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rico
Friday, 25 September 2020, 11:50 AM

Re-Organizing Runtime Libraries
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:hi: Hi all, I hope you and yours are well!

My question is, "[b]Is there a simple, drag-and-drop, visual, quick, automatic way to re-organize Poser Runtime Libraries, without causing 'Missing File' problems when using Poser?[/b]" :mmmh: 

My reason for asking is that we know each content developer structures their content differently, placing it in a wide variety of FOLDER NAMES... and sometimes Runtime Libraries can get MESSY and LONG... then you sometimes struggle to find the thing you're looking for :hiding: . 

[b]I would like to organize my Runtime Libraries in a manner that makes more organized sense for me[/b] :ok: .

[color=blue]For example (remembering that Poser FOLDER NAMES are case-sensitive, and that Poser 4 does not support SUB-FOLDERS): 

a) [i]If I have a number of !MAT Pose Files for textures, I'd like to structure them like[/i]... 

> !MAT_A3_ZombieSkins
> !MAT_A3_AlienSkins
> !MAT_P4F_AlienSkins
> !MAT_P4F_CatSkins

b)[i] If I have a number of clothing items, I'd like to structure them, perhaps in SUB-FOLDERS like... [/i]

> Clothes_A3
>> A3_Futuristic
>> A3_Historic

> Clothes_P4M
>> P4M_Sport
>> P4M_Business[/color]

[b]At the moment, things are very disorganized[/b]. I've seen some artists say they needed to use hours or days trying to re-organize Poser Runtimes, to suite their processes and preferences :clock: . I wonder if there's a simpler, more-straightforward, quicker way. 

[i]If a person installs multiple Runtime ZIPs simultaneously, then a person has no control over the organization of Runtime content. [/i]

[color=red][b]My present idea is to[/b]:[/color] 

[color=red]1) [i]Remove Poser completely[/i]
2) [i]Install Poser again[/i]
3) [i]Install content ZIPs ONE-BY-ONE (not multiple ZIPs simultaneously)[/i]
4) [i]Re-Organize that particular item I just installed into a folder structure that suits my way of working[/i]
5) [i]Open Poser, use the item, and then Poser will ask me to locate the missing (Re-Organized) files, and then locate the files[/i]
6) [i]Once Poser knows the new location of the files, then close Poser[/i]
7) [i]Repeat steps 3) to 6) for further content[/i][/color]

[i]Naturally, that can be a very long process, but it might result in better organized Runtime Libraries... making finding relevant items easier and quicker[/i] :yeah: . 

I've seen a commercial [b][i]tool[/i][/b] (at R**sity) which helps with this task, but I'm not sure how it helps, and if I recall it seemed a bit expensive at this time.

So, does anyone have[b][i] tips, suggestions, solutions, ideas[/i][/b] for re-organizing Runtime Libraries? Which method did you use to re-organize and set up your Runtime Library for your preference?

Any hints would be welcome. Thank you kindly and God bless :thumb: !