Second Life Forums Archive - Poser 6 to second life bvh import issues

Up Hill

Registered User

Join date: 14 Jul 2006

Posts: 2

09-26-2007 07:20

Okay this is driving me crazy. I tried the following.

IN POSER 6 on a Macintosh
1. Frame 1 reset figure
2. Turned off inverse Kenetics (probably not spelled right)
3 Went to frame 2 and made a new pose
4 went to keyframes and broke spline (probably not spelled right)
5 Exported bvh animation with scaling selected

Opened Second Life
1. Went to import animation
2. Second life could not import animation

So, I did some tests. It turns out depending on the pose [I think] one test would import and one test would not. I don't know what I am doing differently between animations. I also made sure to drop the figure to the ground and all that. Has anyone run into this? I even tried to open up the bvh files in simple text to see if I could see any formatting issues. Both the working test and the non working test (the one SL would not import) looked the same.

The poses is not that complicated its not with objects colliding or anything like that or twisted arms and legs. Its a very simple pose.

ANY IDEA'S OR SUGGESTIONS WELCOME

Sylvia Trilling

Flying Tribe

Join date: 2 Oct 2006

Posts: 1,117

09-26-2007 14:45

From: Up Hill

Okay this is driving me crazy. I tried the following.

snip

Opened Second Life
1. Went to import animation
2. Second life could not import animation
snip

What precisely happens when you attempt the upload? Nothing? Do you get an error message? Do you get as far as the preview?

Deira Llanfair

Deira to rhyme with Myra

Join date: 16 Oct 2006

Posts: 2,315

09-27-2007 05:03

There is an add-on needed for Poser 6 to enable it to export to bvh format correctly for SL - if you haven't got it you can download it from the Poser vendor's website. Assuming you have this ok, I really can't see what is happening - more detail needed about what happens on upload.

_____________________

Deira

Must create animations for head-desk and palm-face!.

Up Hill

Registered User

Join date: 14 Jul 2006

Posts: 2

I thought that for Poser 6 you didn't need any add on stuff

09-28-2007 09:11

I also tried to find the URL to download this add on and find more information about it. I tried to search the web for it but could not locate it.

Craig Altman

Second Life Resident

Join date: 11 Nov 2004

Posts: 131

09-30-2007 09:04

Poser 6 English Service Release 3 for Windows

http://www.e-frontier.com/filemanager/list/updates/130/132/134/?sbss=

Craig Altman

Second Life Resident

Join date: 11 Nov 2004

Posts: 131

09-30-2007 09:05

Poser 6 English Service Release 3 for Mac OS X

http://www.e-frontier.com/filemanager/list/updates/130/131/133/?sbss=

Gally Young

Registered User

Join date: 3 Dec 2006

Posts: 12

10-01-2007 02:54

You have to use "special model" for male and female animation in SL, you can't use the "standard Poser 6 model"

They can be downloaded on the SL site (I don't have the url)

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Poser 6 to second life bvh import issues - HELP

Poser 6 to second life bvh import issues - HELP
Up Hill Registered User Join date: 14 Jul 2006 Posts: 2	09-26-2007 07:20 Okay this is driving me crazy. I tried the following. IN POSER 6 on a Macintosh 1. Frame 1 reset figure 2. Turned off inverse Kenetics (probably not spelled right) 3 Went to frame 2 and made a new pose 4 went to keyframes and broke spline (probably not spelled right) 5 Exported bvh animation with scaling selected Opened Second Life 1. Went to import animation 2. Second life could not import animation So, I did some tests. It turns out depending on the pose [I think] one test would import and one test would not. I don't know what I am doing differently between animations. I also made sure to drop the figure to the ground and all that. Has anyone run into this? I even tried to open up the bvh files in simple text to see if I could see any formatting issues. Both the working test and the non working test (the one SL would not import) looked the same. The poses is not that complicated its not with objects colliding or anything like that or twisted arms and legs. Its a very simple pose. ANY IDEA'S OR SUGGESTIONS WELCOME
Sylvia Trilling Flying Tribe Join date: 2 Oct 2006 Posts: 1,117	09-26-2007 14:45 From: Up Hill Okay this is driving me crazy. I tried the following. snip Opened Second Life 1. Went to import animation 2. Second life could not import animation snip What precisely happens when you attempt the upload? Nothing? Do you get an error message? Do you get as far as the preview?
Deira Llanfair Deira to rhyme with Myra Join date: 16 Oct 2006 Posts: 2,315	09-27-2007 05:03 There is an add-on needed for Poser 6 to enable it to export to bvh format correctly for SL - if you haven't got it you can download it from the Poser vendor's website. Assuming you have this ok, I really can't see what is happening - more detail needed about what happens on upload. _____________________ Deira Must create animations for head-desk and palm-face!.
Up Hill Registered User Join date: 14 Jul 2006 Posts: 2	I thought that for Poser 6 you didn't need any add on stuff 09-28-2007 09:11 I also tried to find the URL to download this add on and find more information about it. I tried to search the web for it but could not locate it.
Craig Altman Second Life Resident Join date: 11 Nov 2004 Posts: 131	09-30-2007 09:04 Poser 6 English Service Release 3 for Windows http://www.e-frontier.com/filemanager/list/updates/130/132/134/?sbss=
Craig Altman Second Life Resident Join date: 11 Nov 2004 Posts: 131	09-30-2007 09:05 Poser 6 English Service Release 3 for Mac OS X http://www.e-frontier.com/filemanager/list/updates/130/131/133/?sbss=
Gally Young Registered User Join date: 3 Dec 2006 Posts: 12	10-01-2007 02:54 You have to use "special model" for male and female animation in SL, you can't use the "standard Poser 6 model" They can be downloaded on the SL site (I don't have the url)