trekkiegurls folder wont open at all in poser 4 props, hmmmmm, I went and reinstalled poser 4 aqnd reran the curious labs updater hmmmm, folder still wont open, So I copied folder over to poser 5 which has no problems opening trekkiegurl folder and loading props, hmmmmm, Im wondering what in the world is going on....are all trekkiegurls props only poser 5 compatible?

Hmm I looked in trekkiegurl folder all rsr and pp2 files are there each loaded from a seperate zip file, hmmm, I move all files to new folder no problem, but when I open folder in poser 4 nothoing showing up, no pictures of props. this is getting stranger and stranger.

And trekkiegurls prps appear to be the only files acting this way..., anyone else have this problem in poser 4?

When you say the folder won't open, do you mean you can't see the folder name in poser? Or that the folder's there, but the props won't open? If there's no folder, maybe you have more than 256 folders in your Props library. Tis the only thing I can think of. mac

Oops. X-posted. What's the folder called? Maybe Poser doesn't like the name. LOL. mac

folder is there but when I click on the folder it wont open and the I get bounced back up to the top of the list in the a's section instead of the t's section. I have more then 256 folders is this why?

Poser has a limit to how many props I can store in folders or how many folder im allowed to have for props? People who make stuff they sell should know this and not force folders on people for the sake of identifying thier stuff with thier product folder name, this is causeing problems if there is a limit to how many folders poser 4 can have. Now I must go and move prps alll around to get rid of excessive folders. Then ill have to resave every prop I move from one folder to another for the sake of the rsr going corrupted. this stinks.

Yep. 256 folders is the supposed limit in Poser. More than that and it starts to behave strangely. Try removing some folders, open poser again, and see if TG's folder works. mac

Bingo!

Well, DM, the problem is that people who make stuff have to give the folder a name. Now they can't possibly know what folders you or anyone else already has, so they give their own name. That's the only way it can be done. Secondly, there's no reason at all to resave props. Just move them to another folder with the .rsr and they'll show up fine. It's not such a big problem. mac

Does alot of folders slow poser down?

sure they can, They just say oh poser comes with folders like animals or people, or new figures, or prop type or hair types, poser has folders there already, send it to one of them let me decide after that where to put it.

re: "It's not such a big problem." T'is if you're the poor sod that has it, eh mac? (los) ;=]

Bingo? Have I won something? LOL. DM, Here's another thing you can do to make life easier. You can make up separate Runtime folders for Poser and use them according to what project you're working on. For example, you can add a folder to the library (in windows explorer) called 'Spare Props' and store all the prop folder you don't use often in it. Poser won't show it in the library, but when you want to use any props from it, you can drag the folders into the real Props folder. mac

Now I have a huge clean up that could take hours depending on how many folders Ill have to get rid of and where to put all the stuff....Like I really needed this problem.

Well, it ain't Trekkie Girl's fault. If you want to blame someone, blame Curious Labs. They built the program. Most people know about this and organise their folders as they add new stuff. They way they don't have to do it all at once. mac

mac, The "Bingo!" was in response to: "I have more then 256 folders is this why?" I'm just too slow on the kybrd. ;=] ... and, no, you did NOT win a prize. Sorry 'bout that. ;=[

One should count one's blessings ... they fixed it in P5, no? ;=]

Drat! And I was hoping for a new teapot or something. Oh wait..... I saw a teapot icon in 3d max! Now.... after I've made it, how do I get it out the CD-ROM slot? mac

I knew it was not trekkiegurls fault, I thought the problem might be a poser 5 one but it's not.

Yes that is a trekkiegurl turd, I had to use poser five to make this image untilI can clean out poser 4.

Um, what's a cdromslot? Is that anything like an ocelot? ... or was it an ozslot? ;=]

I LUV xposts!!! ;=]

I know it's not the merchants faults for the problem Im having, but I just had to make this joke anyway with the trekkiegurl turd and the mdog

That render really stinks! .... Well, it would have ....... if we had smellavision, no? ;=]

Get PBooost. You can divide your stuff into Banks, and get rid of the pesky folder limit problem. It's in the Marketplace for around $25. Enuff said.

