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Installation questions Poser vs DS

scullygirl818_02147fecb6scullygirl818_02147fecb6 Posts: 170
edited December 1969 in New Users

Hi, I apologize, because I'm pretty sure I found the first question here before and am forgetting how to do it, but I tried searching the forum and I'm not finding specifically what I'm after.

1. I think I may be installing more than I need to. I have Poser and DS installed. So for Aiko 5 for example. I know that the Poser companion file obviously is installed to the runtime directory, but does the .trx file need to go into Poser and DAZ directory? If I am just installing for Poser at the moment (I usually do all for Poser files then go back and do DS if I am ready to use DS) do I use the .trx file at all? I have been installing them in both directories and I'm not sure if that is correct.

2. Also, if I use the Install Manager to download the files (not install them since it says not to choose the same directory that has previous content) it downloads them in zip files. If I go that route, since it's faster, do I just extract it into the runtime folder for Poser and the content folder I have for DAZ? Because I'm not sure with the zip it downloaded how you know specifically which is Poser & which is DS content, because they are both different directories.

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  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 100,990
    edited December 1969

    What I do is install both the PoserCF and the core DSON files (which are needed for Poser - they have the textures and geometry) to a single location which I have selected as both a DAZ Studio Content Directory and a Poser external library. You don't need the DS Legacy files, if you are using Poser and DS 4.5.

  • scullygirl818_02147fecb6scullygirl818_02147fecb6 Posts: 170
    edited December 1969

    Ok so I should install Core files to Poser and DS if I want both? If it says DS in the file name I assume Poser doesn't need it however (maybe that's legacy files I don't know I thought they always said legacy

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 100,990
    edited December 1969

    The naming hasn't been entirely consistent, but generally Legacy will be for DAZ Studio 4.0 or even DS3 (and later) while Core will be 4.5, for use with that and Poser via the DSON Importer. However, I have seen examples where one of the files doesn't have the label and you have to infer it from the label on the other files.

  • scullygirl818_02147fecb6scullygirl818_02147fecb6 Posts: 170
    edited December 1969

    Thanks, I think though that I'm not quite explaining the whole thing right. Do I install the core file to both my
    Poser runtime directory and to the DS directory or just DS and Poser finds it?

    Thanks

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 100,990
    edited December 1969

    As long as it's in a folder you've told both applications about (added as a DAZ Studio Content Directory in DS and as a an external library in Poser) you need only the one install - where you put it is up to you.

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