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I’m being dumb here.

For those of us with a DS4 My Library, to use DSON stuff in Poser, can we just hook Poser into the DS4 My Library and install the poser companion files into the DS4 My Library?  Or are we supposed to install the specific DSON stuff for Poser either in an existing Runtime, or a completely separate folder?

If we can just use our normal My Library, will the Poser companion files show up when using DS4? Will Poser only show the DSON files for which there are companion files and ignore all the .daz scenes, .dsa scripts and whatnot?

DAZ_KatBriggs - 11 October 2012 03:04 PM

Here are the docs for you.

DSON Importer Documentation

Kat, did you write that documentation? If so, I really like your style.

Nightsong - 11 October 2012 03:12 PM

LizzieP_D9S - 11 October 2012 03:02 PM

Thank you for this, especially I thank you for making the DSON free. I’m going to give it a go just as soon as everything downloads. If I like what I see (i.e. how well Genesis looks and works in Poser), I will rejoin the Platinum Club and grab some of those outfits that I liked but was unable to make use of before.

Question: I did buy a few Genesis things just in case this day came like Anubis and a couple RawArt sets. Those are not in the DSON category yet but you mentioned earlier in the thread that “an action to convert files for use in the DSON Importer for Poser has been added to DAZ Studio version 4.5.1.6” So can I just do that instead of waiting for new downloads for those products?

I second everything LizzieP said, including the questions. :D

We also have documentation on converting content as well…. 

Converting Content for use with the DSON Importer for Poser

Wow Christmas in October!! I have a question about poser materials/shaders… are they going to be provided for Genesis products?

Laschae - 11 October 2012 02:57 PM

Do Genesis products need to be installed into my main Poser Runtime?  I only have a 120gb SSD for my main drive and I dunno t hat I wanna clog it up with extra stuff….

No, but they do need to be in a folder that you have mapped as a Poser library - with the Data folder next to the Runtime folder. It also needs a writable folder, not one that the OS protects, as it creates files.

Look here : http://docs.daz3d.com/doku.php/public/software/dson_importer/poser/userguide/dson_content_conversion/start
For information on converting content we have not yet converted.  It may need some adjustment, so if you are not comfortable doing that, you will want to wait.  If you are, I know Poser has some great tools to help, and then you don’t need to wait for us!

Nightsong - 11 October 2012 03:12 PM

LizzieP_D9S - 11 October 2012 03:02 PM

Thank you for this, especially I thank you for making the DSON free. I’m going to give it a go just as soon as everything downloads. If I like what I see (i.e. how well Genesis looks and works in Poser), I will rejoin the Platinum Club and grab some of those outfits that I liked but was unable to make use of before.

Question: I did buy a few Genesis things just in case this day came like Anubis and a couple RawArt sets. Those are not in the DSON category yet but you mentioned earlier in the thread that “an action to convert files for use in the DSON Importer for Poser has been added to DAZ Studio version 4.5.1.6” So can I just do that instead of waiting for new downloads for those products?

I second everything LizzieP said, including the questions. :D

Male-M3dia - 11 October 2012 03:10 PM

Keep in mind this is an importer… all of your content development still needs to be done in DS until Poser natively supports the format.

Gotcha, so if I save a character that uses GenX morphs, do you know if it import fully?

Don’t know if this will help anyone - I was trying to figure out how to know which items have been updated.

This is a list in alphabetical order of the 96 items showing right now

A3 and H3 Shapes for Genesis
A4 and H4 for Genesis
Abominable
Alruna
Beasts and Brutes
Bella Hair
Benjamin for M5
Buccaneer Basic for Genesis
Casual Surf Wear for Genesis
Chelsea Hair
Clothing Cleavage Modifier
Dark Priest Poses for M5
David 3 for Genesis
DragonLord for Genesis
Eastern Riding Wear
Easy Going Poses for Michael 5
Elven Dress for Genesis
Elven Hair for Genesis
Ethnicity for Genesis Bundle
Ethnicity for Genesis: African
Ethnicity for Genesis: Asian
Ethnicity for Genesis: Native American
Expressive for Genesis
Fantasy Shapes for Genesis
Feminine Touch for Genesis
Feminine Touch for Genesis
G4 and F4 for Genesis
Gabi for V5
Gen 3 Iconic Shapes for Genesis
Genesis Bikini
Genesis Body Morph Resource Kit 1
Genesis Creature Creator Bodies
Genesis Creature Creator Bundle
Genesis Creature Creator Heads
Genesis Evolution: Body Morphs
Genesis Evolution: Head Morphs
Genesis Evolution: Morph Bundle
Genesis Evolution: Muscularity
Genesis Head Morph Resource Kit 1
Genesis Head Morph Resource Kit 2
Genesis Head Morph Resource Kit 3
Genesis Ranger
Genesis Starter Bundle
GOM Genesis Male Morphs
Hampton Hair
Handsome Head Morphs for Genesis
Handy for Genesis
James for M5
Knights and Knaves for Genesis
M5 Casual Male
M5 Photographic Poses
Magna Hart for Genesis
Manly Men M5
Medieval Male Peasant Clothing for Genesis
Men of Character II
Michael 5
Michael 5 3D Model Pro Suite
Michael 5 Pro Bundle
Morphing Fantasy Dress for Genesis
Night Guardians
Outland Marauder for Genesis
Pajamas for Michael 5
Pin Up Poses for V5
Poke-Away!
Posed for Victoria 5
Preppy for Genesis
Princess
Pure Hair Bubblegum
Pure Hair Casual
Pure Hair Classic
Pure Hair Nightlife
Pure Hair: Sleek
Pyrit Hair
Reby Sky for Genesis
SciFi Bunny For Genesis
Scoopback Mini Dress for Genesis
Sexy Silky For Genesis
Starla Hair
Stephanie 3 and FREAK Shapes for Genesis
Stephanie 4 for Genesis
Street Mage For Genesis
SWOLE for Genesis
Tori for V5
Town and Country for Genesis
Trixy Hair for Genesis
Troll for Genesis
V3 and M3 Shapes for Genesis
V4 and M4 Shapes for Genesis
Victoria 5
Victoria 5 3D Model Pro Suite
Victoria 5 Elite Ponytail Hair
Victoria 5 Pro Bundle
Victoria 5 Starter Bundle
Wicked Dance Fevah
Wicked Fairytale Morphs
Zac Hair

