sassy_lady opened this issue on Sep 21, 2004 ยท 7 posts
sassy_lady posted Tue, 21 September 2004 at 10:50 AM
Can someone please tell me the benefit of creating a CR2 for a prop?
ockham posted Tue, 21 September 2004 at 10:55 AM
If the prop has exactly one part, there's no benefit. But if the prop has subparts parented to the main item, there are at least two big advantages: 1. With CR2, you can scale the whole thing at once. Scaling just doesn't work right with a PP2. (There are ways around this, but they're harder than making a CR2.) 2. You can delete the whole thing at once.
ronstuff posted Tue, 21 September 2004 at 11:41 AM
A big advantage is that materials on a figure can be changed with a MAT pose file, but materials on a prop can't. If you want to release a prop that comes with many different textures or that is articulated (moving parts), it is much better to convert it to a figure.
nomuse posted Tue, 21 September 2004 at 12:04 PM
And, functionally, the same effect as a parented prop can be gotten with a conformed character. A nifty trick you can do here is to use a phantom body part as the conforming part, leaving the "prop" part free to swivel about.
lesbentley posted Tue, 21 September 2004 at 7:27 PM
Attached Link: http://www.renderosity.com/messages.ez?Form.ShowMessage=1258117&Form.sess_id=19482479&Form.sess_key
Actually you can use a MAT on a prop. See link above.
ronstuff posted Tue, 21 September 2004 at 9:06 PM
Thanks for the info, Les!
moochie posted Wed, 22 September 2004 at 11:17 AM
IK Chains!