Does anybody else have the problem that you've collected so much Poser stuff that you can never find anything because everything is listed in its own folder? Would somebody consider making a program that lets you move things easily? For example, you could stick all of Vicki's clothes in one folder, and this program would do all moving and make sure all your textures don't get messed and stuff. I mean, wouldn't it be great to have all your iris MATs in one place and still have them work? Anyway, this is just a suggestion for something I feel would be very helpful.

what I did, was create my own folders within the program itself. For example, I, under "props" broke them up into groups within new folders, such as "vehicles", "clothing", "music", "furniture", "misc." I did this for every category and it seemed to clean the interface up a bit...

That would help only slightly. I have like 50 folders for just Vicki clothes, and each only has about one item in it. And instead of being called things like "thigh boots," they are all the name of the person who made the item, and it's very easy to forget that folder "JohnDoe" has gloves in it, not pants. It would take me all day to actually go through and move/rename everything.

I move/rename everything at the time I install it. It dosen't take long, and I have a concise folder layout. Even if you do it afterward, the time you invest is well spend. In the long run its a big time saver.

I always install to a "Mock" poser4 folder under D:tempPoser4. Then I go thru, using a mass-renamer utility where necessary to keep track of what files belong to what product, and what character each is for, and then copy them manually into my real Poser4 folders under D:/3D/Poser/Poser4 I have folders like VicChars, VicCharsGothic, VicClothes, VicClothesCostume, VicClothesHist, VicAccys, P4Male, P4Fem, MorphingProps, SET-Hist, SET-interior, Etc.... I cut my Characters folders from 208 to 83 when I first did this, but I've added a lot, and I'm up to 96 now. Similar results with the Prop & Pose libraries. I also renamed most of my MAT files to the camera extention & moved the MAT file folders out of Poses & into Cameras (Only 17 folders there, so plenty of room:-)). If you need to swap files around once they're in the library structure, you can use the excellent P3do utility from Seno/Yarp in Free Stuff. (see ScreenCap)

I agree that the Runtime folder is getting crazy. What I need is something that will let me move a file and go alter all the files that point to that item so that it doesn't break. So if I move a texture, go check my mat poses and so on and fix it. Yes, this is a pain in teh rear to code, but nothing that reasonable HTML tools arent already doing... if I move/rename a file in dreamweaver it updates ll my links in all my pages.

I think this might be a great seller if low priced and put in the market place. I'd gladly pay a few bucks to save myself hours of file sorting.

Let's face it, what we need is a windows explorer type of interface that will allow for sub folders. You listening, CL?? =)

I am currently writing this program as mentioned in previous threads. POSER BOOOST allows you to organise "banks" or categories of library items which can be switched between while Poser runs... for instance, you can split up your "poses" library into an infinite number of banks and can access bite-size chunks at the click of a button. I have a working version written in Envelop which is not distributable....(bad RAD tool!) currently re-writing in Delphi. It is a Win only app I'm afraid. In approx 1 week I will need beta testers! (ducks!) In two weeks I hope to have the app up on the site. Any questions or further suggestions please post here and I'll reply!! ... Please be patient... ... It'll be here soon! Ta, Howard.

Sounds great, I have stopped unzipping all the stuff I download until I get the time to totally redo my poser files. (Also I hope to be getting a new computer in the next few months too.)

Your library files (CR2, PP2, PZ2, HR2 etc.) can go in any folder in the appropriate lib. without breaking amything - it's only the OBJ file that must go where the reference says, and textures can be a pain if Poser can't find them (but I stick mine in an item-specific sub-folder of a Textures subfolder of the library subfolder, along with the readme and licence files, and Poser rarely chokes). You can also rename these files freely, as long as the file and its RSR/PNG match.

When you currently need just one clothes, one Pose or one attitude for your Poser scene I don't see the need to have scores of folders under Poser directory. I would prefer store them appart and grab them when needed. Poser is lighter this way. The problem is to find back the files when needed and to copy them to Poser (with accompanying files) but first to find them back. I'm working on the subject too but I'll probably fix the copy back one first.

Yarp - author of P3DO Organizer for Poser

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Varp... That's exactly what PoserBooost does. Please see the link for more info!

CR2Edit5 will delete CR2's and their associated files automatically, for those files that have you saying "Now why did I download THAT?!" (No, it won't dump OBJ's that may be shared without asking you first) It will also move CR2's and their ass. files (including testures) to a backup folder system, to help clear the clutter, drag/drop to return. CR2Edit6 automates the restore practice as well. Dan http://www.zenwareonline.com for CR2Edit, ZenPaint, ZenTile, VueMaster and the complete line of Zenware graphics apps

It seems the guys will at last get what they want. I think PoserBooost and CR2Edit give the right answer. This purpose will be covered by the P3dO PC Installer plugin. It's a long time need, one of the reasons I wrote that tool for but I spent too much time making it an explorer. hogwarden, thanks for the link I was looking for this thread yesterday I just discover PoserBooost.

Yarp - author of P3DO Organizer for Poser