Forum: Poser Technical


Subject: Convert P6 Materials to P5

nemonico opened this issue on Nov 18, 2006 · 4 posts


nemonico posted Sat, 18 November 2006 at 5:27 AM

Hello...
I have buyed some props in Contentparadise. When I see "For Poser6" i think that is better use the props with poser 6 but will work on poser 5 o Daz Studio. What I deception when i see they have no "MAT Files" in the "Pose" section, just materials in P6 format and the models came whitout any default texture aplied.

Is there a way to convert our use the P6 materials in Poser 5 or i wasted my money and i have to apllied all the texture in manual mode (such a hell!!!)

Thanks for help


nruddock posted Sat, 18 November 2006 at 5:57 AM

Quote - Is there a way to convert our use the P6 materials in Poser 5 or i wasted my money and i have to apllied all the texture in manual mode (such a hell!!!)

If the materials are supplied as MT5 files, then just goto the Material room and apply them.
As P6 added/changed some nodes then there is a chance that they won't work, but only if they use one of the new nodes / settings.

If the files are MC6, then I believe it's possible to convert them to MAT poses with a text editor :-
Change the version number to 5.
Replace "mtlCollection" with "figure".
Change the extension to PZ2 and move to a subdirectory of the Pose directory.

There is no way to convert node based materials for D|S.


Victoria_Lee posted Sat, 18 November 2006 at 7:47 AM

One other option is to buy QuickMat, available in the marketplace, apply the textures and save the pose files.  If it's a texture I know I'm going to use again, that's what I do and QuickMat supports P5 material nodes.  I'm sure Hogwarden is working on an upgrade to support the P6 material nodes as we speak.

Hugz from Phoenix, USA

Victoria

Remember, sometimes the dragon wins. Correction: MOST times.


nemonico posted Sat, 18 November 2006 at 7:53 AM

JAJA... it works!!!!!! thanks thanks thanks!!!!!

I use your method, then save it in PZ· and import in daz studio to work.... and works fine!!!!

Un saludo