Cosmasad1 opened this issue on Nov 12, 2022 ยท 6 posts
Cosmasad1 posted Sat, 12 November 2022 at 5:05 PM
Hello guys,
I have just reinstalled my copy of Poser 12 (because the contents of my Library was all messed up.) I have also entered my License Key and downloaded the Included Content (see attached). Could someone tell me what the next step is please? They are all zipped files and I believe that I should unzip them in the the C/Users/ Public/ Public Documents/ Poser 12 Content/ Runtime folder (see attached). Is that correct? If so do I just place them in the Runtime folder and unzip them one by one?
Thank you!
Rhia474 posted Sat, 12 November 2022 at 5:40 PM
Open Poser 12.
Click File, scroll down to Install Zip File.
Choose file.
Choose which runtime you want it in. I suggest selecting the one called 'Download' from the menu by dropdown. That library is created for you. If you want to create one on an external drive, do it before you start any install. Just make a folder, call it what you like.
Click Install.
Do this for each Zip file.
blackbonner posted Sat, 12 November 2022 at 5:55 PM
I select all files and unzip them into one folder, which I keep separate on my external HD. The rest is handled like you wrote. I copy all the unzipped content into the Public/Public Documents/Poser Content Folder. Don't copy the stuff into the runtime folder, that would be a mess.
Next thing is to start Poser and refresh the library. The content should be ready to use now.
Hope that helped, have fun and happy rendering.
Cosmasad1 posted Sun, 13 November 2022 at 5:35 AM
Thank you go both of you guys. I appreciate the guidance. Rhia I followed yours to a "T" and it worked. My Library trees now look correct.
Blackbonner - yours looks intriguing but I'm not sure that the advantages or disadvantages are of doing it your way? When you say to start Poser and refresh the library, how do yo do that?
And, finally, for people with more than one computer, what is the best way to share the content? Can you keep it in a folder in Dropbox and use Dropbox to share that folder with your computers? I have 2 in the United States and one in Greece.
blackbonner posted Sun, 13 November 2022 at 11:09 AM
I think it's pretty obvious why I prefer to unzip a whole bunch of files at once. My zip file folder is about 25 gb strong, that's about 4000 single zipped files. It would took weeks to install then into the library one at a time. The content files from Poser are manageable that way, but I don't see why I should treat them diffently.
Since I keep my runtimes stored on an external hard drive anyways, I can just plug the HD to another PC with Poser on it and start working. I don't think sharing runtimes via lan or even w-lan from a server would work, because of the amount of data traffic. But that's just me point of view, I don't have test this.
nerd posted Tue, 22 November 2022 at 2:12 PM Forum Moderator
Or the super easy 1 button and forget it method.Using the library to do it you, don't need to download the zips. It downloads and install the content in one click.
The highest effort in this method is you will need to remember your store login. Included content will be installed in it's own separate library "Included".
Once the download and install finishes ...
