Hey all, I've just completed a new hair model built from scratch in RayDream- Imported it to Poser3 as an .obj, then saved as a .hr2 file. I haven't tried it in Poser4 yet, but for some reason it keeps causing the dreaded C exception, access vioation error whenever I try to render it. This pic is the hair model in ati-aliased preview mode. It bombs on the shadow map build. If I turn off shadows, then it bombs on the render! It is rather large, but I don't think that's the problem, because I've rendered larger objects with no problem. The .hr2 file is just a little over 4 meg. Another thing, if I export it from Poser as .3DS, then the .3DS file will not load back, as it tells me invalid data in this .3DS. Other models I have made and done this way have never given me this particular problem either. Anybody got any suggestions? [b][i]I will post this model to free stuff if I can ever figure out what's causing this error.[/i][/b] Thorne =};-}>

Thorne, I'm clueless about c exceptions and model building but I can tell you today I got c exceptions 4 times doing the same thing-trying to turn off 'shadows' on Allie's hair (actually the P4 conformable curls I guess)--I finally gave up and tried moving lights. It seemed to do it particularly when I tried removing the shadows on the 'body'. I got away with it once on strand 1. This has happened to me before on this hair and since I know just enough about .cr2's to make me dangerous (LOL), then might there be a connection? BTW, mine does it at rendering also. Diane B

Thorne, Great Hair! I think what you need is the patch. Did you install the beta patch? I haven't seen a c exception error (or any error for that matter) since it's installation. -Darth_Logice

Thanks for the tips! No, I haven't tried the patch, but I guess I will now. I was really hoping to be able to use it in P3, but if P4 is the only way- Maybe installing the patch will cure some of those other nagging P4 problems I've had. Thanks again! Thorne

No problem...here to help when I can :) -DL

Darth, wasn't that patch taken down and we're waiting for the new one? Diane B

Yeah, it was taken down..but I'm sure it's still out there somewhere...someone has the zip safely stored and ready to send I'm certain. I may even guess that thorne downloaded it and tucked it away. Me, on the other hand, I delete everything. :( DL

bad hair day???? that looks like the hair style i wore in my school days!!!!!!!! except in 4th grade when i had the bangs hanging infront of my face! that ain't no bad hair day thorne!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! bye the way thorne, did you go to, or have any relatives in coon rapids, mn???

Hey Firekath! Nope to the MN thing- I'm a southern boy born and bred and my family's been in TN since it was still NC! (1700's) THe bad hair day refers to the fact that I can't get this damn thing to render; keeps telling me I'm out of memory when I know I'm not...

Thanks Allie- I did put it in UVMapper and save it back- it didn't tell me anything was out of bounds, but I haven't tried the re-saved version yet- Very possibly a bad memory leak, I've pared it down to a 2 meg .hr2 and it still tells me I'm out of memory- worse leak since the Titanic!

Hope you get the problems fixed with this one, the hair looks very, very sweet.

I don't know what's causing the "C" exception but being a packrat by nature I have a copy of the patch archived so if you need/want it Thorne, just let me know

Thanks cooler, as a matter of fact.... I just never got around to downloading it..... Thanks again! =};-}>

Thorne: I hope you haven't installed the old patch yet. There's a new patch out but it won't install over the old patch for some reason. AR