I just upgraded from P8 to 2012 and I'm having all sorts of problems, primarily with intergrating the runtimes. I moved the P8 runtime into my 2012 folder and added it to the 2012 library. It takes 3 or more minutes to load or delete a character or prop loaded from my P8 runtime. Essentially, what is the best way to get all my P8 chracters, props and stuff (my P8 runtime) into the 2012 runtime?

Window 7, 64 bit

 

Thanks!

Don't move or copy any files. Leave them as they are and add the runtimes to Pro 2012 as needed.

The best way is to add it as an external runtime.  I have never tried to merge.

 

Bill

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Stewer, I don't understand what you mean by adding the runtimes as needed?

WillyB53, again I don't understand - are you saying leave them where they are - in the original P8 folder?  If so, unfortunately, that ship has sailed. Can I just drag them back?

If you have copied your Poser 8 runtime into Poser Pro 2012 you have effectively over written a vast amount of the new stuff with the old. Not least of which will be all the Python folders. Poser Pro 2012 uses a later version of Python to Poser 8. You now have a mixture of both.

At the first hint that something is not working right I suggest reinstalling Poser Pro 2012.

Then simply add your Poser 8 library using the add library button top right of the library panel.

Nope. When you dropped them in there you over wrote files that should not have been overwritten. You are going to have to do a clean install to get things working properly.

Yu can then link your mess combined runtime as an additional one, or better, delete that mess you created, and just add your old runtime as an additional one.

It probably been said here well over 2000 times, never EVER dump a older version runtime into a newer version install.

Way too many people take way too many things way too seriously.

To add  a runtime click on the indicated icon and give it a path.  You can also add network runtime

Bill

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Sorry, I did not explain my actions very well. I did not merge the two runtimes - nothing was overwritten, just moved the p8 folder from its original location in the Prgram FIles (86) into the 2012 Smithmicro folder in Program Files, not into 2012 itself. Then I added the P8 runtime in the 2012 library as Bill described.

Oh ok, just drag it back. To leave it there will probably just add to the confusion later.