shorterbus opened this issue on Mar 22, 2010 · 10 posts
shorterbus posted Mon, 22 March 2010 at 10:34 AM
Each time I create a V4 chracter, save it, then reload it, V4's hip is gone - invisible. The "visible" option is checked, but for the life of me I can't make it re-appear. I've checked forums for previos posts on this, but could not find anything. Anyone have a clue?
Poser 8, Windows 7. Thanks!
cspear posted Mon, 22 March 2010 at 11:01 AM
It's happened to me very occasionally, and the quick fix was Ctrl-Z (to undo the figure load) and then Ctrl-Shift-Z (to redo the load) - 99% of the time this sorted it.
Why it happens, I've no idea.
Windows 10 x64 Pro - Intel Xeon E5450 @ 3.00GHz (x2)
PoserPro 11 - Units: Metres
Adobe CC 2017
shorterbus posted Mon, 22 March 2010 at 11:22 AM
Crap! Poser just erased all my pz3 files!
WandW posted Mon, 22 March 2010 at 11:34 AM
How did it do that? :scared:
Do you perhaps have the file type set to show compressed Poser files in the file dialogue?
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shorterbus posted Mon, 22 March 2010 at 1:59 PM
WandW, I don't know. How do I find out?
WandW posted Mon, 22 March 2010 at 3:38 PM
First check if they are there in Windows Explorer. If they aren't, I have no idea what is going on!
In Poser, under File>Open, at the bottom there is a dropdown box labeled 'Files of Type'. Make sure it reads 'All Poser Scene Files'.
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The Wisdom of bagginsbill:
"Oh - the manual says that? I have never read the manual - this must be why."
Mark@poser posted Mon, 22 March 2010 at 7:10 PM
Can't address the missing pz3 issue, but the missing hips on V4 has been in past posting here. Here's my post on it from last time.
I've have had this problem a lot and posted the issue here on Renderosity's forum before. You might look for words like "missing hip" and such and you'll see others have too.
One suggestion that has been made to me is open the scene file (pz3) and look for "actor hip". You'll probably find it is missing two simple lines of code as shown below. You can add them back in and re-save the file (I'd give it a new name) as text.
actor hip:1
{
}
should look like
actor hip:1
{
storageOffset 0 0 0
geomHandlerGeom 13 hip
}
This can take a while if the file is big, and sometimes Notepad won't do it. I use Word to add in the missing info (save back out as text but be prepared for a long wait if the file is big). Sometimes the hip comes back distorted. I usually have to play with the body morphs (like waist width) to get them back into shape. Sometimes after losing the hip, I'll lose the abdomen next. Really weird. I use P7 but see where this has happened in P8 also.
One other tip (as you noted, but I'll repeat). If you catch this immediately upon opening the file, try "revert" which will reload the file. Sometimes the hips re-appear. However, if you saved the file already with the hip gone, this will not help and you have to do the trick cited above.
Good luck.
ratscloset posted Mon, 22 March 2010 at 10:45 PM
Poser does not have a way to delete PZ3 Files.. if you are using Vista or Windows 7, make sure you also look for them in your Virtual Store Folder. I have seen that happen, depending on where they are saved to...
ratscloset
aka John
AnAardvark posted Tue, 23 March 2010 at 1:10 PM
Quote - Can't address the missing pz3 issue, but the missing hips on V4 has been in past posting here. Here's my post on it from last time.
I've have had this problem a lot and posted the issue here on Renderosity's forum before. You might look for words like "missing hip" and such and you'll see others have too.
One suggestion that has been made to me is open the scene file (pz3) and look for "actor hip". You'll probably find it is missing two simple lines of code as shown below. You can add them back in and re-save the file (I'd give it a new name) as text.
actor hip:1
{}
should look like
actor hip:1
{
storageOffset 0 0 0
geomHandlerGeom 13 hip}
This can take a while if the file is big, and sometimes Notepad won't do it. I use Word to add in the missing info (save back out as text but be prepared for a long wait if the file is big). Sometimes the hip comes back distorted. I usually have to play with the body morphs (like waist width) to get them back into shape. Sometimes after losing the hip, I'll lose the abdomen next. Really weird. I use P7 but see where this has happened in P8 also.
One other tip (as you noted, but I'll repeat). If you catch this immediately upon opening the file, try "revert" which will reload the file. Sometimes the hips re-appear. However, if you saved the file already with the hip gone, this will not help and you have to do the trick cited above.
Good luck.
I use Notepad++ for editing large Poser files. It's free, and much faster than either Word or Notepad.
shorterbus posted Sat, 27 March 2010 at 3:33 PM
AnArdvarrk, worked perfectly! Thanks!!!