Hi.  Very excited about this, but it doesn’t seem to work (at least for me.)  I’m running Poser Pro 2012 on Win7 64-bit.  I installed the DSON importer, then the Genesis Files, then the Genesis for Poser files.

When I launch Poser I am getting the following error in a “mainWacros” window:

>>>>>An errror occurred importing addon dson :
ERROR: DLL load failed: The specified module could not be found.

An errror occurred importing addon dson :
ERROR: DLL load failed: The specified module could not be found.<<<<

Also, when trying to use an item under the DSON Scripts menu, I get the following ...

>>>>>>
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File “C:\Graphics\Poser Pro 2012\Runtime\Python\poserScripts\ScriptsMenu\DSON Support\Importer Preferences….py”, line 2, in <module>
  import dson;
  File “C:\Graphics\Poser Pro 2012\Runtime\Python\addons\dson\__init__.py”, line 3, in <module>
  import dson.dzdsonimporter
ImportError: DLL load failed: The specified module could not be found.
<<<<<<<

It appears the module is not being found.  Is there a specific directory that the DSON Importer is supposed to be installed to?

Thanks,
Tim

digitell - 11 October 2012 02:55 PM

This is so great! I installed the Importer and the Essentials..and I restarted Poser but I do not see how to import items into Poser? How does it work? I chose to look at the readme file after the installation of importer but a Daz Documentation Center PAGE NOT FOUND error came up..so I cannot read how to use it. Anyone know where there are instructions for using this? Thanks in advance!

You should see the content in your Poser library - when you double-click a file it runs a Python script which launches the importer. You also should find some utilities in the Scripts>DSON Importer menu, but you don’t need to do anything new for the actual import.

DavidGB - 11 October 2012 03:13 PM

I’m being dumb here.

For those of us with a DS4 My Library, to use DSON stuff in Poser, can we just hook Poser into the DS4 My Library and install the poser companion files into the DS4 My Library?  Or are we supposed to install the specific DSON stuff for Poser either in an existing Runtime, or a completely separate folder?

If we can just use our normal My Library, will the Poser companion files show up when using DS4? Will Poser only show the DSON files for which there are companion files and ignore all the .daz scenes, .dsa scripts and whatnot?

You can install to any writable directory, including your DS4 “My Library”.    They just need to be added to Poser in the usual manner using the + Add feature.

FSMCDesigns - 11 October 2012 02:58 PM

Any idea if GenX will updated to work with the poser version?

GenX morphs should load fine - they just get added to the Genesis Data folder like any other morph.

DAZ_Kevin - 11 October 2012 03:15 PM

Look here : http://docs.daz3d.com/doku.php/public/software/dson_importer/poser/userguide/dson_content_conversion/start
For information on converting content we have not yet converted.  It may need some adjustment, so if you are not comfortable doing that, you will want to wait.  If you are, I know Poser has some great tools to help, and then you don’t need to wait for us!

Thank you! I’m a content creator myself in Poser so I should be able to handle it. :D Now I’ve got a lot of reading and downloading to do!

Thank you muchly for the quick answer!

And thank y’all for answering all of the questions.  You can bet there’s going to be a whooooole bunch of them for a while yet.

timoteo - 11 October 2012 03:16 PM

Hi.  Very excited about this, but it doesn’t seem to work (at least for me.)  I’m running Poser Pro 2012 on Win7 64-bit.  I installed the DSON importer, then the Genesis Files, then the Genesis for Poser files.

When I launch Poser I am getting the following error in a “mainWacros” window:

>>>>>An errror occurred importing addon dson :
ERROR: DLL load failed: The specified module could not be found.

An errror occurred importing addon dson :
ERROR: DLL load failed: The specified module could not be found.<<<<

Also, when trying to use an item under the DSON Scripts menu, I get the following ...

>>>>>>
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File “C:\Graphics\Poser Pro 2012\Runtime\Python\poserScripts\ScriptsMenu\DSON Support\Importer Preferences….py”, line 2, in <module>
  import dson;
  File “C:\Graphics\Poser Pro 2012\Runtime\Python\addons\dson\__init__.py”, line 3, in <module>
  import dson.dzdsonimporter
ImportError: DLL load failed: The specified module could not be found.
<<<<<<<

It appears the module is not being found.  Is there a specific directory that the DSON Importer is supposed to be installed to?

Thanks,
Tim

Make sure you downloaded the correct 32 or 64bit version.  If you are in Poser 9, install to that directory.  The DSON Importer Documentation covers exactly what should go where.