====================================================================== SOME INFO ====================================================================== AutoLoad Creator - İlightBLUE 2022 Thank you for purchasing "AutoLoad Creator" Look for more exciting sets coming soon ====================================================================== CONTENTS ====================================================================== ..\My Library\Runtime\lightBLUE\AutoLoad Creator\ lightBLUE-AutoLoadCreator-autoLoad.png ..\My Library\Scripts\lightBLUE\AutoLoad Creator\ lightBLUE - AutoLoad Creator.dse lightBLUE - AutoLoad Creator.dse.png ====================================================================== Product Requirements and Compatibility ====================================================================== Programs Required: Daz 4.20+ Models Required: any figure, prop or strand-based hair and applicable files Any addons required to use: None ====================================================================== ABOUT THE SET ====================================================================== "AutoLoad Creator" is a tool for DazStudio, designed primarily for content creators but also suitable for all users. This tool allows you to easily create your own AutoLoad scripts without writing a single line of code. Its interface will allow you to add any number of nodes from the scene and files applicable to those nodes. Created AutoLoad script will apply all those files to selected nodes in just one step. You can add to your AutoLoad scripts any type of node (root or child, figure or prop) and any type of Daz file (pose, shape, material, or other *.duf files but also Daz Script files), basically any file that you would usually apply to your nodes in the scene. The AutoLoad scripts that you create with AutoLoad Creator may be included in your commercial products while AutoLoad Creator and its code are subject to copyright and are not intended for redistribution. AutoLoad scripts are especially useful for complex poses where you have multiple figures and poses/shapes that need to be loaded to those figures. Adding AutoLoad to these pose packs will allow easier and quicker loading for your users but also for the testers which will influence customer satisfaction and also the time needed for testing the product. AutoLoad is also useful for creators of products that have more than one file that needs to be loaded to the figure, with it you can allow your users to load the product in just one step. AutoLoad Creator is very easy to use and therefore suitable not just for content creators but also for any other users that would like to have an AutoLoad for any of their files and figures. How To Use: STEP 1 - Load all needed nodes in the scene STEP 2 - Click on the "AutLoad Creator" icon (nothing needs to be selected in the scene). STEP 3 - AutoLoad Creator window will appear. There you will find a dropdown menu where you need to select a node, and under it, you will find four Choose File buttons where you can add files to be applied to the selected node. STEP 4 - When you select a node and needed files, click the Accept button. It will open a dialog that will ask you if you would like to add another node or create the AutoLoad script. If you decide to add another node, AutoLoad Creator window will appear again, this time you will see at the top your already added node. This way you can add an unlimited number of nodes, and if you need more than four files applied to one node you can add that node multiple times. STEP 5 - When you add all needed nodes and files click the "create AutoLoad" button in the dialog. This will open a Save As window where you can choose a name and location for your new AutoLoad script. Click Save and you are done. Now you have your AutoLoad script and by clicking on it you can apply all selected files to all selected nodes in one step. (When you run AutoLoad nothing should be selected in the scene) Additional information for dropdown and buttons is provided by clicking on "?" (What's This?) and then on these elements. NOTES: When adding nodes be aware of the fact that the created AutoLoad script will try to find selected node by its Label(the one that you can read in the scene pane). This means that if you have two "Genesis 8 Female" figures in the scene, one of them will be called "Genesis 8 Female (2)", and if you add that node to your AutoLoad, it will be looking for "Genesis 8 Female (2)" when you run it to apply selected files to it. This is why it's important to know which node labels are added to an AutoLoad. It also allows you to change the node label in the scene if you (don't) want it to be affected when running that AutoLoad. Created AutoLoad script will apply selected files from the location you choose, so if you are adding the script to a commercial product, make sure to select the files from the product folders which are already prepared for submission. In this case, creating the AutoLoad script for your product is the last step before submission to ensure that the right files from the right location are added. NOTE FOR CONTENT CREATORS: If you are using this AutoLoad Creator for creating AutoLoad scripts for your commercial product, make sure to clearly state that in your README file, additionally explaining which AutoLoad script will apply which files to which nodes. NOTE FOR TESTERS: If you come across products containing these AutoLoad scripts, be aware that these AutoLoad scripts will load files AS THEY ARE from the location in the product folders (if created properly, otherwise they will not be loading anything), so you can be absolutely sure that if the files loaded with these AutoLoad scripts are working properly they will work properly when loaded manually as well. This fact will save you time when loading complex poses that have these Autoload scripts provided additionally. It is, of course, up to content creators to clearly state in their products if they used AutoLoad Creator and which files exactly are added to their AutoLoad scripts. AutoLoad scripts created with AutoLoad Creator will be recognizable by the File Type which you can check when you hower over the icon of the AutoLoad script (it will be File: Type: lightBLUE AutoLoad). Check the pdf "INSTRUCTIONS" file for illustrated step-by-step instructions. If you have any additional questions about the product, please write to lightblue3design@gmail.com. ====================================================================== INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS ====================================================================== - Unzip the zip file to a temporarily folder - Copy the 'Runtime and Scripts' folders in the unzipped folder and paste them into your DAZ Library folder.(e.g. C:\Users\Your Username\Documents\DAZ 3D\Studio\My Library) ====================================================================== TAGS ====================================================================== auto, load, pose, shape, material, creator, file, tool, daz3d, daz tool, content, product, automatic, loading ====================================================================== COPYRIGHT & LICENSE ====================================================================== Copyright (c) 2022 lightBLUE. All rights reserved. Not intended for redistribution.