Is it better to save with external targets, or not?

What's the difference?

Many users are shying away from external binary morph targets due to the many problems associated with correct loading.  You would be better off without it because all your morph data will be saved with the character file.  However, those files will bloat tremendously.

If you don't use V4 you can use external binary morphs if you use V4 don't use them. For adding morphs to figures without InjectionCannels they are great.

Thank you both.

S

Personally I have "Use external binary morph targets" turned off by default, and that's what I recomend. I have heard too meny stories of woe from those who have it turned on.

If you use figures in external applications (Vue springs immediately to mind) then in the name of sweet mercy, turn External Binary Morphs OFF and never turn it back on for anything.  It can cause no end of grief for no apparent gain (or not that I've found anyway - I'm open to correction on that bit)

I'm with les on this.  Don't use 'em.  Very problematic.

I agree with all posters above... just leave 'em off. Hard drives are cheap, even external terrabyte drives. It's like compressing hard drives to save space: too much risk.

I use External Binary Morphs. I did have a couple problems in Poser 7. However, I have not had a problem in Poser 8 and Poser Pro 2010. Originaly, Victoria 4 was not compatible external binary morphs in Poser 7. But, she works great in Poser 8 and Poser Pro 2010.

I found that saving files take longer when External Binary Morphs are turned off. I had one scene that took nearly five minutes to save with it off. But, it took less than twenty seconds with it on.

Poser files with external binary morphs will get massively large very fast. The scene I mentioned earlier had Victoria 4 with a lot of morphs and 5 conforming items(clothes and hair) with a lot of morphs. The file size without external binary morphs was over 800 megs! With it on, the size was only150 megs.

Like was mentioned above, it will need to be off to transfer the file to an external application. Hard drives are low cost option. However, if you like me and use Poser on a laptop, changing hard drives is not a viable option.

Thank you for letting me ramble on.

All your comments and suggestions are greatly appreciated!

Thanks,

Shaun

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