Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: CorrectReference is finished! (Free utility)

hogwarden opened this issue on Sep 16, 2002 ยท 61 posts


hogwarden posted Tue, 17 September 2002 at 1:08 PM

John... Look, I'm sorry if you feel slighted by CorrectReference... But I was unaware that correcting texture references was a function of OO... I read your product description and didn't notice the reference to this near the bottom... I must point out that CR does not correct obj. file pointers at all. It doesn't do anything to organise your files, or even touch on geometries. It doesn't compete with what I consider to be the main function of OO which is to allow you to delete files which aren't used by any of the Poser files in your library. All CR does is correct texture file pointers by batch. It is mainly intended for PBooost users who are having troubles because of incorrect file references. Just so everyone knows, here's your product description for OO. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ "Ask yourself- how many times have you downloaded a figure from the Internet, loaded it into Poser, only to get a "FigureRes Geometry: Runtime:Geometries:fairy:blwings.obj not found" error? And, then, of course, when you click the Ok button (to clear the message), Poser looks for this file anyway- taking 3 or 4 minutes (or longer!) to try to find it AND then gives you a message about how Poser is "Low on memory" (and proceeds to delete a figure from your scene!). How were you supposed to know that this figure even used this "obj" file? Wouldn't it have been better if you had known about this ahead-of-time, before you tried to load the figure? Well, now you can- just use the Poser Object Organizer Program to see the "insides" of Poser files! That's right- by clicking on figure files, you can 1) see what obj file and image files are used, and 2) see where those files are actually located on your hard drive, and 3) automatically fix the figure file to "point" to the "obj" file's actual location. What does this mean, to you, the average user? It means no more "missing file" errors- you will know ahead-of-time if you haven't installed all the needed files. Have you ever tried to clean up your Poser files? Have you gone through your figures Library and removed everything you'll never use? What about the supporting obj files- those are probably still on your hard drive, taking up space. How would you know what figures (if any) even use these "obj" files? Well, now you can- just use the Poser Object Organizer Program to scan through your RuntimeLibraries folder and find every figure that uses the obj file... if nothing's found, the obj file is safe to delete! Have you ever looked in your RuntimeGeometries folder to see what's there? If it's anything like mine, you could have TONS of sub-folders... and most of them have odd names. Wouldn't it be nice if you could reorganize the folders and files to YOUR liking? Well, now you can- just use the Poser Object Organizer Program to move the obj file to another folder AND change the figure file's reference. Have you ever wanted a copy of the list of all the files in a folder, but couldn't figure out how? Sure, you could do a screen shot, but you're limited to how many things fit on the screen (and the fact that a screen shot is a graphical image). Now you can finally print the contents as plain text- simply click on a folder, click the Print button, and the list of folders and files will be saved to a text file- ready to be copied and pasted into other documents. You can even print the listing of all sub-folders within the selected folder! When you download a "zip file" package, are you tired of having to place every file in its "recommended" location- usually in folder names like: RuntimeLibrariesFiguresArtistNameCharacterNamefigure.cr2 RuntimeTexturesArtistNameCharacterNameCharacterName.jpg Yes, this is a good method to remember the artist who created the item, but wouldn't it be nice if you could put these files wherever YOU like, and then change the cr2 file to reference the files in the new location? Well, now you can- just extract the files to a folder of your choice and use the Poser Object Organizer Program to adjust the cr2 file to correctly reference the files in their new locations. (Of course, cr2 files must still go in a sub-folder under the "RuntimeLibrariesFigures" folder and images must go in a sub-folder under the "RuntimeTexture" folder. But, which sub-folder should be up to YOU- the user. After all, it's YOUR computer!) What it is: The Poser Object Organizer Program is a Windows application that combines basic Poser-type file-editting features with the familiar "tree-view" of Windows Explorer. (Click here to see a comparison between the Poser Object Organizer Program and similar programs.) Features include: Expand any drive or folder. "Expand" any Poser-type file (cr2, hr2, pp2, etc) to see what files it references. -"Expand" the referenced files to have the program find their actual location on your hard drive. -If the referenced location does not match the actual location, the program will correct this "discrepancy" for you- NO manual code-editting is needed! "Expand" any obj file and you can scan the RuntimeLibaries folder to find figure files that may be referencing it. If no files reference that obj file, it is safe to delete! Print the contents of any drive or folder (and choose to include sub-folders) to a text file. Delete folders & files (you can set your preference to have the program move the files to the Recycle Bin or permanently delete them). If you delete a Poser-type file, the program will delete the rsr file as well. Rename files; if you rename a Poser-type file, the program will rename the rsr file as well. -"Protect" (or not) system files from accidental changes. Change the application's colors (background color, text color, "tree" colors, etc.). Open a file in its default application OR open a folder in Windows Explorer. As you click on each item, certain options will become available- cut, copy, paste, rename, delete, etc." +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ OK, I've got CorrectReference and PBooost... and I got them for free cos I wrote them , And I still will buy OO because it's a danm good utility (when I have the time to do some actual pictures again!) CR is not OO and it never will be. So please... you must see that I have no intention of sabotaging your sales or competing in any way unfairly with your product. Apologies for causing any concern... Howard:)