Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: Wow -- Big Poser Directory! Anyone Bigger?

volfin opened this issue on Oct 07, 2002 ยท 22 posts


volfin posted Mon, 07 October 2002 at 11:57 PM

I am in the process of upgrading to a P4-2.4 Ghz system and decided to back up my Poser directory. I didn't realize it had grown so big! I've shown you mine, now show me yours!

dcasey0284 posted Tue, 08 October 2002 at 12:02 AM

Mine easily exceeds 30Gb, and I think that's 'size on disk', too. I'm not at my home station so I can't post a pic, but maybe I will later.


xenic101 posted Tue, 08 October 2002 at 12:36 AM

OK, I know I shouldn't have shown up for the 'largest poser directory' contest, but how about this;

The system I'm running Poser4 on is a 300MHz PII, 62Mb Ram, with a 6Gig HD (671Mb free)!
The wife says I gotta pay off the car before I can get a new computer :( Yes, Poser runs on this thing, usually.

Anyone running Poser on a weaker machine?


leather-guy posted Tue, 08 October 2002 at 1:19 AM

31 Gig?

dcasey0284 posted Tue, 08 October 2002 at 1:51 AM

Well, I think xenic101 is in the lead for sheer determination at this point. Leather-guy, you got me beat for the moment. We've got 31 Gigs. Do I hear 32?


EricofSD posted Tue, 08 October 2002 at 2:04 AM

leather guy takes the cake. Here's my feeble attempt.

EricofSD posted Tue, 08 October 2002 at 2:07 AM

Now let me see you top this one, and I know many can... this is literally my first bryce 5 file.

EricofSD posted Tue, 08 October 2002 at 2:15 AM

and here's what it looks like.... Wings and feet were posed in Metasequoia before I owned Poser. This was a 3dcafe pteradon that I used the magnet tool to move various parts of the mesh. Poser is so much easier! Especially after boneing!

FishNose posted Tue, 08 October 2002 at 2:52 AM

My Poser folder is 48 Gig, Then there's all the backups and freebies and bought stuff etc.... which is about the same amount spread over different disksand cd-roms, so total is easily over 90 Gig. Well, I've been at it since '97.... :] Fish

tuckerwilly posted Tue, 08 October 2002 at 4:23 AM

You guys have made me feel so much better! I was getting a little worried that I had "over stuffed" my Poser....now I know it can take a lot more stuffing. I have an additional 9.7 GB of downloads, stored and unzipped files and an additional "runtime" folder (6.2GB) with my older stuff on it. This is on a P4/2 GHz/512 RAM. Diane

dcasey0284 posted Tue, 08 October 2002 at 6:22 AM

OK, FishNose. I think you win although Xenic101 still deserves some credit for using a machine that was made in 1997. And EricofSD slipped that Bryce image in there...which is, uh, relevant how? :)


Penguinisto posted Tue, 08 October 2002 at 9:34 AM

Attached Link: http://www.faeriewylde.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=645

...check the link... we've been running an ongoing Poll. I think Fishnose listed a 43GB Runtime directory. I merged my P4 and P5 Runtime directories, which gives me a total of around 4GB or so. My last backup of /.../Runtime yielded a 1.16 GB .zip file :) /P

c1rcle posted Tue, 08 October 2002 at 10:13 AM

my Poser4 runtime was 4.9Gb till yesterday when I deleted it, I decided to scrap Poser4 & do a clean install of the stuff I use the most into Poser5.


Hiram posted Tue, 08 October 2002 at 10:51 AM

"Anyone running Poser on a weaker machine?" Yes. I'm on a 233MHz iMac with 260mb of RAM (upgraded from the 32mb it shipped with), 4GB hard drive. My Runtime is currently 1.25 GB and I have 610mb free.


c1rcle posted Tue, 08 October 2002 at 10:54 AM

I used to use Poser4 on a pentium 1 200Mhz with 64Mb Ram, I love pain ;)


creativechaos posted Tue, 08 October 2002 at 12:31 PM

I don't feel so bad now with my lil ole 14.4gig runtime folder ;) I thought I was nuts!

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nnuu posted Tue, 08 October 2002 at 1:58 PM

poser on a powermac 120 mhz 98 megs of ram....im not sure what my runtime is but i only have a 2 gig harddrive......thank god im getting a new computer tonight ..... nnuu


whbos posted Tue, 08 October 2002 at 2:20 PM

It just keeps growing and growing...

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Nate posted Tue, 08 October 2002 at 5:32 PM

I noticed P5 creates and keeps oodles of "tmp" files... I usually hunt em down and trash 'em... doesn't seem to hurt anything. I personally think it should clean up after itself when you close a session.


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queri posted Tue, 08 October 2002 at 6:12 PM

I thought mine was big at 24G but Leather-guy has me beat and Fishnose wipes up the floor with me-- and I am the queen of FS. But, I haven't loaded it all-- most of my Posette texs are still in zip for that mythical day when I will try to imitate Yoshitako Amano.:)) Emily, too damn lazy to make a jpg


volfin posted Tue, 08 October 2002 at 6:22 PM

Great picture Eric. Well, I am glad I don't have the biggest directory. I was just so amazed at how big it had grown though. Fishnose must be quite the packrat! Thanks for sharing guys and gals.


macmullin posted Tue, 08 October 2002 at 8:48 PM

Bigger is not necessarily better - it's how you use it! :-)