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P3dO Frequently Asked Questions
 Poser / Daz Studio related
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 Starting from P5 P3dO is reading Runtimes directly from Poser's LibraryPrefs.xml; (under Runtime\Prefs). Since P7 LibraryPrefs.xml location has changed to C:\User\<your_username>\AppData\Roaming\Poser <poser_version>\.
P3dO automatically adapt to Poser and get the proper LibraryPrefs.xml, and thus grab all your Runtimes.
In case it would fail you may set the correct file location in Options dialog, Poser tab.
Daz Studio Runtimes and content directories are also automatically added to P3dO's Runtimes path list.
There's no way to add custom Runtimes not belonging to Poser or Daz Studio, since the above should face every situation. 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. 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. 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. 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 Due to popular demand, this has been aded to P3dO 2.0.
By default double-click loads the InDepth tree and opening in Poser is available from context menu (right click). A PoserPython option has been added (Options dialog, Plugins Tab) so that double-click will open in Poser. Single click still loads the InDepth tree and context menu is still available for non Poser files.
 Other
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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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).
Store
No, you'll automatically get the latest P3dO pro at no cost.
It is difficult to synchronize versions among vendors, especially since those vendors don't accept frequent updates. For this reason our website is often selling the latest version of P3dO pro while vendors are selling the previous one.
When you buy P3dO pro, wherever you buy it, We will send you a key for the latest version and a download link to it.
For example, if you pay for a 2.2 key, we do consider that you paid for the latest version (even if it is 3.0). You always get the best for you.
Go and buy P3dO pro in the store you prefer.
Support form
You can use the following form to give us any information regarding P3dO (bug report, wishlist,
...).
The form can be anonymous. Just don't fill the e-mail field.
Otherwise we always reply - and quickly.
If you report a bug or ask for a new feature you'll get a notice once P3dO has been updated with that
point fixed/done.
Thank you for helping us making P3dO a great tool and thanks for your numerous support ;)
Yarp
We don't keep track of your e-mail, or any information about yourself.
Your feedback and P3dO is what matters to us.
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