PaulaL opened this issue on Jan 21, 2009 · 11 posts
PaulaL posted Wed, 21 January 2009 at 6:22 AM
Could somebody please tell me what Im doing wrong here, when I used to use poser 6 I could import pz3 files into vue? But since I upgraded to poser 7, this is no longer possible. Am I managing to totally forget something, or is there a compatibility issue between VI5 and P7? Oh yes, Vue comes up with the window,unable to read file` if thats any help.....
Regards, Paula.
gillbrooks posted Wed, 21 January 2009 at 7:35 AM
Vue 5 only goes as high as Poser 6 for imports.
Your only 2 options are to use Poser 6 for anything you wnat to import into Vue instead of Poser 7, or upgrade to a newer version of Vue. Poser 7 import is available in Vue 6 onward.
Gill
PaulaL posted Wed, 21 January 2009 at 7:49 AM
I had a horrible feeling somebody was going to say that, lol.
And since I don`t really want to go back to Poser seven, I guess I better have a look at how much a newer version of vue will be.
Thank you for the info.....
Paula.
gillbrooks posted Wed, 21 January 2009 at 7:54 AM
There is one onther option......export your scene as .obj and import that rather than a pz3. That would work - though I would suggest that you create a library in your bitmaps pointing to your Poser runtime textures otherwise you'll be searching forevermore on a file with lots of texture maps.
Gill
PaulaL posted Wed, 21 January 2009 at 8:12 AM
I just had a look at the Vue site, nearly fainted when I saw the pricing, but I think Ill bite the bullet and go for the new version 7. However, didnt I hear that there`s a problem with the poser skins? I noticed a few folks in another thread saying that the skin colours go a bit green when they are imported into Vue.
Paula.
MyCat posted Wed, 21 January 2009 at 9:29 AM
Skins go green only if you use the Poser shader tree for rendering. If you use the Vue shaders they are fine.
PaulaL posted Wed, 21 January 2009 at 9:58 AM
Thank you for letting me know about the skin shaders, I think I might have the problem solved, when Gill said try using Poser 6 for importing, I didnt think Id be able to, stupidly I thought that installing the poser 7 upgrade would wipe off poser 6, but it hasnt, and as I use external runtimes, I dont have to reinstall all the content, only the main figures and morphs, ( V4, A4, etc) So, fingers crossed, if it works I won`t be paying out for Vue 7.......
gillbrooks posted Wed, 21 January 2009 at 12:54 PM
Ah, but there's only one problem with that....
VUE 7 ROCKS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:b_drool:
But, glad I could be of help
Gill
TH posted Wed, 21 January 2009 at 2:46 PM
Regarding the "green hulk" issue when using Poser shaders in Vue7 - it only happens when the diffuse colour in Poser isn't white - it is quite common in Poser skin shaders that the diffuse colour isl ight blue. e-on and Smith Micro are working on it - I hope that they'll fix it soon. 
Rob
PaulaL posted Wed, 21 January 2009 at 2:54 PM
Ah, I never knew that............guess I will have look next time I mess about with skin.
Thanks for all your advice guys, I appreciate it.
Paula,x
maldowns posted Fri, 30 January 2009 at 9:01 AM
ok thanks guys for this post------i have poser 7 and vue 5 infinite and bought skinvue2 for vue5 infinite and i t does not work and when i asked for a refund i only got a run around from cornocopia and not had a reply from dburdick yet so i want my refund as my budget is spent in good faith but when product screws around and customer support is nill I want my money back