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Subject: MAT files for Props

goldtassel opened this issue on Jul 08, 2002 · 7 posts
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goldtassel ( ) posted Mon, 08 July 2002 at 12:03 PM · edited Wed, 20 November 2024 at 9:31 PM

Maybe this is the wrong forum to post this inquiry - there are so many - but I'm trying to make a MAT file to be able to change the Textures on a prop and I can't get it to work. Are there any 'secrets' for making MATs for Props verses Character files? TIA gt

maclean ( ) posted Mon, 08 July 2002 at 3:38 PM

Probably the poser general forum would get you a quicker reply, but it doesn't really matter. MAT files won't work for props....UNLESS the prop is parented to something. So what you have to do is parent it to a figure and save it as a smart-prop. Then your MATs will work. mac

bloodsong ( ) posted Mon, 08 July 2002 at 3:40 PM

heyas; there you are, gold tassel, i just emailed you and told you to post here ;) in this case, it will not be possible to parent the prop to a figure. but i was wondering, if anybody had tried doing the mat pose thing, for a prop, but saving it in the lights or camera directory; if that had any affect on the outcome. i mean, pose files only apply to figures, obviously, but lights/camera files.... would they care?

goldtassel ( ) posted Mon, 08 July 2002 at 4:05 PM

Thanks - both replies - I'll try that - the camera an lights. An I emailed ya back Bloodsong.... Great Prop - I love it. gt

maclean ( ) posted Tue, 09 July 2002 at 1:36 PM

I just tried it in cameras (changing the extension to .cm2). No luck, It does nothing. mac

goldtassel ( ) posted Thu, 11 July 2002 at 8:52 PM

me too - tried that.. but thanks. I have the empty cr2 thanks to ziggy3d will try that. got my work done for a while an can work on it again.

lesbentley ( ) posted Tue, 27 May 2003 at 5:39 AM

Attached Link: http://www.renderosity.com/messages.ez?ForumID=10139&Form.ShowMessage=1258117

New discoveries by Migal mean you can apply a MAT (or any other type of pose) to a prop, even if the prop does not have a parent. See thread linked above.

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