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MrsLanaBearington
Joined: 01 Jun 2011 Posts: 295 Location: USA
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Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2015 6:55 am Post subject: Missing furniture node files....where to find them??? |
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Hello,
I're recently been told that I need to use the furnture nodes file to make my staircase. When I open the file in 3DS Max 2011, I get this - http://prntscr.com/7xzyro Where can I find these files? |
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EnglishTiger_disabled_334 
Joined: 16 Jan 2009 Posts: 4543 Location: United Kingdom
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Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2015 9:14 am Post subject: |
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Lana - because the error message runs of the edge of the panel it's hard to see what the "missing files" are. But it's probably not the Furniture Nodes because that's what all those Funky Green Neon Cubes on the workspace floor are.
What is confusing me is the "I're recently been told that I need to use the furnture nodes file to make my staircase".
The IMVU system was never set up to handle Furniture Nodes inside a Furniture Product, which is what your staircase would be if you submitted it. Other than a Root Node the only other nodes you would need are the nodes that form the "pose group" (handle, seat, catcher and pitcher") at the foot of the stairs.
But if you animation is to be used in a completed room that you did not create then you are going to be in for some "fun and games" because you are going to add the pose nodes needed to your staircase along with suitably positioned replacements for all of the nodes that room already has in it. _________________
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MrsLanaBearington
Joined: 01 Jun 2011 Posts: 295 Location: USA
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Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2015 9:39 am Post subject: |
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"SIGH" This is all way over my head. Why can't I make a simple animated walking up and down stairs and add it to my existing room? I'm soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo confused and getting quite upset. I know it's nobody's fault but mine. |
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SVTru
Joined: 29 Oct 2012 Posts: 460 Location: Russian Federation
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EnglishTiger_disabled_334 
Joined: 16 Jan 2009 Posts: 4543 Location: United Kingdom
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Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2015 10:07 am Post subject: |
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MrsLanaBearington wrote: | "SIGH" This is all way over my head. Why can't I make a simple animated walking up and down stairs and add it to my existing room? I'm soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo confused and getting quite upset. I know it's nobody's fault but mine. |
Whilst a product can have numerous mesh files (.xmf) it can only have 1 "Active Skeleton File. (.xsf)". So to be able to add your animation to an existing room you have to provide a new .xsf that contains replacements for all of the existing nodes + the nodes needed for your walking up the stairs animation.
However if you export your animation with the nodes it needs, the root and pose nodes, you can then submit it as a "Furniture Item" which would allow you, and/or your customers, to add that Animation to any room that has a suitable staircase in it. The only snag is that the purchaser is probably having to use the furniture tools to stand a decent chance of lining the animation and the staircase up. _________________
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MrsLanaBearington
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Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2015 10:35 am Post subject: |
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Yes, I'm sure they will have a little trouble but I have bought 2 animations from someone and I had to do a little tweaking, meaning, make it a little longer but it did work perfectly. I'm not going to buy from that person anymore though. They have left me high and dry without a product that I paid real money for. That's the main reason I wanted to learn this so badly. |
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EnglishTiger_disabled_334 
Joined: 16 Jan 2009 Posts: 4543 Location: United Kingdom
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Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2015 11:04 am Post subject: |
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Or you could use the IMVU Empty Furniture Derivable - http://www.imvu.com/shop/product.php?products_id=11106401 - which is a far batter base mesh for your staircase, and just about every product that end up in the Furniture Section of the IMVU Catalouge. _________________
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MrsLanaBearington
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Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2015 11:17 am Post subject: |
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I'll give it a try. Thanks for hanging in there with me.  |
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SVTru
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