I have been trying to create UV maps for some Poser freebies that do not have them. I can create the UV map okay but after I save the new .obj file and open it up in Poser, nothing seems to have changed and it's not using my new mapping. Am I missing something somewhere? When I get home tonight I am going to try deleting the original .rsr file. That's the only other thing I can think of. Any ideas anyone?

Are these props or figures?

This sounds like the prop has the obj embedded in the pp2 file itself, saving the obj won't fix it, you have to change the pp2 file to point to the new obj & remove the obj from the pp2, there is a tutorial on this but I'm not sure where, maybe LD can help with that :)

if it's a prop that is ;)

Sometimes when you have a file that you once opened in Poser and then changed it and did not delete the rsr file that is recorded, it keeps that information, just delete the .rsr file that goes with the object file, and then try again and it will create a new one with the proper info. Sharen

or what c1rcle says...Sharen

what ya have to do is bring in an obj then make new map,save map and also save model or new map wont take to new model dolly

Instead of all this agonizing over editing the pp2 file to remove the original geometry or deleting the rsr, etc why not just import your new obj file, assign textures/ref/trans maps, & save to your props library under a new name? If it's not an articulated prop that seems like the easiest & fastest method. :-)

This brings me to ask: HOW do you make props that does NOT embed the obj? I've noticed that all my freebies has the obj embedded in the pp2, even if they allstarts their "life" as an .obj that is imported into Poser. It's not that I really NEED external .obj's but I would like to know if there's a way to get them at all? I'm using Pro Pack.

The best way is to use a cr2 editing program like John Stalling's cr2Edit. You can get it at the Yahoo Poser Tech group. All you need to do is save the obj in any Geometries folder and then replace the lines in the cr2 with an external geom pointer. Under 'geomCustom' you'll find a list of all the vertices. prop propname { geomCustom { numbVerts 959 numbTVerts 959 numbTSets 5478 numbElems 1826 numbSets 5478 v -0.313875 0.465021 0.228904 v -0.313875 0.465021 0.219367 lots more lines f 933/477 958/958 959/959 } } Replace all those lines with..... prop propname { storageOffset 0 0 0 objFileGeom 0 0 :Runtime:Geometries:interiors:balcony2.obj } obviously inserting the correct names for your own prop, obj and folder. You can do it in Notepad or any text editor, but you have to be very careful with the syntax. mac

I actually had a cr2 editor and switched back to notepad, seemed so easy for me. You know I never have any problems with ours but I use Phi Builder all the time. I don't build inside of Poser maybe that is why. Sharen

Thanks everyone. The .obj in question was actually a figure, not a prop. Deleting the old .rsr did the trick. I should have tried that before posting here.. feel like a real fool now. Because this worked I have another question.. What IS in the .rsr file and what is it for? The fact that Poser needs them and creates them if they are missing suggests it is some kind of compiled shortcut. Looking at the contents, even with a hex editor, doesn't reveal much. It's interesting that they are all about the same size. The only exception I have found is the main POSER.RSR file. If you delete that one... oops poser cannot rebuild it.

If you delete them, you may have problems with some of your models, I have the space so I keep them till I am done with the model. Sharen

There are several different uses (variations) of the .rsr file type in Poser. Including Thumbnail pictures, Walk Designer launching, And Poser.exe buffering. The .rsr file in your Geometries folders is a re-written copy of the model (.obj file) you use in Poser. The purpose is that it rewrites the .obj file so it loads faster when you load the figure from the library. Poser began it's life when computers were very slow. That's why they did it this way. The ProPack no longer uses this technology for the geometries or thumbnail images. So you don't need to delete them any time you want to change things. ScottA