Huolong opened this issue on Jun 08, 2005 ยท 14 posts
Huolong posted Wed, 08 June 2005 at 8:36 PM
What use are PMD files created by P6 when PZ3, PP2 or CR2 files are modified?
Gordon
kuroyume0161 posted Wed, 08 June 2005 at 8:54 PM
In order to reduce file size, all of the morph deltas are stored in this new PMD file (binary). You can change this behavior in the Preferences (to go back to the original way where they were still stored in the PZ3 etc.).
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Rachel_R posted Wed, 08 June 2005 at 10:32 PM
where in preferences? I can't find it....
sixus1 posted Wed, 08 June 2005 at 11:36 PM
From the Top drop down select 'Edit'
Then 'General Preferences'
Select the 'Misc' tab
uncheck 'Use external binary morph targets'
--Rebekah--
Message edited on: 06/08/2005 23:36
sixus1 posted Wed, 08 June 2005 at 11:38 PM
Another handy use of the pmd files is that with a pose file they be 'injected' into a cr2. Good for people who want to create and distribure morphs. --Rebekah--
Fazzel posted Thu, 09 June 2005 at 1:01 AM
Sixus, how do you do that, inject a pmd into a cr2?
Xena posted Thu, 09 June 2005 at 1:50 AM
Attached Link: http://www.nerd3d.com/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=13
Nerd is da man :)
philebus posted Thu, 09 June 2005 at 7:03 AM
Wow! That easy!!! I had no idea, I'm sure that's not in the manual - you would think they would make more of a feature like that. Thaks for the link and thanks to nerd!
Huolong posted Thu, 09 June 2005 at 8:37 AM
What happens to a previously saved PZ3 made by P6 if you uncheck the 'use PMD'? Will the file load?
Gordon
shedofjoy posted Thu, 09 June 2005 at 9:50 AM
Thanx Xena for the link that solved a few issues i was having trouble with.
Getting old and still making "art" without soiling myself, now that's success.
sixus1 posted Thu, 09 June 2005 at 10:11 AM
That is a great tut that covers a lot. --Rebekah--
Huolong posted Fri, 10 June 2005 at 8:22 PM
It seems that all morph dials are now disabled in some files I am working on. This is related to PZ3 crashes every once in a while when facial expressions are put on a character from the faces lbirary ... the PZ3, when saved, shrinks to 400 k
Gordon
Rachel_R posted Fri, 10 June 2005 at 10:04 PM
Thanks for the specifics Sixus! found it..
Huolong posted Sat, 11 June 2005 at 6:31 AM
Be advised that the wonderfulness of the PMD file is the superfast load and render times. The cost, however, is that the PMD can't carry the load of sustained changes to a file that one uses in a series of scenes. It craps out and you lose all morphs within characters other than xyz. I have reverted back to P5. This is too buggy.
Gordon