hi,
i load the P4NudeMan, , turned off the IK , then resave with anew name
in the library, when i reload it into scene from the library again , the IK is found 'ON' again ?
why is this happening ? how do i keep the IK OFF during reloading ?
tks
 

Fairly sure that is intended behavior.  You can edit the CR2 and force it to be off though.

Add some Kozobburo Male Hair (most realistic) or any hair for that matter, to the figure, and I think that it will resave with IK off.
DPH

Quote - Add some Kozobburo Male Hair (most realistic) or any hair for that matter, to the figure, and I think that it will resave with IK off.
DPH

If it's a hair PROP (rather than a 'character') then this won't work. If you save it with conformed hair or clothes it will save with IK off, otherwise it's a simple edit of the cr2 file. Do a search.

The trick is simple but not quite obvious.   There is a section in the CR2 that
describes the IK chain, and it starts with 'on' or 'off'.   For the arms or other
non-standard IKs, you can just change the 'on' to 'off'.  But Poser is so firmly
convinced that the IK for legs must be ON, that changing the one word won't
shake its convictions.   You have to *misname *the IK chain for legs.

Typical IK chains for legs:

    inkyChain     RightLeg
        {
        on
        name RightLeg
        addLink rThigh:1
        addLink rShin:1
        goal rFoot:1
        linkWeight 0 1
        linkWeight 1 0.2
        }
    inkyChain     LeftLeg
        {
        on
        name LeftLeg
        addLink lThigh:1
        addLink lShin:1
        goal lFoot:1
        linkWeight 0 1
        linkWeight 1 0.2
        }

You'd think that changing the on to off would do it, but no.  You have to
change the words RightLeg and LeftLeg to something different that
doesn't trigger Poser's "I MUST TURN THIS ON" addiction.

Something like this:

    inkyChain     RightLegg
        {
        off
        name RightLeg
        addLink rThigh:1
        addLink rShin:1
        goal rFoot:1
        linkWeight 0 1
        linkWeight 1 0.2
        }
    inkyChain     LeftLegg
        {
        off
        name LeftLeg
        addLink lThigh:1
        addLink lShin:1
        goal lFoot:1
        linkWeight 0 1
        linkWeight 1 0.2
        }

I suppose if you delete the IK chains from the figure it will permanently stop IK being applied, but it will also mean that the figure can`t have IK any more so make sure that it is saved with a different name than the original one.

thanks for all the advise !
ockham, you are brilliant. i followed your method and it work !

hi xantor,
i tried deleting the IK chains before, both in poser and in the cr2.
but it give problem, the foot will dislocate !

Quote - hi xantor,
i tried deleting the IK chains before, both in poser and in the cr2.
but it give problem, the foot will dislocate !

I believe that the foot dislocation is a bug in newer versions of poser but I am glad that ockham`s solution worked ok for you.

Quote - hi,
i load the P4NudeMan, , turned off the IK , then resave with anew name
in the library, when i reload it into scene from the library again , the IK is found 'ON' again ?
why is this happening ? how do i keep the IK OFF during reloading ?
tks
 

You can't is my understanding. It is the default method Poser uses.  Been there done that with SP3. If she loads with IK on her feet are messed up. Did the same as you did and saved off  of the character, then did one more where I edited the cr2. Both load fine, her feet are not messed up, but IK chains are back on.

You can set the cr2 to run a script on loading and just use a turn-off-ok script