No wonder that dog had to go so bad! Being trapped in a zipfile at daz so long. He he!!! I bet Trekkie Girl is going to get one heck of a laugh out of what is to become of that prop she made rotfl!

I haven't actually seen Poser 5 in action, but this idea of separate runtimes sounds like overkill when all that's needed is simple subdirectories. I can create a subdirectory runtime/libraries/props/clothing/hats - what's so difficult about getting Poser to read it? Why does it have to stick at the "clothing" level? It's not like subdirectories are the latest bleeding edge of technology.

Well DM, this is an eternal problem for everyone using P4. And yes, it means work - organizing folders and sutff. And no, it's not the merchant's or freebie maker's fault. It's your problem, keeping your folder system in good shape. I spend a lot of time organizing my stuff, it's the only way I'll ever find any of it. ------------------------------------ Phantast - nested folders is of course standard in P5, it's the only reasonable way to go. P4 had the folder level limitation you mention, not P5. And there's no reason to have multiple Runtimes. I certainly down't have, in spite of ENORMOUS, RIDICULOUS numbers of files. :] Fish

Gaaah sorry I'm so late to this thread! Yes, as it has been pointed out, the 256 limit is why you can't access my folder. I have had the SAME problem before I got PBooost L I COULD do stuff like naming my folder !!!-TrekkieGrrrl-!!! but I know that'll piss off quite a lot of people so I only do that on my OWN computer ;o) Personally I prefer when people make a folder with their name on it. I can then choose to keep it (if it's from someone who makes LOTS of stuff) or remane/move it if the persona only made ONE item. Makes crediting easier too. Or I guess I could just throw it all in the zip with no paths at all? Many people do that too, and let the end user do the moving and installing. What I do with those downloads is that I install them into my Recycling Bin. I DON'T want to bother with moving pp2's, cr2's rsr's and what have you. NOR am I going to make folders inside my Geometries folder and hope that I got the casing and stuff all right before I place the stray obj there. Oh and I love that poopypic. I guess that prop will get a renaissance now :o)

Ill get p boost until I can Ill clean out poser4 by moving stuff to fewer files and hope everything does not ask me for a texture because it's in a strange folder.

Well im running 2 versions of poser, 4 and 5 fully stocked I guess I cou slim down poser 4 since I use it for quick renders and texturing of the millenium figures, I can delete all files to Don and Judy because I never ever use them at all in poser 5, maybe by the time this is done ill get a grreat portion of my drive back, poser and 5 are running on 30 gigs each on my drive at a total of 60 gigabytes between them both being fully stocked with oser stuff. Poser 5 has copies of everything I downloade for poser 4, but I see this is getting to be a problem. Some people have said why not just move your runtime folder, I did, and poser 5 became corrupted and would nopt open each time I did it in Windows XP. When I had windows 98 this never happened.

I do not like texturing figures without mat files in poser 5 because I don't understand how transmapping is done for eye lashes and brows, And the materails room even tho it is advanced and does alot more can be a pain to work with. sO, If I must custom job a figure withexturo it in poser 4. Save me time and a headace.

Oops, did we forget somthi"N"g? ;=[

Question does that limitation in poser 4 only apply to props folders or does it also apply to figures and geometries? Do they each get 256? or is that the overall number of folders combined for all catagories shared between them?

Thank you. ;=]

I wanted to make Mike Beefy without making him look overmorphed or excessivly body built, So because of clothing fitting problem I decided not to give him to much of a build. I had to texturoser 4 because Im not updated that muh n poser 5's matrial room even though I have played around with it.

I know you weren't blaming me :o) As for the pathless zips, I don't think it's rude as such, it's mostly made by newbies who doesn't know any better, or sometimes by people who just didn't THINK about it. Still we're talking freebies (at least I am) so to call something free "mean" or "rude" is a little harsh ;o) I just know that unless it is something I really really really NEED for a picture, such items go right into my recycling bin, and it's a pity really, becourse someone too the time to make it, render a thumbnail, find a place to upload it, and then it is all for nothing. Making the correct paths is so EASY that I don't know why it should be so hard to some :o) But to be honest, I THINK some of my earliest things may have incorrect paths as well, or lack MAT poses if they're textures. But at that time I didn't know any better :o)

I was kidding about the mean and rude part, I felt guilty and eraced the post He he.