Help!
I've created a simple prop model (.obj and .pp2 files) that seems to work fine in both DS3 and Poser6.
I've created a very simple MAT pose file to simply change a texture - here's the full file:

{
version
    {
    number 6
    }
prop Stupa
    {
    material Plinth
        {
        textureMap ":Runtime:Textures:3DCheapskate:Stupa:PlainBlack.jpg"
         0 0
        }
    }
}

This works fine in DS3. But when I select it in Poser 6, nothing happens. No pop-up dialog saying something's wrong, just a quick flash of a "Loading..." message at the bottom of the Library panel, then the Windows "Exclamation" sound (which I guess is Poser telling me that something's wrong).

Here's the stripped down .pp2 file that I'm using:

{

version
    {
    number 6
    }

prop Stupa
    {
    storageOffset 0 0.3487 0
    objFileGeom 0 0 :Runtime:Geometries:3DCheapskate:Stupa:Stupa.obj
    }

prop Stupa
    {
    name    Stupa
    on
    bend 1
    dynamicsLock        1
    hidden        0
    addToMenu    1
    castsShadow        1
    includeInDepthCue        1
    useZBuffer        1
    parent UNIVERSE
    creaseAngle 50
    channels
        {
        propagatingScale Scale
            {
            name scale
            initValue 0.1
            hidden 0
            forceLimits 0
            min 0.001
            max 100000
            trackingScale 0.004
            keys
                {
                static  0
                k  0.1  1
                sl  1
                spl
                sm
                }
            interpStyleLocked 0
            }
        translateY yTran
            {
            name ytran
            initValue 0
            hidden 0
            forceLimits 0
            min -100000
            max 100000
            trackingScale 0.001
            keys
                {
                static  0
                k  0  0
                sl  1
                spl
                sm
                }
            interpStyleLocked 0
            trackingScaleMult 1.000000
            }
        }
    endPoint 0 2.0925 0
    origin 0 1.04625 0
    orientation 0 0 0
    displayOrigin        0
    displayMode USEPARENT
    customMaterial    1
    material Plinth
        {
        KdColor 1 1 1 1
        KaColor 0 0 0 1
        KsColor 0 0 0 1
        TextureColor 0 0 0 1
        NsExponent 96.0784
        tMin 0
        tMax 0
        tExpo 0.6
        bumpStrength 1
        ksIgnoreTexture 0
        reflectThruLights 1
        reflectThruKd 0
        textureMap ":Runtime:Textures:3DCheapskate:Stupa:PlainWhite.jpg"
         0 0
        bumpMap NO_MAP
        reflectionMap NO_MAP
        transparencyMap NO_MAP
        ReflectionColor 1 1 1 1
        reflectionStrength 1
        }
    locked 0
    backfaceCull 0
    visibleInReflections 1
    visibleInRender 1
    displacementBounds 0
    shadingRate 0.2
    smoothPolys 1
    }

doc
    {
    addActor Stupa
    }
}

Just in case it's relevant, the obj file contains 10 materials, each of which is laid out like this (nothing spurious in the file except an initial mtllib line):

#vertices
v -0.104169 12.826638 -0.043142
...
#UVs
vt 0.936161 0.944094
...
usemtl Plinth
s off
#faces
f 112/1 10/2 11/3 111/4
...

I'm probably missing something really obvious  :oS
Like I said before - Help!

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The 3Dcheapskate* occasionally posts sensible stuff. Usually by accident.
And it usually uses Poser 11, with units set to inches. Except when it's using Poser 6 or PP2014, or when its units are set to PNU.

*also available in ShareCG, DAZ, and HiveWire3D flavours (the DeviantArt and CGBytes flavour have been discontinued).

Attached Link: http://market.renderosity.com/mod/forumpro/showthread.php?thread_id=2735605

The correct keyword is actor, rather than prop. If you use the form actor $CURRENT, the pose will apply to the currently selected item - but this only works in Poser 5 upwards.

Les Bentley's Compendium of PZ2 techniques (linked) is the bible for this sort of stuff. :-)

DAZ|Studio is more forgiving of this sort of thing, because it was developed after a lot of the community-devised techniques that we now take for granted (ERC, MAT poses etc.).

Thanks for the link  - very clear and concise explanations.

I've fixed the .pz2 as suggested and it's fine, provided that I've also got a figure loaded (as Les points out).

 I also resorted to RTFM, where it mentioned MAT pose files and MC6 files. Converting my MAT pose file to a materials collection (changing the extension from .pz2 to .mc6,  changing "prop Stupa" to "mtlCollection", and moving the file from /Pose/ to /Materials/) seemed to do the trick.

So maybe I'll also convert the MAT poses to .mc6 files as well, just to cover the eventuality of no figure in the scene.

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The 3Dcheapskate* occasionally posts sensible stuff. Usually by accident.
And it usually uses Poser 11, with units set to inches. Except when it's using Poser 6 or PP2014, or when its units are set to PNU.

*also available in ShareCG, DAZ, and HiveWire3D flavours (the DeviantArt and CGBytes flavour have been discontinued).

I always use material collections now rather than MAT poses....saves clutter in the pose folders too ;o).

Laurie

MC6s work better in Poser, but I'm not sure if D|S will accept them. You could always provide PZ2 style MAT poses for D|S users.

You also need Poser 6 or later to use MC6s, so you are cutting off a (probably small) part of your potential Poser-using audience. I tend to assume that people who are still persisting with older versions have enough know-how to apply materials by hand, anyway. ;)

Well, I have an unwritten rule: I don't support versions before Poser 6 ;o). And I don't normally for D|S either. That may change if I was a merchant, but I'm not, so Poser it is...lol.

Laurie