Hi Guys.
These are the answers I got from the freestuff forum:

Miss Nancy

 

Attached Link: http://www.renderosity.com/mod/tutorial/index.php?tutorial_id=553&page=1

 

Quote - yeah, there's a sort of tutorial, but it leaves quite a bit to the imagination. my personal pref for freestuff is that they zip the file, whatever it is. along with a read-me giving name, e-mail address, commercial restrictions, application and file description. I absolutely do not wanna see an installer file, an exe file, or anything complicated. getting into the details of a runtime folder tends to exclude and alienate every freestuff provider who is not doing stuff for c6pro or P7 IMVHO. hence my feeling that one shouldn't criticise the freestuff providers if they package things according to their own convenience.

 

BAR-CODE

Quote - one thing for Poser freestuff is paramount !
ZIP the Runtime MAP and rename it when zipped..
When you maka a MAP "V4-Dress" and put the Runtime map etc etc in it.
Then a fast easy unzip is not possible...
Because in the ZIP the first Map wil be V4-Dress.

But ZIP the runtime map you made and when zipped RENAME it to "V4-Dress" has the runtime map in the first level of maps.

Hope this is clear

Chris

 

Trekkie Grrrl

 

Quote - I can tell you how I do it. It may be the same as in that tutorial, I haven't looked L

This method is assuming you're using Winzip on a PC: 1.       On your desktop (or basically anywhere you please) created a folder called whatever you want your product to be named.

2.       in that folder, make another folder called Runtime

3.       In the runtime folder, put whatever folders are needed to contain all the stuff that is in your zip.

4.       Place your things in the correct folders. Don't forget the Geometries folder if you're using anything with external geometry.

5.       PROOFREAD all foldernames! Remember that Props and Materials are plural, all other visible folders are not (visible folders = the palettes you can see from inside Poser)

6.       When done, move out so that you are in the folder with the name of your thing. ie you can see the Runtime folder but you're not inside it.

7.       Rightclick the Runtime folder and from Winzip's rightclick menu, chose "Add to [name of your thing].zip"

8.       You're done. You now have a perfectly path'ed zipfile ready for anyone to extract by simply unzipping it to the Poser folder :o)

Hmm it looks more tricky than it is with all these steps. I hope I haven't confused you more than anything else.

 

Hope it helps. Jenny