Using the DSON importer for Poser (9)

jarbeard

Hi,

I'm having a great deal of difficulty installing the new Genesis2 female into my Poser 9 programme.

I' ve read all the relevent documentation but I'm still confused, The docs say to click the installer icons on both the essentials sections but there are none, just different files. So, where does everthing go?

The docs also mention setting up writable runtimes, can somebody tell me what this means as I' ve no idea.

I also get a message saying that the DSON importer requires a writable runtime folder that's outside the program files and tells me to add one. ?????????

Please advise.

John

frank0314

You install the DSON Importer to your Poser directory. Once its installed make sure you have a runtime set up outside the Programs Files folder to install content to. Win 7 won't let you write to that folder. Once you have the runtime set up then add that folder to your library in Poser

icprncss

Since you are using P9, be aware of several things. Poser 9 is a 32 bit app. It doesn't matter how much RAM your system has, it sitll has the RAM limit of a 32 bit app.

To run the DSON, you need SR3.1 for Poser 9.

If you don't have DAZ Studion 4.5 or higher installed on your system, you need to make sure you have the install DAZ Studio 4.x files box checked when you install the DSON importer.

Make an external runtime and install the Genesis Starter Essentials, Poser Companion Files for it, the Genesis 2 Female and Poser Companion Files for that all to the same runtime. When you launch P9, make sure the Poser library is pointing to this runtime. Also pull down the scripts menu and open up the importer. Go to Importer prefs and make sure the importer is pointing at the new runtime and will write to the new runtime folder.

Poser 9 is subject to "library lock". It's a 32 bit issue. This mainly happens if you click on the apply active morph script in the importer. Not everyone ends up with library lock. It's another one of those Poser does it to one person but not to ten others. You'll find out when you load the figure, apply the figure morphs, load the clothes and then hit apply active figure morphs. Suggestion: do not hit apply active figure morphs until you have all the clothes conformed to the figure.

One solution to library lock is to use an external library manager such as Shaderworks Library Manager 2 or Dimension 3D's Library Manager.

This isn't to discourage you from using it, it's simply letting you know what can happen.

jarbeard

Thanks to both of you for replying:) I think I'm beginning to understand......

I've found that in my docs and settings files there's a folder named My DAZ 3D files. In it there's a runtime folder, is it this that I use or is it the whole My DAZ 3D one?

Thanks again.

John.

icprncss

I found it preferable to create a separate external runtime. I don't see why you can't use it, just make sure Poser's library is pointing at it and you install the Genesis Starter Essentials, G2F Starter Essentials and their Poser Companion files inside the runtime folder and not the main folder the runtime folder is a subfolder. If you don't install all the files inside the runtime folder, the Poser library will not see all the required files and not work.

jarbeard

Hi

What is it you mean when you say I have to have the Daz 4x box checked when I install the importer?

I can't see it when I run the DSON importer

John

icprncss

When you install the DSON importer to Poser, you will get a dialog box. It will ask you if you want to install the DAZ Studio 4.x files. If you don't have DAZ Stuion 4.5 or better installed on your system, you need to make sure the box to install the DAZ Studio 4.x files is checked.

If you don't have either DS 4.5 or these files installed on your system, the importer will not work. It's really a matter of either/or. If you happen to have DS 4.5 or better installed and still install the files from the importer, nothing bad happens.