Can't find my Poser props

comixfana

After deleting the content folders ( I had a bunch of duplicates) and carefully reinstalling everything; my Daz content works fine, but the Poser content (props,poses,wardrobe etc) which was previously available is now nowhere to be found... The Poser files folder within the content library is empty... Is there an alternate method to install Poser content?

Richard Haseltine

Where is the content, and what path do you have selected as your Poser Formats content directory?

comixfana

I'm installing it as if it were Daz content:texture to texture (or related subfolder),material to material, prop to prop, pose to pose, etc. The only difference I can see is that Poser content will show a path such as Runtime/Library/textures for example, whereas Daz won't have the "Library" folder after Runtime...

comixfana

Double posted by mistake

p0rt

you can extract poser files into a seperate poser content folder and set the search path in preferences

Richard Haseltine

comixfana said:

I'm installing it as if it were Daz content:texture to texture (or related subfolder),material to material, prop to prop, pose to pose, etc. The only difference I can see is that Poser content will show a path such as Runtime/Library/textures for example, whereas Daz won't have the "Library" folder after Runtime...

Poser content has a much more rigid structure - everything has to stay in the Runtime, and you have to add the folder that holds the Runtime folder as a Poser Format content directory. You can't just mix the files with the native DS formats (in fiel views - they can mix in categories).

comixfana

p0rt said:

you can extract poser files into a seperate poser content folder and set the search path in preferences

I'm a noob, is there a step by step I can follow so I don't goof up again? Thanks!

comixfana

Richard Haseltine said:

comixfana said:

I'm installing it as if it were Daz content:texture to texture (or related subfolder),material to material, prop to prop, pose to pose, etc. The only difference I can see is that Poser content will show a path such as Runtime/Library/textures for example, whereas Daz won't have the "Library" folder after Runtime...

Poser content has a much more rigid structure - everything has to stay in the Runtime, and you have to add the folder that holds the Runtime folder as a Poser Format content directory. You can't just mix the files with the native DS formats (in fiel views - they can mix in categories).

Okay, so...bear with me ('cause I wanna make sure I don't  mess up again)  There is a Poser content folder in my content library (with Daz Studio open), which is currently empty. While extracting the Poser Zip files from Windows, I don't see that Poser content folder in the Windows File tree...so I need to create a new Poser folder.

So...to create that Poser folder (to extract my old poser stuff to) is it  DAZ >My Library> Poser or DAZ> My Library > Runtime> then Poser?  (I might have answered my own question but I'd rather ask first) :) Thanks all!

 

Silent Winter

You should be ok with: Content/My Library/Other name>Runtime>library/geometry/textures/etc.

But the thing is, you need to point Studio to where it is as a separate Poser runtime. It won't show up alongside the DS content in the tree view.

I've not got DS on my laptop but it's something like: Edit>Preferences>Content Management>Studio and Poser directories>Add new poser directory (and point it to the folder above Runtime - or if that doesn't work, point it to the Runtime folder ;) ) Hopefully someone with a better memory / DS open can give more confident instructions :p

comixfana

Silent Winter said:

You should be ok with: Content/My Library/Other name>Runtime>library/geometry/textures/etc.

But the thing is, you need to point Studio to where it is as a separate Poser runtime. It won't show up alongside the DS content in the tree view.

I've not got DS on my laptop but it's something like: Edit>Preferences>Content Management>Studio and Poser directories>Add new poser directory (and point it to the folder above Runtime - or if that doesn't work, point it to the Runtime folder ;) ) Hopefully someone with a better memory / DS open can give more confident instructions :p

It should be more concrete once I'm back home (posting from work ;) )   I also found those instructions which may or may not apply to the current version of DAZ Studio:

Edit > Preferences> choose Poser content directories from the drop-down menu.  Click search to have Daz Studio search the computer for Poser content (since I installed quite a bit that I can't seem to find, that might be an option?) 

 

comixfana

Silent Winter said:

You should be ok with: Content/My Library/Other name>Runtime>library/geometry/textures/etc.

But the thing is, you need to point Studio to where it is as a separate Poser runtime. It won't show up alongside the DS content in the tree view.

I've not got DS on my laptop but it's something like: Edit>Preferences>Content Management>Studio and Poser directories>Add new poser directory (and point it to the folder above Runtime - or if that doesn't work, point it to the Runtime folder ;) ) Hopefully someone with a better memory / DS open can give more confident instructions :p

Yeah that worked, thanks!

 

Silent Winter

Yay :)

Richard Haseltine

Silent Winter said:

You should be ok with: Content/My Library/Other name>Runtime>library/geometry/textures/etc.

But the thing is, you need to point Studio to where it is as a separate Poser runtime. It won't show up alongside the DS content in the tree view.

I've not got DS on my laptop but it's something like: Edit>Preferences>Content Management>Studio and Poser directories>Add new poser directory (and point it to the folder above Runtime - or if that doesn't work, point it to the Runtime folder ;) ) Hopefully someone with a better memory / DS open can give more confident instructions :p

Don't nbest cotnent directories, it will lead to cofnusion when DS saves the content wit the ersult that it is likely not to work on any other system (if you move to a new PC or wish to share scenes or settings with others). Just use the same content diectory for both, DS will be perfectly happy.

Silent Winter

Richard Haseltine said:

Silent Winter said:

You should be ok with: Content/My Library/Other name>Runtime>library/geometry/textures/etc.

But the thing is, you need to point Studio to where it is as a separate Poser runtime. It won't show up alongside the DS content in the tree view.

I've not got DS on my laptop but it's something like: Edit>Preferences>Content Management>Studio and Poser directories>Add new poser directory (and point it to the folder above Runtime - or if that doesn't work, point it to the Runtime folder ;) ) Hopefully someone with a better memory / DS open can give more confident instructions :p

Don't nbest cotnent directories, it will lead to cofnusion when DS saves the content wit the ersult that it is likely not to work on any other system (if you move to a new PC or wish to share scenes or settings with others). Just use the same content diectory for both, DS will be perfectly happy.

Typos making that first part unclear - but from what I think you're saying - I've got loads of separate poser runtimes (and 4 separate DS runtimes) and they transfer just fine (unless you package them with an odd folder at the top - I mean if you send out 'Data, Runtime, etc' in a zip, it'll be fine. ... Oooh, unless you mean "don't use 'CONTENT'" as a head-folder - that's just what I'm used to from early DS - I don't use 'My Library' and prefer manual installs - but when I package stuff for Rendo, I just save out the sub-folders (Data, etc as before).). DS saves relative paths where possible so it's not an issue.

Richard Haseltine

Don't nest is what I meant - have one content directory inside another, which is what you appeared to be doing.

Silent Winter

Richard Haseltine said:

Don't nest is what I meant - have one content directory inside another, which is what you appeared to be doing.

Uh,...no. that's not what I meant - those slashes were alternate folder names, not meant to be put together

So:

My Library>Runtime>Geometry

/ or

Content>Runtime>Geometry

etc

You're right about not nesting them of course - that'd be bad

azgomsocohalatzgtf

Silent Winter said:

You should be ok with: Content/My Library/Other name>Runtime>library/geometry/textures/etc.

But the thing is, you need to point Studio to where it is as a separate Poser runtime. It won't show up alongside the DS content in the tree view.

I've not got DS on my laptop but it's something like: Edit>Preferences>Content Management>Studio and Poser directories>Add new poser directory (and point it to the folder above Runtime - or if that doesn't work, point it to the Runtime folder ;) ) Hopefully someone with a better memory / DS open can give more confident instructions :p

Thanks. That helped me a lot