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Basic Principles for packaging a Poser add-on.

1. Do not assume that everyone has Poser installed/organised in exactly the same way you have.

2. Always edit your cr2/pp2/hr2/pz2 files to point to directories relative to Runtime rather than the Poser root.
eg.
figureResFile :Runtime:Geometries:Cauldron_Arts:David:myfile.obj
rather than.
figureResFile D:\Program Files\CuriousLabs\Poser4\Runtime\Geometries\Cauldron_Arts\David\myfile.obj

3. Try not to leave spaces in file or directory names (see File handling 101).

4. When packaging a pp2 file (prop) you do not need to include the object file as the obj data is automatically included in the pp2 file. Only include the obj file if you want to enable the user to be able to create new UV maps without having to export the obj from the pp2.

5. Always ensure that your zipped package can install itself to the correct place in the target Poser installation. For PC users a good way to do this is to create an empty directory called "Runtime" in the root of drive C: and then to copy their new files into this directory along with the folders that contain them. This way when you create a zip file of your new files you can instruct winzip to "save full path info". Winzip will then include path information relative to your new "Runtime" directory so that when the files are unzipped to the Poser root diectory winzip will place them in the correct places within Poser.


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