The Exploder works just fine but for some reason, UV mapper isn't splitting the vertices of V3. I must be doing something wrong but for the life of me I dunno what. I start UV Mapper Pro, bring in V3 then select Tools-Vertices-Split. Save the model out again under a different file name. I created a new CR2 which points to the new model, ran the Python script and created a FBM after. When I dial up the Explode value, the model just balloons up, as Ockham said it would if Split Vertices wasn't applied first. So, what am I missing here? Please help.

Nope, they don't look split at all. I knew to expect it to look like your pic above. That's the thing, I can't work out why V3 isn't splitting, unless there's a problem with UVM Pro, or I'm doing something stupid.

Well, I can't help with UVM pro. I only use the free version. One other thing: the Vicky CR2 has two figureResFile lines. Did you change the file in both?

Yep, I did. I'll have a go with the free version of UVM and see what happens there. I know UVM Pro doesn't like texture files above 1000 x 1000, so I wonder if it's not happy with models above a certain size when it comes to some of its functions.

don't forget to delete the .rsr that is in the geometries folder, that may be the problem...it is the old one so delete that one. .rsr in geometries folder. Sharen

No rsr files, Sharen. I'm using P5. Anyhow, it seems to be a UVM Pro issue. It works fine with the free version. Exploding Vicky here we come! :)

Yay! I'd love to see Vicky get banged ... or rather, ka-boomed.

Hehe.

Incidentally, maybe you should let Steve Cox know about the splitting problem. He's clearly an excellent programmer, and this has to be a solvable problem.

Good point, I'll mail the gent.

What splitting angle are you using? If the verticies are below a certain degree, they won't split. You may have to go with UV Mapper Pro and set the angle to something large (89.5 degrees) to see an effect.