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Subject: pz3 files?


arifzhafir ( ) posted Sun, 01 September 2019 at 8:30 AM · edited Sun, 09 February 2025 at 10:12 PM
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Cornucopia3D (e-on software) finally gave me access to my purchased files after ? years, but I have some Poser 6 items that only have .pz3 scene files. There is a runtime icon, but within it are only folders that mean nothing to me. I cannot find (there are no) Geometries/Library/Textures folders.

Can anyone point me in the right direction?


EClark1894 ( ) posted Sun, 01 September 2019 at 2:58 PM

These are folders that are in your Runtime folder for Poser. You cannot view them in the program. You need to access them from your computers' browser to view them.

The Geometries folder is where Poser stores the object files it uses for figures and props. If you open it (change nothing), you find a list of more folders. Some by Poser, some by third parties vendors.

The Libraries folder is the name of your regular libraries in Poser. Scene files, Pose files, Cameras, hands, etc. Like Geometries, it has more folders listed by vendor names.

Textures Folder is where Poser finds the materials to plug into your figure or prop. As with Geometries and Libraries it contains more folders listed by vendors. These folders by the vendors is where they store the files and materials Poser will look for to add to your figure or prop.

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EClark1894 ( ) posted Sun, 01 September 2019 at 3:30 PM

I didn't see this before, but this Tutorial on adding content to Poser may help you tremendously.

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EClark1894 ( ) posted Sun, 01 September 2019 at 3:38 PM

Also one last word of warning. Content Paradise no longer exists, so as far as I know, unless you or someone else knows another way, you will have to unzip your content files and add them manually.




arifzhafir ( ) posted Sun, 01 September 2019 at 11:15 PM
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Thank you so much, EClark1894. I'm sorry that I didn't post a screenshot to explain the situation. I'm still away from my 3D computer; so, I still can't.

I'm familiar with Poser file hierarchy through Daz Studio and from buying and using content from Renderosity in D|S. Though my original post was unclear, I was trying to say that I was in my PC's file browser or Explorer or whatever Windows calls it. I hadn't even opened Poser. I would expect for a Poser product to have a Runtime folder that contained Geometries, Library, & Textures folders. But the files I've gotten from Cornucopia3D---though they are named "___ for Poser 6"---have no such folders in them. I did find a zipped application called "pz3 extractor," but I cannot find any information about it so far online. Perhaps it is for usage with Vue, which I do not own.

Thanks for taking the time to help me, and I apologise for my lack of clarity in explaining the situation.


Nails60 ( ) posted Mon, 02 September 2019 at 4:45 AM

I believe in the past that content was distributed as pz3 files before I started using poser, although I have seen some old freebies still doing it this way. Perhaps you could try adding the runtime to one of your other runtimes and then trying to open the pz3 file in poser to see if the information is there, ie it opens or poser asks for the location of some of the files in the runtime.


arifzhafir ( ) posted Mon, 02 September 2019 at 5:30 AM
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Thanks, @Nails60, I'll do that.


EClark1894 ( ) posted Mon, 02 September 2019 at 2:17 PM · edited Mon, 02 September 2019 at 2:19 PM

Hmm, I've only run into one situation where content was imbedded in a scene file like that and I've been using Poser since version two. At that time, the scene file folder didn't exist, but you should be able to open the scene file in Poser and select each item individually if you'd like to move them around. If everything is where you want it, you could simply add your figures and pose them as you like.

If your scene file doesn't open in Poser, try importing it instead, just as you would a prop.




arifzhafir ( ) posted Mon, 02 September 2019 at 2:32 PM
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Will do, EClark1894. I'm going to get started a little later, but thank you so very much for brainstorming solutions for me. Much appreciated!


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