I have recently made a clean, fresh, re-install of P3 after having rebuilt my PC after an upgrade. Nearly all of my custom characters work apart from my very favourite! When I try to load the .CR2, I get the above message. Any ideas, guys, or does it sound like a re-install job to you? Thanx in advance!

The cr2 is calling groups in the obj that don't exist, or at least not the way Poser wants them. Often the problem is something as easy as there being a ":2" (or another number) after the name of the actor. Example, the cr2 reads "actor head:2" instead of "actor head". Find the .rsr for your figure, rename it with adding ".bak" on the end of it. Open the cr2 in a text editor capable of handling large files like EditPad. Within the first few lines you'll see what I'm talking about. Do a find/replace of ":2" (or whatever the number is) with "" (yes, that is a blank quote). After you have replaced all of them, save the result with a new name. Start Poser and load the new figure, poser will build a new rsr (provided your group names are correct) and your problem should be gone. -Rob

Phew! Thanks a lot, Rob. It took some buggering about, but I've recovered it. Good tip about EditPad, too. It's a brilliant little prog, and dealt with my 10mb .cr2 no problem. Highly recommended to everyone else!

Serene, I'm glad it worked for you. I spend most of my time now (since my signing with Zygote) building new figures. I've run into several interesting problems in the process... I'm pleased to see what I've learned can also help others in the community with similar roadblocks. -Rob