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Need help in figuring out what is happening with this R2D2 like droid

BoorsmanBoorsman Posts: 254
edited December 1969 in The Commons

I created this scene in a previous version of DS4. I now have the latest version of DS4.6. When I try to raise the scope that comes out of its head, it looks like this in the image I posted. I open DS3, load the figure and its fine there. I saved it in DS3 and try to merge it in DS4.6, but I get an error message saying some of the files couldn't be found while loading file.... See the log for more details. Here's the part of the log referencing the scene:

Opening file r2d2.daz...
Unable to find file for storable: data/3_0/r2unit_139211/Base/r2unit_139211_Base/geometry.dso
Unable to find file for storable: data/3_0/r2unit_139211/head/r2unit_139211_Head/geometry.dso
Unable to find file for storable: data/3_0/r2unit_139211/HeadHatch/r2unit_139211_HeadHatch/geometry.dso
Unable to find file for storable: data/3_0/r2unit_139211/Scope/r2unit_139211_Scope/geometry.dso
Unable to find file for storable: data/3_0/r2unit_139211/Radar/r2unit_139211_Radar/geometry.dso
Unable to find file for storable: data/3_0/r2unit_139211/lFrontDoor/r2unit_139211_lFrontDoor/geometry.dso
Unable to find file for storable: data/3_0/r2unit_139211/lUpperArm/r2unit_139211_lUpperArm/geometry.dso
Unable to find file for storable:

Do I have to put all these into the data folder in data folder in DS3?

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Comments

  • fixmypcmikefixmypcmike Posts: 19,583
    edited December 1969

    Is the first DS-format content folder listed in DS3 also listed as a DS-format content folder in DS4.6?

  • BoorsmanBoorsman Posts: 254
    edited December 1969

    fixmypcmike said:
    Is the first DS-format content folder listed in DS3 also listed as a DS-format content folder in DS4.6?

    I'm not sure how I would check that.

  • SzarkSzark Posts: 10,634
    edited October 2014

    In DS4.5 Edit > Preferences > Content Library > Click on Content Directory Manager (Bottom Button) and expand DS Formats to see if your DS3 content folder, or at least where this model resides, is listed if not use the Add button to Add the path.

    PS where did you get the model from?

    Post edited by Szark on
  • fixmypcmikefixmypcmike Posts: 19,583
    edited December 1969

    In DS3 it's Edit > Preferences > Directories > Content Directory Manager. When you load a Poser model DS converts it to DS data files. DS3 saves them in the first DS-format content folder, so if DS4.5 doesn't have that directory as a DS-format content folder it won't be able to find them.

  • BoorsmanBoorsman Posts: 254
    edited December 1969

    I checked and my DS3 content folder is in DS4.6.

    Szark: I got the model at Vanishing Point in the Freebie section.

  • fixmypcmikefixmypcmike Posts: 19,583
    edited December 1969

    What's the full path to those folders/files on your computer?

  • SzarkSzark Posts: 10,634
    edited December 1969

    cecil30 said:

    Szark: I got the model at Vanishing Point in the Freebie section.

    Thanks I will go and check it out
  • icprncssicprncss Posts: 3,694
    edited December 1969

    Vanishing Point models are designed for use in Poser. The are set up to follow the old rigid runtime structure that dates back to P4 and uses absolute paths (since most of these models date back to the P5/P6 era).

    Check to see that the files are in the runtime folder and the folder is mapped to the Poser content.

  • BoorsmanBoorsman Posts: 254
    edited October 2014

    fixmypcmike said:
    What's the full path to those folders/files on your computer?


    The model is located at C:/Users/Tim/Documents/Daz3d/Studio3/content/runtime/libraries/characters/starwars

    The scene is located at C:/Users/Tim/Documents/Daz3d/Studio3/content/Star wars


    icprncss, I'll try to do that.

    Post edited by Boorsman on
  • fixmypcmikefixmypcmike Posts: 19,583
    edited December 1969

    In DS4.6 can you go to Edit > Preferences > Content Library > Content Directory Manager, expand the "DAZ Studio Formats" and "Poser Formats", and post a screenshot?

  • BoorsmanBoorsman Posts: 254
    edited December 1969

    O.K.

    Screenshot_of_content_directories_in_DS4.6_.png
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  • fixmypcmikefixmypcmike Posts: 19,583
    edited December 1969

    Hmm, that all looks right.

    Do you have the file C:/Users/Tim/Documents/Daz3d/Studio3/content/data/3_0/r2unit_139211/Base/r2unit_139211_Base/geometry.dso?

    And I assume you are logged in as Tim?

  • icprncssicprncss Posts: 3,694
    edited December 1969

    Have you tried loading the model into a new scene, saving it as a scene file and then merging that scene with the original scene?

  • BoorsmanBoorsman Posts: 254
    edited December 1969

    fixmypcmike said:
    Hmm, that all looks right.

    Do you have the file C:/Users/Tim/Documents/Daz3d/Studio3/content/data/3_0/r2unit_139211/Base/r2unit_139211_Base/geometry.dso?

    And I assume you are logged in as Tim?

    I don't have r2unit_139211/Base/r2unit_139211_Base/geometry.dso or any other r2 related data info in the data folder.

    Have you tried loading the model into a new scene, saving it as a scene file and then merging that scene with the original scene?

    I'll give that a try too.

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