Quote - You can get the files full path if the scene is loaded to Poser , but Poser doesnt seem to save that info in the pz3. There are some comments from curious labs from Poser 5 that say, Do not have duplicate file names  in multiple runtimes because of the possibility that the wrong one gets picked.

Heres the script I wrote that checks each runtime for the file and replaces the full path
Just rename from txt back to the py

Its a non-elegant brute force approach 

I could not change the file extension to .py in Vista. It keeps its notepad association. All the other Python scripts say file type py and have an program association of Windows shell common. i just can not find this file type to change the program association to make this work. Can anyone help me?

Since you have trouble with the file I have put up a zip file containing the properly named .py file extension. Unzip to your poser/runtime/python folder anywhere .

Another person had an issue with the rename because they had the default folder option set to "hide known file extensions" which conceals the actual file type .

Hope this solves the problem.

here the sharecg link for the script www.sharecg.com/v/27564/script/script-to-fix-file-paths

Mark

I downloaded this .py file that you put in sharecg. Below is url.

http://www.sharecg.com/v/27564/script/script-to-fix-file-paths?division_id=11

Pardon the ignorance of a relative newbie, but where do I put this python and what do I do with it???

Good for P7 as well as PP??

I certainly need it and appreciate your efforts.

Thanks

So I've tried the Scripts_to_fix_the_path utility and it works eratically. I want to try svdl's script but it's just a text file. How do I put it into a python script? I'm not a dummy, but I have no experience in python or any other scripting. I feel this is close to being fixed, but I'm missing something or lack the know how.
Thanks, Art

adorety - paste the text into a new file with a .py file extension; for example: svdlfixpaths.py. You have to make sure that the .py is the file extension, i.e. it must replace the .txt that you would normally see on the end of a text file. To do that, you might need to go into Tools / Folder Options / View (this is on a WinXP PC, btw) and untick the box that says 'Hide extensions for known file types'.

Save that file in your default Poser runtime under:-
RuntimePythonposerScriptsScriptsMenu
Then start Poser, and you can run it direct from the Scripts menu.

Or you can save it in another location and run it using File > Run Python script.

(edit) by the way, Python scripts use line indentation for nesting/structure, so the cut and paste of text must be accurate.

 got my first error with mark's script:-

 /Applications/PoserAll/Poser_Crowd

/Applications/PoserAll/Poser_Always-A-Lady

/Applications/Poser 7

/Applications/PoserAll/Poser_Panko_AssaultWeapons_3

/Applications/PoserAll/Poser_azlcrowdkit

/Applications/PoserAll/Poser_Ballroom

/Applications/PoserAll/Poser_Motorbikes

/Applications/PoserAll/Poser_V4_WLeatherJacket

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "/Applications/Poser Pro/Runtime/Python/poserScripts/ScriptsMenu/markschum/fix_scene_paths.py", line 29, in ?

    fi = file(mypath,"r")

TypeError: 'str' object is not callable

I just noticed that the path I posted above did not include the separators.
It should have been:
RuntimePythonposerScriptsScriptsMenu

Thanks IsaoShi I got the script to process, but it's not helping much. Vue continues to ask for the path to the textures, etc. I'm going back to Poser 7 for now. I hope I didn't waste $200 :-(

 YOu also have to point vue at the poser pro folder in vue preferences

I know about the preferences. Even though there is no Poser Pro preference choice I pointed Vue to Poser Pro in the browse. Not sure what's up. I use Win Vista 64 4GB RAM and Centrino Duo. I use Vue Pro Studio and the latest version.

 gosh - it actually works for me.
you realize with svdl script you get a new pz3 with the word absolut in it don't you?  ie don't use the original pz3.  open the one with absolute and check the paths in a text editor.  otherwise try mark schrum's script.
love esther

Yes. When I have time to reinstall, I'll check it out again. Thanks.

I downloaded the "fix scene paths" script a couple of days ago and it works brilliantly with Poser 8 and Vue 8. One problem has turned up though, if the scene contains a dynamic cloth item then the dynamics are lost and the item imports into Vue as a complete mess.
  Without the script the dynamics are OK but you can spend forever trying to find the textures.
Can anyone suggest a cure for this?

I've been using the utility in Poser (8) to collect scene inventory and saving it to a folder. When I import into Vue from this folder, everything works perfectly.

Tried that, works fine,thanks.

I'm using Poser Pro 11 and today I downloaded and installed v11.3 but when I tried to open a couple of files I've been working on it made me re-like all of my geometries and all of my textures which required more than a couple of hours. I've now discovered that I will have to do this for all of the things I'm working on . . . so why is this happening . . . I'm using an iMac Pro and OS Catalina . . . PLEASE HELP ME HERE!!!!

Sorta tangential to PZ3 issues...

"Quote - This will never be undoable as the pz3s cannot ever be converted back to absolute pathways ever again. It is tragic."

http://www.philc.net/PZ3editor.php { Recently updated for latest Win'10.}

PhilC's full PZ3 Editor ($10 registered) can pull the bundled models out of PZ3, similar to how GeomStripper can convert a PP2 to PP2+OBJ.

And, in passing, probably let you edit the paths...

Thank you and, oh brother, this will become a total nightmare . . . well thanks again . . .

. . . I see that's a PC app, I should have mentioned I'm using an iMac Pro with OS Catalina, is there an app for Mac, thanks . . .

12 year old necropost - probably the best I've ever seen.

graphyx posted at 12:21PM Sat, 04 April 2020 - #4385410

. . . I see that's a PC app, I should have mentioned I'm using an iMac Pro with OS Catalina, is there an app for Mac, thanks . . .

That's the classic lament of Mac users trying to utilize Poser related utility apps. They're all windows. I just recently started using a windows machine, had left off at poser 8 on a Mac. Now many of the things that required external thingamabobs are automated within Poser. I'm also surprised that many of the old Poser utilities that were windows only will run in windows 10, but they do. Mac users are SOOL on that front, and I know this from first hand experience, especially in the Poser content creation helper front...

Dimension3d's PFO is windows only as is philC's PFE. Dimension3d passed away and philC has "retired?" so windows users are likely to face the same dilemma in due time on that front...

Strictly my opinion, having been away for a few years, but it feels like there's a "circling of wagons" thing going on in the Poserverse. People seem less friendly, less knowledgeable, less helpful, and just less in general. Not a hostile critique, just an observation. But what do I know? I'm probably a "troll" lol.

graphyx posted at 1:47PM Sat, 04 April 2020 - #4384933

I'm using Poser Pro 11 and today I downloaded and installed v11.3 but when I tried to open a couple of files I've been working on it made me re-like all of my geometries and all of my textures which required more than a couple of hours. I've now discovered that I will have to do this for all of the things I'm working on . . . so why is this happening . . . I'm using an iMac Pro and OS Catalina . . . PLEASE HELP ME HERE!!!!

Not sure if this is what your looking for but Netherworks Creator's Toybox let's you fix path references within Poser via a python script... it's in the file optimizer palette and can be used to make corrections to scene pz3 files, amongst a million other useful features. The offending pz3 must be located in a Runtime:Libraries:Scene folder in order for the tool to access it...

Think it might do the trick. You might need to run Poser as an administrator to get some of the features in the Toybox to work (at least I did with the Runtime Rodent).

https://www.renderosity.com/mod/bcs/creators-toybox/116432

Disregard my "run as administrator" suggestion, that's a windows issue, forgot you're on a Mac...