Hi, I'm new to Poser and i have a few questions 1. When i download zipped models from the free stuff area, into which directory in Poser do i put the expanded files. 2. Can i use Poser4 models/props in Poser3? Thanks for an informative forum.

If the zip has directory information stored then look at the name of the first directory. All the Poser bits live inside the Runtime directory, so sometimes people zip with this as the root (e.g. runtime......). If you installed Poser using default settings then the path to this is C:Program FilesMetaCreationsPoser 4runtime (a new copy of Poser might install to CuriousLabs instead of MetaCreations and older may show Poser 3 instead of 4). If there are no paths set in the zip then look for a Readme file (or similar named text file) that should contain instructions about where to put each file. As a general rule of thumb most files should come with a .rsr file of the same name and be placed into one of the runtimelibraries.. directories (inside the sub-directory of your choice) .cr2 - ..character.... .pp2 - ..props.... .hr2 - ..hair.... .fc2 - ..face.... .pz2 - ..pose.... .jpg and .bmp are textures and normally you would place them in ..runtimetextures.... .obj files may be morphs that need to be loaded from inside poser; simple props to be opened using file->import; or it might need to go into a particular directory in ..runtimeGeometries.... (which should be mentioned in the readme file) Hope this helps - Mark

Many files will have a readme telling where the bits ought to go. If you are on a Mac, get Martin's MacConverter and MacInstaller... and it will put everything in the right place for you, clean up crosshairs, and otherwise make life easier. If you try to load a .pz3 file or other such, and Poser can't find a texture, etc., it will often ask you "where is xxx?" and you can give it instructions (as long as you know where you put it!) Carolly