Hi all, I got sick of trying to sniff out what files are required for any particular Poser character/model/etc. In my case I re-install my PC quite often, and have lost poser stuff more than once. So I am making this little app that you point to a character/prop/pz3/etc file, and it finds all the required files (like .obj files, and images), and when completed asks for a new "install" directory, and copies all the required stuff (with directory structure) to the new location. I was just wondering if there would be any interest out there for this little tool, in which case I would make it a little more bullet proof...

Absolutely! And may I suggest you extend it to easily package MAT poses as well?

This would be a great tool to have! I will probably change PC soon and is NOT looking forward to having to manually re-install every Poser character, prop, pose etc again!

Sounds very useful.I always have the probs when i pack a item with all the textures as zipfile.

Wow I could have used this program after I got my new puter! lol I'm still trying to get everything back into poser!

absolutly yes......it sounds good and i'm interested to get one :)

sbertram - I was wondering about that problem... then I though maybe I could include a check box next to each item so you have to select "yes - I can distribute this file" kinda thing...

neat...can you guys please explain to me...since it came up...if I am getting a new computer... I will have to reinstall POSER and all my other programs...how do I save all of the stuff I have now so I can install it into the new computer's Poser? Do I just copy all the folders onto a cd? If I do that, won't I also get redundant folders (ie, folders that are standard and come with Poser)? So, I should only copy the folders of the custom stuff onto the cd, right...? If one uses this app...can one pack everything not standard into this app first and then copy THAT onto the cd? Then will this app unpack everything into it's proper place? Sorry if this is unclear...I too am computer challenged! :)

Just as a time saver, about two years ago I popped for a 40 Gb drive and made it my Poser bitch. It's about half full of Poser stuff now (and due for a backup...), but the nice thing is that when I move to a new machine, all I have to do is install the drive and reinstall Poser and the patches. None of the objects or other goodies have to have registry entries, just the Poser engine itself. As a bonus, if you take part in the time-honored tradition of formatting your boot drive and reinstalling Windows every six months, it doesn't affect your Poser files.

sounds great. I am waiting for a new hd to be installed, and backed up my runtime ready, didn't even think of zipping it and it took ages and 8 or 9 cds. that's without textures that are not in runtime. Never thought of zipping it. will remember that next time. I too am a great believer in a format every so often. that's why I will not ghost my drive for this changeover.

YESSSSSSSSSS! I'm interested!!

I thought Maz wrote one already. I use it to collect all the files I need before I zip up. Its called Extractor.

Oh-yes oh-yes oh-yes oh-yes oh-yes oh-yes!!! /Ohman

Yes, it is very interesting, oh yes........

Looks like a great app except I am stuborn and prefer to do my maintance and file management "manually" -> but then being 'techie' and not really an "artist" that is just my nature.......what I would REALLY like to find is an app that will "strip the unused MTs from a charater(cr2) or PZ3 file"!! (especially where Mike2 and Eve4 are concerned...soon I'll be restling with Vicky2 as well!)

"what I would REALLY like to find is an app that will "strip the unused MTs from a charater(cr2) or PZ3 file"!! (especially where Mike2 and Eve4 are concerned...soon I'll be restling with Vicky2 as well!)" MorphManager (among others). Most I've seen can only delete one morph at a time, but I've used it just for that.

heyas; yes, this is very handy. it's a little like brycetech's model packager that he's making. it would be fairly handy. if it would edit the cr2/pp2/pz3/pz2 so you can move the textures (or even the obj) to a different directory, then it would be invaluable!

Yes, would be interested in this as well. Thanks for asking.

Attached Link: http://poserutils.tripod.com/index.html

You can already do this with PInstall and alot more. See the attached link.

PInstall is a standalone application which allows you to install poser library objects (characters, poses, textures, etc) without needing to figure out which files go in which Poser subdirectory--PInstall does it for you. You don't even have to unzip library files stored in zip archives. Also, you can use PInstall to unzip and install a variable number of archives automatically!