Forum: Poser 12


Subject: Problem with the libraries

sergio777 opened this issue on Jul 24, 2021 ยท 8 posts


sergio777 posted Sat, 24 July 2021 at 12:53 PM

Hi folks, I was using Poser 12 for a while, but now I have a problem with the libraries... I have noticed that the new runtimes I add are not saved correctly and the worst thing is that I have not been able to edit the Poser 12 LibraryPrefs file manually as I used to do in poser 11. For some reason Poser 12 it does not load the libraries from the Library preferences file and this is very frustrating because I need to change the libraries very often.

Has anyone been able to fix it? Any help or advice is welcome. Thanks in advance.


randym77 posted Sun, 25 July 2021 at 10:37 AM

I haven't had this problem. I typically have a couple of dozen runtimes attached to Poser 12, and it remembers them. If I add some or remove some, it remembers it.


Rhia474 posted Sun, 25 July 2021 at 10:45 AM

How do you add libraries? Are you using the add library icon? I never had them disappear in P12 either using the method that is standard. And may I ask why the need to edit the library prefs file?


RedPhantom posted Sun, 25 July 2021 at 4:29 PM Site Admin

I've had no problem adding to my library and I was able to edit my prefs too.

The reasons I edit the file manually are when I add several runtimes at once, I can do it faster or if I want to reorder the library. I like the runtimes alphabetical and they get out of order as I add more later. It was also a fast way to move the runtimes from one version of poser to the next, I just copy and paste the lines I need. I think I did that for the last two upgrades.


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sergio777 posted Mon, 26 July 2021 at 2:12 PM

Rhia474 posted at 2:10PM Mon, 26 July 2021 - #4423899

How do you add libraries? Are you using the add library icon? I never had them disappear in P12 either using the method that is standard. And may I ask why the need to edit the library prefs file?

I think it's much more practical to edit manually the library prefs file, this way I can add libraries from older projects in just a few seconds.


Rhia474 posted Mon, 26 July 2021 at 3:00 PM

Huh? I would think the UI is built specifically for that. I have about ten different runtimes and it stays added no matter how many times i update Poser 12. I never though editing program files is a good way, but i may be a minority.


Y-Phil posted Tue, 27 July 2021 at 6:49 AM

sergio777 posted at 6:42AM Tue, 27 July 2021 - #4423957

Rhia474 posted at 2:10PM Mon, 26 July 2021 - #4423899

How do you add libraries? Are you using the add library icon? I never had them disappear in P12 either using the method that is standard. And may I ask why the need to edit the library prefs file?

I think it's much more practical to edit manually the library prefs file, this way I can add libraries from older projects in just a few seconds.

I've had the problem long time ago, with an old Windows version (probably at the time of Win7, or WinXP?). I used to browse down to Poser's folder, precisely. And my modifications didn't seem to show up, until I remarked a weird thing: Windows, without warning, was using a new copy of my profile, and I was editing in the old copy.

I've been told that upon encountering hard disk problems, Windows may be able to create a working copy of someone's profile. I'm not saying that it can be your problem, but if your usual way of doing it doesn't work, then the next question is: "where is Poser's actual library preferences file?"

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sergio777 posted Thu, 05 August 2021 at 1:03 PM

I install the new Poser 12 release and the problem was solved, thank you all for your answers!!.