Lyne opened this issue on Apr 30, 2007 · 10 posts
Lyne posted Mon, 30 April 2007 at 10:33 PM
for Poser the only updated files are for the V4 base and the Morphs++ none of the other files need to be reinstalled. (still trying to understand if I am to execute the "morphforms_2.exe" file)
To install to a dummy runtime, use the DAZ Studio option in the installer and you will be allowed to BROWSE to install anywhere you want.
Once you install you can move your files anywhere you want. the one exception is for Poser versions before Poser 7 which will have very poor load times if the !DAZ folder which is just
inside the Libraries folder is not in the base runtime. any of the standard library folders can go anywhere you wish.
Lyne wrote:
I also think I have it right, that ONCE I install V4.1, I will not have to have some sort of installer icon or run something ever again for and products FOR this version of V4.1? I won't try to understand why all this was done...just be happy to get her settled in!
REPLY:
um ok not quite, when you get new ExP packages down the road you will need to run the utility in the !DAZ folder again. (BUT in one post it said the DAZ installer would run that thingy automatically for me- guess you only have to do it manually if the product is not from DAZ ... OR MAYBE when using a dummy runtime?).
So say in the future you buy a package using ExP. unpack it into a dummy runtime it will come with another !DAZ folder.
Drop that into your P6 libraries folder and it will save the proper files into the existing !DAZ folder.
You then go into that !DAZ folder and double click on the DzCreateExPFiles-V4.bat file(obviously for the mac it isnt a .bat file but you will see a file with basically the same name), this will create the proper files for the new package. you will also see a DzCreateExPFiles-V4V3.bat file double click on that one as well that one creates the proper files to allow you to use the head morphs in the V4 to V3 figure if you use it.
THE PATH THE DAZ ICONS HAVE FROM MY DESKTOP:
"C:Documents and SettingsyyMy DocumentsPoserTempDAZinstallPoser
6RuntimeLibraries!DAZDzCreateExPFiles-V4.bat"
"C:Documents and SettingsyyMy DocumentsPoserTempDAZinstallPoser
6RuntimeLibraries!DAZDzCreateExPFiles-V4V3.bat"
SO I CAN SEE WHICH OF THE MANY FILES IN THE MAIN !DAZ FOLDER NEED TO BE DOUBLE CLICKED ON! I did delete them off my desktop.
I CONTINUE:
So to install any FUTURE morph ExP sets you have to double click on the .bat files for each of these items located inside the !DAZ folder. When clicked you will see a black window with white text running down as it creates some sort of files. This looks like the old "dos" language! I hope it works when into the future when we are all forced to use Vista, etc.!
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MORPHFORMS
http://forum.daz3d.com/viewtopic.php?p=843916#843916
"morphforms" - these dials ARE LIKE EASY POSE things - do NOT want to touch those dials at all!! I can see where "easy pose" does conflict with normal poses... I encounter this all the time with the mil cat's tail! :) I use the normal poses and re-pose soooo often to figure out what I want my figure to do in any scene, I won't use morphforms...
GOSH THIS HAS BEEN/IS HARD TO DEAL WITH!! Especially with dyslexia! But seems to be something we "have" to do as vendors will start supporting 4.1.... sigh.
Oh you got to be kidding! I just got this answer:
Oh Lyne I just noticed that you have .command files in your !DAZ folder, those I believe are Mac files? if you are working on a PC you dont need those.
PICTURE REFERRED TO IS POSTED IN THIS THREAD:
http://forum.daz3d.com/viewtopic.php?p=843932#843932
My reply:
But your (DAZ's!) exe did that!! I am on a PC, I downloaded the files for PC for V4.1 and THOSE FILES APPEARED by themselves! Is that another glitch to be fixed?
ARGH! I GUESS IT ISN'T OVER TILL IT'S OVER.... THIS INSTALLING V4.1!??
Life Requires Assembly and we all know how THAT goes!