How about opening a repo in github and upload stuff there?, you can upload/update your own scripts and contribute to an organized repository of scripts.

I haven't thought of using a group object as the prop parent, good idea, I'll give it a shot. Thanks!

Thank you all for the help. I went the other way around while using your code as a reference. I edited the cr2 with all the master parameters and stripped it of everything else, it was faster than manually writing the file for every actor. I was able to create the INJ file and it works.

I'm sure this could be automated with python but I don't currently have the time to get to it. This will do for now. Thanks!

Oh that thread is gold, thank you!

Is there documentation about this file formats somewhere? or is it all worth of mouth and forums posts? There are lines there I don't know what they do, like trackingScale.

Wow, didn't know about the newer card issues, or poser issues with it anyway.

Thanks for the info!

I have another question for you. What is your workflow for creating such a file? do you code it manually (hope not!) or do you set all the master parameters in poser and then extract it somehow (python?) ?

I would actually pay for a script that would take list of master parameter names and would extract them to a pz2 file to be injected in other figures.

an0malaus posted at 6:13PM Thu, 27 June 2019 - #4354941

Hioushi & thoennes, yes, this is eminently doable. The trick is simply to put the normal contents of a character CR2 file within a pose PZ2 file. In other words, you include all of the name, limit and especially ERC and delta (if you're adding morphTargets) information that would be in a CR2 and is usually left out of a PZ2 file.

I've created such a thing for adding extra master parameters to PE. Additionally, where a CR2 would make reference to a figureResFile, in its place, you put the PZ2 targetFIgure line which identifies which figure the pose is intended for. The targetFigure value is basically just the name of the OBJ file that the figureResFile would refer to, but without the full path and .OBJ extension.

The pose only needs to refer to the actors which you're adding master channels or valueOperations (ERC) to, and doesn't need a figure block at all.

Fair enough, I'll elaborate a bit more.

First, I'm not doing animation, I'm working in a series of images to later be composed as a comic book. I want to avoid the material approach, for personal preference It think the animated figure visibility is with a master parameter is easier. However, master parameters are not available in all versions of poser, that's why I was interested in learning how to do it in the CR2, which should be more backwards compatible.

I guess I could try to figure it out from an existing CR2, but they can be huge so I was hoping for some directions.

parkdalegardener posted at 6:38PM Tue, 27 February 2018 - #4325123

Are you wanting to make a dial to turn parts on and off? That would require cutting into the CR2 as would a geometry switch.

Most definitively, I'm comfortable editing the CR2. Could you teach us what to do?

@bantha, great thank you! that solution is pretty straightforward and it works! However, I'd still be interested in the CR2 solution, for learning and Poser compatibility purposes.

PS: I'm using Poser 11

Thank you for the suggestion, but I would prefer a geometry based solution, because some of the figures I intend to hide have many materials and some have transparency too. It's a good idea though.

That sounds like a great workaround or even the actual way to do it, thanks!

Thank you, much appreciated!

Sorry for the late reply. Sure, I can take instore credit.

Yeah, I'm shocked, is there a forum post with more details about it? I don't know a thing.

Thanks for the contact info!

To give an example, I'd like to save different sets of "length" as morphs of the hair.