Dense P5 Hair Dense displacement maps Large texture maps Deep procedural shaders Large shadow maps Shadow casting lights Ray traced reflections Any more ? :)

I'm not sure but maybe null figures might solve the problem . If that were the case, you could check with Nerd - he has a tutorial on null figures ???

I'm not sure but I think it may work like this ... locked 0 deformTarget lButtock:1 baseProp Mag Base 8:1 addZone Mag Zone 10:1 transformPerVertex 1 } The above statement is from the magnet object 9:1. When loaded, it checks the actor lButtock:1 for a deformer channel statement which references itself . deltaAddDelta 1.000000 addZone 1 Mag Zone 10:1 deformerProp Mag 9:1 } If it finds itself as it does here, it doesn't duplicate a channel . But if it can't find a reference, it creates a deformer channel in lButtock:1 and sets it to 1 . If the magnet is parented to the figure and references a deformer channel in the clothing, there might be a problem, I think, if figures were already present in the scene prior to loading . That might throw off the referencing ???

I would just like to point out that a FBM uses ERC Why not just call them controllers and targets ? :P

Glad to hear that . :)

Whooaaa there - get a hairnet .

1. Use morf manager to copy all the morfs onto a blank figure . Make sure all morfs have a value of 1 .
2. Create a fbm in Poser . All the morfs will point to this parm .
3. Open in cr2 Editor and make copies of the fbm parm in the "body" actor, renaming each according to the expected target morf set .
4. From the top, do a search for "TargetGeom" . For every TargetGeom, expand and rename the controller name from the original fbm name to the morf name . This should point the morf to the new controller .

This shouldn't take too long and you can make corrections if necessary .

Message edited on: 09/16/2004 15:15

Wow great hair and great disussion . I think I've got a way to tie it all up . Involves using a single figure . First create the obj of 40 braids . Open the obj of a singl braid in a text editor . Rename it to the second braid with search and replace and save . eg base1 to base2, base1_seg1 to base2_seg1 and so on . Repeat 39 times . Import all 40 braids into Poser. Export all out into a single obj - check use internal names but not figure name . Next create the phi . Again use cut and paste from the original phi to create 40 parts . Generate the cr2 . Next, fix the cr2 . Open the properly jointed cr2 of a single braid in a text editor . Copy and paste out the entire actors channels section, from base to terminal segment, into a scrap file . Search and replace to rename to second braid, copy and paste over the corresponding section in the generated cr2 . Repeat for 39 braids . Finally, load the modified cr2 in Poser . Select the bases of each braid one at a time, turn off bends to disconnect the braid from the scalp piece . And spread them out . Hope it's useful :-)

It is likely a twisted face . If so, the only way is to excise it . Split the object, keep the working half, mirror and weld . You could use negative scale and flip to mirror, then export and import back with weld .

Whoops, deleted my previous post becuz I was wrong about the bums . :P They are darkened embossings as stated and don't look particularly impressive . :> Anyway, if you're running windows, that old paint program - "paint" that comes with the os, loads bum directly and saves as jpg . Heh Heh . :)

A few rules have to be observed in the exchange process .

When exporting from Poser, ensure that only a single complete object is selected, weld is turned off and that the morf option is checked .
When importing into the modeller, ensure that axes are not switched, original dimensions are preserved, and that object is imported as a single object .
In the modeller, modify only with transform and magnet tools .
When exporting from the modeller, ensure again that axes are not switched, original dimensions are preserved and in addition, local axes are used .

It is helpful to test unmodified first before proceeding with the resculpting; otherwise the efforts might be wasted .
That should cover it .

Message edited on: 09/13/2004 05:37

The one feature I want more than anything in Poser 6 is the ability to create my own characters and rig them . Unfortunately, that is not likely to happen . If you dissect the original characters, you will notice lots of non standard structural data . I think editng them in Poser would likely break the already fragile system; so they can only be safely edited in a seperate utility .

"figureResFile" at first couple of lines ...
figureResFile :Runtime:Geometries:Animal:dolphHi.obj
Do a search and replace .

Transfroms like scale have centers . The pec fin likely doesn't have its center properly aligned .
Do the scale . Then go to Window>Joint Editor . Adjust the green cross hair which represents the fin center, till you're happy with it .

Message edited on: 09/12/2004 06:04

Very rarely, the geometry resource file gets corrupted .
This manifests with weird displays you described .
After fixing the figResFile declararations in the cr2, delete the newName.rsr file in the geometries subdirectory and reload the character .
This will build a new .rsr file and the display should come out right .

The second question is very basic - Parameter dials are of many types ...
Transform dials are present by default . These are scale, rotate and translate dials which don't use morfs .
Morf dials are added - eg the blinking morfs .
They can be created from external morf targets (Object>Load Morf Target) or spawned from the current pose (Object>Spawn Morf Target) in Poser .

Message edited on: 09/12/2004 05:40

Sorry, I think I jumped the gun . I must admit Ockham's PointAt is way better, especially if the connection of the yoke to the harness is a single tie bar as it is - looks like a wooden piece from your picture . Here's a note about pointAt : If the tie bar doesn't point properly, you'd have to adjust the pointAt axis of the tie bar . Select the tie bar in Poser and go to Main Menu>Window>Join Editor . Look for the end point on the tie bar - it will be a red cross hair . Adjust it in relation to the green cross hair - which is the center point . The imaginary line from center to end point determines the pointAt axis of the tie bar .

Q - "Ask you self what in the cr2 could do this to her entire body ?"

Only the hip values ...
V3's hip JP may be off center .
Open the joint Editor and type in zero in X axis .
P4 hip example ...

actor hip:2
...
}
endPoint -0.003 0.492 -0.01
origin 0.00144378 0.424623 -0.00234829
orientation 0 0 0
displayOrigin 0
displayMode USEPARENT
customMaterial 0
locked 0
}

Note the miniscule X offset of 0.00144378 in P4 .
You may have to zero it in the cr2 .

PS - Zeroing it may affect the entire wardrobe . %P
A workaround may be to use pz2 joint injections to correct the offsets .
If that's the case, then it is a matter of bad jointing . :<

Message edited on: 09/09/2004 10:07