I have poser 4 and want to add some of the downloads, but I cant get them to work after I extract them. Can someone please post a step by step guide on how to make them work? Thanks in advance for the help.

If some of the files are not in PRECISELY the right place, Poser 4 won't find them. Check the "read me" that came with the files to be sure that the files were installed correctly.

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Well I not sure that is entirely right mkdavis as I think Poser does search for some files in the Poser Runtime directories

Que I have attached a image of the file structure
to help you sort this out.

Why someone at Renderosity did not have enough grey
matter to impose strict rules on .zip files years
ago is beyond me.

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I believe the camera files have the extension of .cm2. Is this a typo, or have I missed something? cheers, dr geep ;=];=]

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unfortunantly though some people do create the path for objects and textures in the libraries folders. This is NOT recommended since some people like to catagorize their files and move things around. When you find obj files in your libraries/whatever folder you can edit the path in the cr2 or pp2 to point to the geometries folder and move the obj there.

tasmanet, the comment about rosity and greymatter and zips was uncalled for. It's not just the store but also freestuff where things are pathed annoyingly. It is the PERSON doing the creating that sets it wrong. NOT Rosity. ~Clarification~

The camera file extention is indeed incorrect in the picture and should be .cm2. As an aside, a fair number of people are now renaming MAT pose files from pz2 to cm2 and putting them in the cameras folder to save space in the poses folder.

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As a former reference librarian, I am absolutely appalled at the MAT files crowding out poses and spilling into cameras and faces. MAT files are not needed. They are a lazy persons's crutch. However, since folks have become accustomed (habituated?) to them, I am glad that Poser 5 will allow proper labeling of folders and MAT files can go off by themselves, where the artists who rely on them can find them and where the artists who avoid them can... avoid them. Carolly

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dr geep ... :o]

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I, on the other hand, greatly appreciate MAT Pose files. Now you can easily setup your textures, and save your time and energy for other things. Besides, with PBooost, you can now gain control of your Poser libraries.

MAT files a "lazy person's crutch?" Well, I suppose BAT files were a lazy alternative to typing in a series of repetive DOS commands. Someone said the other day that the the undo function was a crutch as well. I suppose it depends on your perspective. Part of the very essence of computing is to eliminate the rote mechanical functions of a task and free people to concentrate on the creative and productive things they want to accomplish If that's laziness, then I'm all for it. For the P4 figures, applying one texture map to basically the entire figure was quick and easy. Unless someone is aware of a quicker and easier way to apply Millenium textures than clicking on a MAT pose, I'll continue to use them and regard them as agreat boon. Different folks work in different ways, but I think calling someone else's preference lazy is a bit much. Nevertheless, as they say, 'De gustibus non est disputandum.' - you can't dispute matters of taste.

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Thank you sooo much for all the advice and help. I got it to work right finally. Now I just need to find time to set down and play with poser.