I'm behind the times and have just gotten back into Poser after nearly a 3 year hiatus.

I'm trying the VSS Shader and I'm suck.  I'm using Poser 6.

I went to http://sites.google.com/site/poserbagginsbill/vsshomepage  and downloaded the following:

VSS PR3 Control Prop
VSS Discussion
VSS Free Preview Release

I installed according to directions into my main Poser 6 runtime.  My VSS script is located in the following path:

C:Program FilesCurious LabsPoser 6RuntimePythonvss

I put the script into my main buttons for easy access.

I'm following the instructions at this link:  http://believable3d.com/resources/vss_for_dummies.php 

Essentially what I've done is after loading my figure and applying a texture, I went to the Props folder and loaded "VSS_PR3_AO" to the scene.  I got a newer version of Poser error.  I loaded the prop anyway.

What I did next was click on the vssMainButtons.py which gave me 3 additional options after "2 hacks":   Synchronize, Render, Designer.

As per the instructions I clicked "SYnchronize".  This is the error I get:

------- VSS -------
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "", line 2, in ?
  File "C:Program FilesCurious LabsPoser 6RuntimePythonvssvssui.py", line 167, in call
    self.functionsi-1
  File "C:Program FilesCurious LabsPoser 6RuntimePythonvssvssui.py", line 247, in userSynchronizeScene
    synchronizeScene()
  File "C:Program FilesCurious LabsPoser 6RuntimePythonvssvss.py", line 893, in synchronizeScene
    Synchronize(figure)
  File "C:Program FilesCurious LabsPoser 6RuntimePythonvssvss.py", line 866, in Synchronize
    source, smats = findVssSourceFor(target)
  File "C:Program FilesCurious LabsPoser 6RuntimePythonvssvss.py", line 834, in findVssSourceFor
    things = scene.Figures() + [a for a in scene.Actors() if isOrdinaryProp(a)]
  File "C:Program FilesCurious LabsPoser 6RuntimePythonvssvss.py", line 887, in isOrdinaryProp
    return True
NameError: global name 'True' is not defined

 

"It is good to see ourselves as others see us. Try as we may, we are never
able to know ourselves fully as we are, especially the evil side of us.
This we can do only if we are not angry with our critics but will take in good
heart whatever they might have to say." - Ghandi

I'm currently reading the VSS thread. Many, many, many more pages to go!  lol

I forgot to add that I'm using:

Poser 6 with all SR releases
A PC
V4
Windows XP Home

"It is good to see ourselves as others see us. Try as we may, we are never
able to know ourselves fully as we are, especially the evil side of us.
This we can do only if we are not angry with our critics but will take in good
heart whatever they might have to say." - Ghandi

Poser 6 uses an old Python where the word "True" is not defined.

In vss.py, insert the following lines right at the top and try again:

True=1

False = 0

 

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Thanks so much! I'll give that a try.

I do have PoserPro2010, but haven't installed it yet.  I'm kind of intimidated by it because I finally got the hang of creating lights in Poser 6 and from what I understand it's completely different in PoserPro.

"It is good to see ourselves as others see us. Try as we may, we are never
able to know ourselves fully as we are, especially the evil side of us.
This we can do only if we are not angry with our critics but will take in good
heart whatever they might have to say." - Ghandi

It worked! Thank you so much! hugs  I've been itching to try this out.

I'll post my results in the VSS thread to keep things together :)

"It is good to see ourselves as others see us. Try as we may, we are never
able to know ourselves fully as we are, especially the evil side of us.
This we can do only if we are not angry with our critics but will take in good
heart whatever they might have to say." - Ghandi