The greatest Cr2Editor is the freebie of the same name, by John Stallings, 1999 for last version, 1.51. I use it nearly every day of my life, sometimes for multiple hours at a time. However, it's not perfect. The perfect Cr2Editor would have the following: Loads fast (cr2editor chokes on large files with lots of deltas) mouse-drag mass select and mass edit of same with the ability to ctrl to add and alt to subtract from selection select all of same command for example, I highlight hidden 0 and use the command and all hidden 0 in the file are selected. no confirmation option for deleting or replacing Third panel in gui for storing commonly used items for cutting and pasting "Remove All Children" removing the last line of children doesn't take you back to the parent, but to the next parent. What else? Does anyone know this John Stallings, what became of him, how he can be reached? Or can we make a new utility or... Can we consider Cr2Editor abandonware and modify it ourselves? -WTB

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Yeah, I started a thread at PoserPros on exactly this subject, I feel exactly as you do. Strangle enough, he did surface, and replied to the thread, and said he would possably do an update. But then no further word, John seems to have gone back to the steath mode.

While you are prodding people, how about prodding an update to P-wizard? Kattman still hangs around, but P-wizard is almost useless with multiple runtimes, and on today's bigger desktops, having a window which displays only 3 or 4 entires of possible hundereds is a PITA!

Way too many people take way too many things way too seriously.

I'm not familiar with P-Wizard, but okay! :D

Another program worth looking into is CR2Builder by kim99. Regular updates. Fast londing and reasonably fast saving, even when you load a complex .pz3. INJ/REM pose support. Useful for creating ERCs. In a word, very cool utility, and free to boot!

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Where does one find it?

Sorry. Don't know the link off the top of my head, but a Google search of CR2Builder will turn op the link in no time at all.

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Google: crbuilder kim99 first link.

Way too many people take way too many things way too seriously.

CR2Builder has only one drawback - no English manual. Only Japanese (which I can't read). Then again, the program is pretty intuitive.

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Gareee, yeah, you'd think but my google came up empty -WTB

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Here's the link. Some stylized nude Poser figures on the site, hence the nudity tag.

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Posting to support the recommendations of CR2Builder. Basically every feature you listed is present in CR2Builder. It also has several more enhancements in addition to what you listed to make life easier when working with Poser files (It supports all non-compressed Poser file types, although it doesn't offer any special tools for MT5 or MC6 files AFAIK). The author speaks some english, and is receptive to questions and suggestions.

Here is a tutorial for the most recent version, 02k05. You will love CR2Builder, it's a Poser power user's dream come true :)

God Bless Cr2Builder! Wow! Select Children, drag and drop who woulda thought??? THANKS FOLKS!!! -WTB

CR2Builder wil also edit pp2's: i've been using it to extract prop geometry for awhile now, & it works flawlessly. i'm working on a tute for that process right now. wonderful little program.

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It certainly is. I have used it to make ERC morphs, to edit or extract prop geometry, to fix up pose files, to repair broken .pz3 files, to group morphs P5/P6 style, and much, much more. It's even scriptable, the scripting language looks like Pascal. This is one tool I'd gladly pay for.

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It's a real blessing! Saved hours last night! I may never need cr2editor again actually. -WTB