Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: Mac Problems! Need help...

nightmyst opened this issue on Mar 15, 2001 ยท 10 posts


MartinC posted Fri, 16 March 2001 at 3:34 AM

Hello, various things... you are not very specific in your description like "won't load" - does this mean that Poser doesn't show the files, shows them but throws errors during opening, or even crashes? Without more details, a couple of likely explanations: 1) Poser ProPak (aka PPP) does no longer create .rsr files, instead the thumbnails ship as .png files. Under pre-PPP Posers, the file will therefore convert without the preview and might/will cause trouble on opening. 2) Sometimes the .rsr files are just missing in the download archive. 3) The "missing texture" requests are not really a bug but simply the average and common welcome-to-Poser blues... If it asks, just try to locate it - if you can't, cancel it. Poser might ask you multiple times for the same texture - be patient. If you do it this way, be aware that Poser won't update you file - next time you open, same marathon. To avoid this, either re-save the figure once you opened it, or (better and definitely recommended) get Macinstaller and fix it permanently. 4) This also avoids a whole universe of possible installing mistakes - but make sure to read the manual at least once very carefully. It's a very powerful tool which offers many options to suit your individual preferences, and it's best to understand and set it up before you start using it. 5) There is most likely nothing wrong with the .obj files - I guess you are curious about the "PC" icon they get. This is perfectly normal, because they are a PC file format, and there is no natural mapping on Mac. The important aspect is not the icon but the fact that Poser properly recognizes them as TEXT files after the autotyping. If you ask 10 Mac Poser users, you'll get votes for 10 different mappings... if I ever get very bored I should probably customize this...