P3dO Frequently Asked Questions

• Can I preview a .PZ3 with P3dO ?
   P3dO pro does display PZ3 scenes (not exactly the same as Poser, but still good enough).
  You also can associate a .RSR/.PNG picture to a .PZ3 in P3dO to help you preview those files. In that case P3dO will show just one picture for the 2 files - as it does for other Poser files and the Information tree (Awk) gives information on a .PZ3 content.
  This is a P3dO pro feature
• Poser thumbnail vanished and no object appears in 3D viewport
   In 3D viewing mode P3dO starts by showing the thumbnail in preview window. As soon as the 3D object has been loaded that thumbnail is replaced by the 3D view. An empty 3D view might occur when P3dO is not able to locate the 3D object related to the Poser figure.
  Starting with Poser 5, Poser now have multiple runtimes and P3dO scans all those runtimes to find back the objects. When installing a new Poser version (i.e. P6) P3dO defaults to the new Poser installation, thus you have to declare the P4-P5 runtimes in P6 in order to have P3dO (and Poser) find them.
  In order to declare Poser runtimes please refer to your Poser manual (this is a library palette tool).
  You can change P3dO's default Poser, in Tools | Option | Poser.
• I can't see Poser library file pictures
   Poser library files (.CR2, .PP2,...) don't really have a picture. Poser uses disk pictures (.RSR with Poser 3-4, .PNG with Poser 5-6) as thumbnails. P3dO merges all files associated with a Poser library file in one cell. Though when you see a .CR2 with a picture you see both the .CR2 and the picture.
  You can edit them both: rename them, delete them as if there was only one file.
  If you wish to see the .CR2 and attached picture in separate cells then click on "Split Associates" (Tools menu), when splitted, associates are not edited, renamed, deleted as described above, they are treated like standard individual files.
• Can't convert pictures with Rsr2Png plugin
   Either from .RSR file format to .PNG file format - or reverse - make sure that the source pictures are 91x91 pixels in size.
  Rsr2Png will later be upgraded to support image croping.
• P3dO hangs up while refreshing pictures
   P3dO is using video card capabilities (color conversion) to convert image files into it's own internal format. We have been reported problems with this conversion while using NVvidia GeForce FX5600, FX5700, NView video cards and ATI Radeon Xpress 200.
  All problems are fixed by getting latest drivers for those cards. Nview solution, was to install GeForce drivers instead (but was long ago try to get drivers first).
  This problem occur while displaying/refreshing thumbnails (especially with Rsr2Png or Image2Image) The refreshing slows down and takes severall minutes or never give hand back. One other clue is to have the renaming being slowed. Eventually some error message will pop up.
• How does Rsr2Png convert pictures within subdirectories ?
   As well as Pattern Renamer or any other plugin, Rsr2Png doesn't grab the files from the disk but from P3dO itself.
  Rsr2Png converts pictures taken from P3dO.
  Thus if you click on "Explore Subfolders" in P3dO, Rsr2Png will be able to make any conversion you wish on subdirectories.
  This is a P3dO pro feature
• How do I make a thumbnail for a Zip/Rar file ?
   Zip files don't have a thumbnail, P3dO treats the first picture within each Zip file as that Zip file's thumbnail. The rule is just that first file read inside that Zip which is recognized as an image file becomes that Zip's thumb.
  If you want to customize your Zips so that each shows a preferred image as thumb just make sure it is the first one in alphabetical order, or if the Zip contains files with path that the picture is on the Zip root (with no path), these are the files that are read first.
  P3dO pro is also able to show thumbs and zoom for all pictures inside a zip/rar.
• The plugin I just downloaded is not showing in P3dO
   To be detected by P3dO plugins must be on the "Plugins" folder right under P3dO root directory (where P3dO is located). To make sure a plugin is plugged have a look in the About Box. All plugins are listed there. If you can see a plugin there then it is loaded.
  A likely origin of this problem is that you changed default folder when you ran P3dO plugins setup. Changing the plugins folder, is an option in the event you would have severall P3dO installed so that you may install the plugins for each of them, in other situation you shouldn't change the plugins default folder.
• How do I update my P3dO pro ?
   P3dO pro setup is freely available from here. Download P3dO pro setup and execute it. You won't have to enter the key again. Key will remain valid untill you change your machine or license comes to expiration.
  Also be carefull not to override P3dO pro with the freeware version setup. In this event get the pro setup from link above and override the freeware with it.
• Can I make suggestions and will you listen ?
   For sure. Meeting and exceeding our customers' needs and expectations is our policy. We're eager to read from you.
  Please, use the support form below freely.
• My logitech mouse is slowing down while moving across P3dO
   Get the latest driver for your mouse, and then on the motion pane uncheck "Disable acceleration in games" option.
  This feature cause slow down in 3D application using OpenGL - like P3dO does.
• The About Box doesn't show properly with large fonts
   Setting "Display properties | Settings | Advanced | DPI Settings" to "Normal (96 DPI)" will fix the problem (this is the default and recommended setting even with large fonts).
• msvcrt.dll Runtime for W95, W98, NT3 & NT4 users
   The P3dO setup package include the necessary runtimes for P3dO but that library.
  The MSVCRT.dll is normally distributed with Windows. Since P3dO requirement is W98 SP2 or above, in most situation you won't need the upgrade patch. If ever you do an error message will pop up when running P3dO, with MSVCRT.dll in the text.
  In that case, download the .Dll setup directly from Microsoft's web site: download (1.7 Mb)
  This is Microsoft's official redistributing patch, it will upgrade the necessary files - only if nedeed.

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Thank you for helping us making P3dO a great tool and thanks for your numerous support ;)
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