. On a copy of the script. I don't want to botch things up.

Happy New Year!

So here are the screen captures. Let me know if I did something wrong:

I added the PYC to the folder as directed. I restarted Poser, and it's not showing. And whatever was in the top button isn't there any longer.

Help!