Quote - Besides the !!!!! (which I also despise),  it would nice if vendors put their files under a folder with their name on it so I know who to credit on my renders and to find their files easily for correcting (a constant necessity because I use Daz Studio).

Example if vendor name FRED001 then I would expect the following:-

Runtime:Geometries:FRED001:productXYZ:product.obj

Runtime:Libraries:Props:FRED001:productXYZ:product.pp2

Runtime:Textures:FRED001:productXYZ:product.jpg

If the vendor are truely after more sales then having gallery credits by the artist (purchaser) is good advertising for future sales. And the best way to remind us artists (purchasers) to credit them is to have their products under a folder with their name so as to differentiate it from all the hundreds (maybe !!!!thousands!!!!) of folders in our runtime.

I agree and disagree.... Do the Geometries and Textures if you want, but do not do that in the Library Props, Figures, etc...

If I have Miki in a Scene and I go to the Pose Library looking for Poses (not Textures), I will not look in a Vendors Folder to see if it contains Poses or Morphs or MAT Poses

Better would be this...

Example if vendor name FRED001 then I would expect the following:-

Runtime:Geometries:FRED001:productXYZ:product.obj

Runtime:Libraries:Props:<Type of Prop (IE Car, Plant, etc..>: FRED001:productXYZ:product.pp2

Runtime:Textures:FRED001:productXYZ:product.jpg

While we are on the topic of naming folders... be consistant. If you start calling the Figure Folder by the Name of the Product, do so in the Pose, Material, Props, etc Folders. I hate having to play hunt and find to locate Materials, Fit Poses, etc.. in the Library because one is located in the Folder called "Cool Blue" in the Figures Library, but the rest are in Folders named "Look At Me, I Created Stuff" Folders in the Props, Poses, etc...

Also, do not use too generic of names.. Box.obj is used... if you create a new box, call it Box.obj  This goes for pants, shoes, etc....

On the topic of issues with packaging... Top Folder should be Runtime, not your Products Name for a Folder... it is a pain to add to a Library and I will never buy from you again.

Also, name your Zip File for the Product and if there is more than one file, name them all the same Starting with the name. I bought one product that never worked right when I got around to installing it because the product had three files... one was called (real names removed to protect the idiots) "Product A", the second was called "Product A 02", the third was called "03 Additional Files needed for the Item I created"

If you have more than one file, the first file should also indicate it.. Try

Product A 1of3, Product A 2of3, Product A 3of3

On MAT Poses... Poser 8 is now out... Poser 4 is older than any of my computers... Consider using the Material Room... so much cleaner. If you want it to work in DS too, make a DS Package. DS may have originally been designed to use Poser Content as is, but things have changed. There are differences in how the Material Values work between the two programs. Take the effort to make your product stand out.

ratscloset
aka John