I have gotten myself into one giant mess here. I quit working with poser about a year ago, at the time my runtime folder was only about 3 gigs or so, but it was spread out between a newer curious labs install and an older metacreations install. Why I didn't install over the top of the first one I don't recall other than a fear of wiping out all the stuff I had in there. Anyway, now I am looking for the easiest possible solution to move them into one single install. Poser 5 was my latest aquisition, much to my wifes dismay, but I still do most of the setup work in Poser 4. Is it as simple as just copying the runtime folder and telling it to replace what it finds or not to replace anything or what? I am sure someone else has ran into this at some point in time, if you have please offer me some knowledge here. Thanks Sooner

There's no "best" answer. I tend to operate the way you do: Mainly in 4, use 5 for tests or fancy renders. I keep the two runtimes separate, and keep most things in the 4 zone, for two reasons: (1) Anything produced by 5 will give a "Later version than expected" warning message when run in 4. (2) P5 can read stuff from outside its own zone, but P4 can't. So it makes more sense to keep the bulk of stuff in the 4 zone.

Just to expand a little on what ockham said: Keep them separate. P5 can use multiple runtimes. So install P5 separately, then add your P4 runtime to P5's. You can do this by selecting a Libarary, clicking up the heirarchy til you reach the top, (which, after initial install will show you "Poser 5" (with a red ball next to it) and "Downloads"), then click the "+" button at the bottom. Navigate to your P4 Runtime and add it. P5 will add the new Runtime to all of your library categories (Figures, Props, etc..) Cheers, Diolma

Sadly enough the main reason I bought poser 5 was for the dynamic cloth and the hair. I had put it off back when it came out in the hopes that it would be more stable after a few service packs, which is the case. While it is still not as stable as good old 4.0 it isn't the horror story I heard back when it was first released. I have consolidated into a single runtime folder now. when I get ready to use poser 5 I can just import the scene that way I don't have two copies of everything. Thanks for the help guys