Attached Link: CRPro main interface

This is one serious piece of kit. Here's a brief rundown on the main features:
Corrects texture, bump, reflection, geometry and injection references in Poser 4, Propack and Poser 5 files.
Compressed and uncompressed library files scanned seamlessly.
Fixes common problems like incorrect quotation marks and missing '0 0' lines.
Standard Repair profiles for Poser 4 and 5 add simplicity to the repair option settings... or manually override the 23 settings if you wish.
Powerful 'pre-scan' tools to locate and deal with duplicated filenames in your texture folders using CRPro's 're-pointing' technique.
Also the ability to set up 'bulk re-pointing' operations to change all references to particular files.
More powerful 'post-scan' tools enable you to fix references to files CRPro can't find in a flash.
Also the ability to create 'Zip-ready' folder trees of content and dependancy files.
Safely remove content from your poser libraries together with dependant files.
All removed content goes to the CRPro quarantine folder: like the Windows Recycle bin, but retaining the original folder structure of the files relative to the Poser runtime.

I'll be releasing a free trial version so you can check out the program before purchasing... watch for it on the hogsoft site! (new url above!)

In the mean-time, here are a few tasters...
Howard:))

Attached Link: The Unfound references tool window

Attached Link: The Un-referenced files window

Attached Link: The Content and dependancies window

Attached Link: The repair options

Attached Link: Duplicated texture files window

Attached Link: hogsoft.com

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Howard:))

Does it correct .obj references too, like the current free version do with textures?

Oh yes! It corrects geometry and injection references too! h:))

Wow - this looks brilliant Howard! Must have been a huge amount of work to get it this far. Will definately be keeping an eye out for it.

Great, I use Correct Reference everytime I install the items I purchase or find in free stuff! Being able to correct geometry references like this will save me a lot of time!

Attached Link: hogsoft.com

I've tried to make the program as simple as possible to use folks... don't be put off if the screenshots look complex 'cos it's easy as pie. Thanks to the great beta-testing I've altered anything which 'only a programmer would understand' to make it truly understandable... LOL!

Oh... another feature I forgot to mention!
CRPro installs a 'windows shell extension' which means you can right-click on a folder in Windows Explorer and choose 'Scan folder with CRPro'. Very useful when you're installing new stuff!

If I remember any more features I've forgotten to mention I'll post them here! LOL!
Else... have a look through the helpfile (if you're intrigued!) at the link above.

H:))

I just discovered CorrectReference and boy is it a wonder! I use to dump textures where ever I wanted them, without any regard to the information in the .cr2, .pz2 and .pp2 files. It took Poser 5 forever to find some of them! Not any more! Speeds up P5's response time considerably. Some great features here. Now....if there was a quick and easy way to convert .bum files to .jpg bump files! Maybe someone knows of a quick way to do this save conversion in PsP? Anyway, I'll be looking for this!

Exceptional! THIS I've been waiting for! (Err... How much?)

I thought about having CRPro convert bum to jpeg to bum when required but decided against it in the end. Sure... it's easy (if a little time consuming!) to load a bum in Psp and save as jpeg but I'm not convinced that the results are the same when rendered. There's a very useful thread somewhere in the Poser Technical Forum... somewhere! But when you have converted some files, if you remove or re-name the old bum files, then a scan with CRPro with 'Prefer jpeg bump references' checked will change the references to point to the jpegs if they are there. Hmmm... I'm still doing my sums re the price...The weak dollar is biting us European merchants at the moment! Ouch! But I think it will be reasonable: under or around $20. H:))

Sounds GREAT - and nobody can argue with the price if they value their time... spend 20 bucks to save hundreds of dollars worth of your time is a very good deal! Thanks!

Actually the free version of CorrectReference will automatically find assign the .jpg bump files if it can't find the .bum's in most cases....but not all :) I use P5 and frankly P5 does not use the .bum files properly anyway. The .jpg versions can be connected to the .bump node and tweaked to give good enough results for on-screen work. I had 425 mb of .bum files in my texture folder!! Converting to "best quality" .jpg put that at about 65 mb. Comparing the two visually in Psp, I could see no difference. $20 seems reasonable to me :)

Can it do massive .rsr converts to .png to save space?

Wow Howard, now I see why you've been so silent all this time...WOW! This looks like it will prove to be an invaluable tool for everyone who uses Poser. Looking forward to it! Dave

Does it work for mac computers? Love esther

LOL... it's been keeping me busy Dave! Re: rsr/png tidy up - I didn't have this on my list of stuff-to-do for CRPro... The RSR image routines I wrote for PBooost could be altered and transferred... but they're not perfect. Some RSR's (mainly created with RSRConverter) give an empty thumb so the code would need complete re-writing. But maybe I could add an extra feature to remove RSRs if the png exists. It's a bit late to add it now, so this could be for mk2. I'm afraid it's Windows only. Believe me... if I had a Mac here I would write cross-platform but they're so darn expensive! H:))

Hehe... a_super_hero: I've done it for you.... well sort of. You now have the option to 'Remove unrequired RSR thumbs' or 'Remove unrequired PNG thumbs' during the scan. This should help you to rid yourself of pounds of excess RSR thumbs. Basically, if you choose the new option, the thumbs will be removed if a thumb of the other type also exists for content.

I just removed about 100 such RSR's from my gash Poser 5 install!

H:))

Yes!!!! That is worth the purchase right there! I just spent an entire evening getting rid of those little buggers! They take up a lot of space, that's for sure.....and with P5, they're just "excess baggage" once the .png is created. Between them and the .bum files, I think I freed up close to a gig of space. Tells you something about the size of my runtimes, I guess :)

oh, sad about the macs. You know a second hand one isn't as expensive and good fun too hint hint. Well my husband has got a pc so maybe I should think about the software anyway. Love esther

Yeah... but then I have to buy MAC Poser... $$$! Ouch! H:))

My poser 4 disk works on both.

but I think CL only allows you to have it on one computer at a time - hot damn!

Poser 4's OK, but my Poser 5 is windows only. The MAC release comes in a different box. H:))

Hi, oh, I just downloaded my copy of poser 5 from CL, so i didn't know how the disc comes. And it really is in poser 5 that I'm getting all the problems where poser asks me where the textures are. Poser 4 just used to be able to search and find them. Love esther

I wouldn't worry about CL checking to see if you have it on more than one of your computers: They don't answer the phone or return calls so I doubt if anyone's even available to do any checking. In regards to this piece of software, it looks like something that's been badly needed for a very long time, and the price iws more than reasonable. Speaking as one who just migrated from Mac to PC, I've found that a lot of my references do indeed need serious cleaning up. I'm looking forward to the release of this remarkable piece of work!

Any word on expected release date??? :)

Hehe... getting to be about a week from finished I think, and then there's the time it takes for the stores to test it again... H:))

...anxiously waiting... ;-) (.... errr, is it soup, yet?)

Hehe... ... I intend to send it to all the stores tomorrow!! ... and it's more of a stew... big chunks of meat in there. No gristle, though... I could go on... H:)

Cool, I'm waiting to install SR4 for Poser 5, because I want to rearrange my additional runtimes and archive them on DVDs just in case... Will it be a stand alone application like the free versionor will it hava an installer?

CRPro has a proper Installshield installer. There's a full help file, too... all zipped up together at 5MB. H:))

Thanks for the answer.