Quote - If you have saved a backup copy of the innards of Poser, try copying
the file FFOBJ.ARP from the backup.   (This is the component that does
the actual work of importing OBJ files.)

If that doesn't work, you'll most likely have to re-install the whole thing.

OK, I will look into that.  I have Poser installed on another machine to copy the file from.  I also just discovered Poser crashing on Export of a prop to an OBJ.  Do you think that is related?

Edited to say: I did what you said and it worked - both import and export seem to be working - at least no more crashing.  That really did the trick.  Thanks for you help!

• Jim

This new twist just happened: I altered the scene by changing position of the sun and after that the textures were mixed up again!  It is very strange.  I have just one runtime folder.  Running on a PC win XP.   It is easy to reload the figure.  Maybe it is only this particular scene that is messed up.

• Jim Gallagher

Chipp - You can do some of the editing in Pro Studio - you are limited in the types of nodes you can add.  I figured out some stuff once I realized to click on the materials tab and right click on the cherry tree leaves to bring up the advanced material editor.  Right click on the preview to edit the function.  At this point I got a warning that I would be messing with nodes that are accessible in Infinite only but I clicked OK and was able to edit the nodes.  I deleted the nodes you added and tried to re-create them.  I don't have access to "input" nodes but I was still able to skip that part and generate color variation.  Thanks for doing that animated gif thing - it really helped a lot! 

• Jim

Quote - You might want to check with support before getting xStreme. They have had problems with it and some of the packages it hooks up with. I've heard it can work with version X but not new version Y of a specific app, so you should definitely check on it before spending your dollars there. That said, I'm not an xStream user.

Of course, varying the type of trees helps, but there's also another way to vary trees. Change each one's leaf color. There's a bit in the manual about creating a custom textures based upon "Object Center"...see page 492 in the manual. A subtle color shift for your trees ought to create a less homogenous solution.

You can edit the leaf texture of an existing ecoSystem in the second tab of the layers panel.

Here's an example using the cherry tree plant which comes with Vue.
And here's the scene file if you want to see how the texture was created.

Do you know if this can be done in Pro Studio.  I downloaded the scene but can't figure out how the color variation is accomplished.

Thanks, Jim Gallagher

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• Jim Gallagher

Sorry, I wasn't clear  - Vue has nothing to do with the problem.  I should never have mentioned Vue in the first sentence - I re-read it and I can see that it is strongly misleading. 

• it is just that my ultimate goal is to get my V4 figure into shape to be imported into the Vue scene.  I am posing the figure within Poser.  I will import the posed figure into Vue after I get the pose and hair correct.

So this is happening in Poser: V4 in zero pose, then parent hair to head - pose figue - hair falls off head.

Thanks, JV Gallagher