[Solved/Link Posted]Help packaging a "Martini Glass" freebie that will be posted here!

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• Khory Posts: 3,854

  June 2012 edited December 1969

  Studio only or Poser and Studio?
• thinmick_3ecd3939f1 Posts: 0

  June 2012 edited December 1969

  1. The olives. I want this for the olives.
  2. That image is pagebreaking. Please make it less than 800px on the largest side.

  
  Yeah, I've got nothing useful. Yay, olives.
• mCasual Posts: 4,604

  June 2012 edited June 2012

  StratDragon said:

  .... Now how do I package it up so I can post it and give it away?

  pros must have better ways but here's how i package my free props

  
  lets suppose your poser content folder is C:\Program Files\DAZ\Studio\content\Runtime
  load the .obj produced by Blender in Daz Studio
  scale it down if needed, ( create a primitive-cube, 10cm tall and see if your glass's size makes sense and delete the cube )

  
  apply textures and colors
  if there's image/textures they should be moved to
  C:\Program Files\DAZ\Studio\content\Runtime\textures\StratDragon
  your surfaces/materials should only make use of the images in that folder,
  not the ones found elsewhere on your computer

  
  select your object, ( or the parent-node if you grouped many objects under a null node ))
  use the free script "PP2 Exporter" by duke533 ---> precious link follows !!
  http://puzzlekiraly.hu/lom
  change the destination folders like this:
  save the prop in c:\program files\daz\studio\content\runtime\libraries\props\StratDragon
  under the name cglass.pp2
  save the geometry in C:\Program Files\DAZ\Studio\content\Runtime\geometries\StratDragon
  under the name cglass.obj
  ----
  navigate to c:\program files\daz\studio\content\runtime\libraries\props\StratDragon
  and create a batch file that reads something like

  
  

  
  
  md cglass
  md cglass\Runtime
  md cglass\Runtime\libraries
  md cglass\Runtime\libraries\Props
  md cglass\Runtime\libraries\Props\StratDragon
  copy "C:\Program Files\DAZ\Studio\content\Runtime\libraries\Props\StratDragon\cglass.*" cglass\Runtime\libraries\Props\StratDragon
  
  md cglass\Runtime\geometries
  md cglass\Runtime\geometries\StratDragon
  copy "C:\Program Files\DAZ\Studio\content\Runtime\geometries\StratDragon\cglass.*" cglass\Runtime\geometries\StratDragon
  
  md cglass\Runtime\textures
  md cglass\Runtime\textures\StratDragon
  copy "C:\Program Files\DAZ\Studio\content\Runtime\textures\StratDragon\cglass.*" cglass\Runtime\textures\StratDragon
  
  

  you save this batch file under the name make_package_cglass_.bat

  run/execute the batch file

  if you're not familiar with batch files, the important point is that "md" means "make directory",
  and * means "any"
  so you could create the same folder structure manually and copy the files manually

  in the example, i supposed that all the textures in C:\Program Files\DAZ\Studio\content\Runtime\textures\StratDragon\
  have filenames starting with the prefix cglass
  lets say there's one named oliveskin.jpg
  then you could add this line at the end of the batch file

  copy "C:\Program Files\DAZ\Studio\content\Runtime\textures\StratDragon\oliveskin.jpg" cglass\Runtime\textures\StratDragon

  -----------

  navigate to

  c:\program files\daz\studio\content\runtime\libraries\props\StratDragon\cglass

  you should see a folder named runtime

  zip this under the name StratDragon_cglass.zip

  and give these instructions to people:

  
  unzip the zip file found at the bottom of this web page in your Daz Studio content folder,
  typically that's c:\program files\daz\studio\content
  once installed, the props appear in the content/props/StratDragon folder
  

  note about pp2 exporter
  when pp2 exporter converts your objects into a real poser prop
  it needs to make all other objects in the scene invisible
  if there's a Victoria 4 in your scene and her head node is locked
  then you'll be packaging and distributing Victoria's head along with your prop
  ... so, make sure the other objects in the scene are not locked,
  or simply , use an empty scene :)

  
  example of packaging a prop for my site

  

  

  pack.jpg

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  Post edited by mCasual on June 2012
• Tempest! Posts: 0

  June 2012 edited December 1969

  Casual's explanation pretty much covers it. The PP2 script does most of the work for you.

  
  I do think that using a batch file for copying the files is just over-complicating the process for most people. Personally I would just create an empty runtime with the essential directories and manually copy the correct files into it. You only need to create the empty runtime once and you can just duplicate it when you're doing another freebie.
• StratDragon Posts: 3,167

  June 2012 edited December 1969

  thanks everyone! I was out of commission with a virus (not the computer kind) but I just submitted the prop to Renderosity.
  I'll post the link if/when they approve.
• Miss B Posts: 3,071

  June 2012 edited December 1969

  Glad you're feeling better, and thanks for the Martini Glass prop, it should come in handy. :-)