Each time I create a V4 chracter, save it, then reload it, V4's hip is gone - invisible. The "visible" option is checked, but for the life of me I can't make it re-appear. I've checked forums for previos posts on this, but could not find anything.  Anyone have a clue?
Poser 8, Windows 7. Thanks!

It's happened to me very occasionally, and the quick fix was Ctrl-Z (to undo the figure load) and then Ctrl-Shift-Z (to redo the load) - 99% of the time this sorted it.

Why it happens, I've no idea.

Crap! Poser just erased all my pz3 files!

How did it do that? :scared:

Do you perhaps have the file type set to show compressed Poser files in the file dialogue?

WandW, I don't know. How do I find out?

First check if they are there in Windows Explorer.  If they  aren't, I have no idea what is going on!

In Poser, under File>Open, at the bottom there is a dropdown box labeled 'Files of Type'.  Make sure it reads 'All Poser Scene Files'.

Can't address the missing pz3 issue, but the missing hips on V4 has been in past posting here. Here's my post on it from last time.

I've have had this problem a lot and posted the issue here on Renderosity's forum before. You might look for words like "missing hip" and such and you'll see others have too.

One suggestion that has been made to me is open the scene file (pz3) and look for "actor hip". You'll probably find it is missing two simple lines of code as shown below. You can add them back in and re-save the file (I'd give it a new name) as text. 

actor hip:1
      {

      }

should look like

actor hip:1
      {
      storageOffset 0 0 0
      geomHandlerGeom 13 hip

      }

This can take a while if the file is big, and sometimes Notepad won't do it. I use Word to add in the missing info (save back out as text but be prepared for a long wait if the file is big). Sometimes the hip comes back distorted. I usually have to play with the body morphs (like waist width) to get them back into shape. Sometimes after losing the hip, I'll lose the abdomen next. Really weird. I use P7 but see where this has happened in P8 also.

One other tip (as you noted, but I'll repeat). If you catch this immediately upon opening the file, try "revert" which will reload the file. Sometimes the hips re-appear. However, if you saved the file already with the hip gone, this will not help and you have to do the trick cited above.

Good luck.

Poser does not have a way to delete PZ3 Files.. if you are using Vista or Windows 7, make sure you also look for them in your Virtual Store Folder. I have seen that happen, depending on where they are saved to...

Quote - Can't address the missing pz3 issue, but the missing hips on V4 has been in past posting here. Here's my post on it from last time.

I've have had this problem a lot and posted the issue here on Renderosity's forum before. You might look for words like "missing hip" and such and you'll see others have too.

 

One suggestion that has been made to me is open the scene file (pz3) and look for "actor hip". You'll probably find it is missing two simple lines of code as shown below. You can add them back in and re-save the file (I'd give it a new name) as text. 

actor hip:1
      {

      }

 

should look like

 

actor hip:1
      {
      storageOffset 0 0 0
      geomHandlerGeom 13 hip

      }

 

This can take a while if the file is big, and sometimes Notepad won't do it. I use Word to add in the missing info (save back out as text but be prepared for a long wait if the file is big). Sometimes the hip comes back distorted. I usually have to play with the body morphs (like waist width) to get them back into shape. Sometimes after losing the hip, I'll lose the abdomen next. Really weird. I use P7 but see where this has happened in P8 also.

 

One other tip (as you noted, but I'll repeat). If you catch this immediately upon opening the file, try "revert" which will reload the file. Sometimes the hips re-appear. However, if you saved the file already with the hip gone, this will not help and you have to do the trick cited above.

 

Good luck.

I use Notepad++ for editing large Poser files. It's free, and much faster than either Word or Notepad.

AnArdvarrk, worked perfectly! Thanks!!!