MaterialForge opened this issue on Aug 16, 2002 ยท 8 posts
MaterialForge posted Fri, 16 August 2002 at 12:55 PM
I'm considering Poser 5, but I have recently purchased and am planning to purchase a lot of the character textures that currently work with P4. Will these still work for me if I upgrade? I've invested quite a bit in them, and since I'm almost done acquiring all the models and textures I need for a movie project, I'd hate to have to start all over if I bought Poser 5. Thanks to anyone who can answer this! --silver
c1rcle posted Fri, 16 August 2002 at 1:01 PM
we've been told that anything available for Poser4 will work with Poser5, how well they work is anyones guess at the moment, but seeing the pics mentioned in a thread earlier I'd say you're safe to carry on. Rob
khorne posted Fri, 16 August 2002 at 1:19 PM
i think there won't be any problem since the tex maps are uv maps based on .obj geometries (wavefront). i guess it will be common between P5 and P4.
Jcleaver posted Fri, 16 August 2002 at 2:36 PM
I believe you should be OK as long as you use the textures on the objects they were created for. I wouldn't expect them to work on the new P5 figures.
Lyrra posted Fri, 16 August 2002 at 2:42 PM
From the few glimpses I've seen of screenshots, its probable that the new characters take Mike/Vickie textures. BUT I'm not 100% certain. Kupa says all our stuff will work. Kupa better be right :)
c1rcle posted Fri, 16 August 2002 at 2:49 PM
I have a funny feeling you're wrong about the textures Lyrra, those textures are set out differently, check out the pics for the head room, there's a head texture shown there & it's nothing like mike or vicky, it looks more like the textures for DinaV. Rob
darkphoenix posted Fri, 16 August 2002 at 4:05 PM
texture maps apply to the models they are made for, since the p5 characters have different geometries it would be ALMOST inpossible for them to be 100% compatible, even if they were mapped to be very similar there would be some differences. Hopefully, they would be similar enough , however, that you would be able to copy and paste your old textures onto a new template. The textures you have purchased WILL still work on the character they were created for, but very likely not on the new characters unless you do quite a bit of editing.
Little_Dragon posted Fri, 16 August 2002 at 5:24 PM
I'm sure that someone will come along eventually and remap the new figures to accept older textures. And if not, you should be able to use your P4 figures in P5.