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Can't open my .ZPR anymore. Is my file size an issue ?

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#1

Hey guys,

I’ve been working for a while on a high res character. However, ZBrush just can open my last five saves, giving me two error messages in a row.

“Error has been encountered while trying to load Tool. Loading has been aborted.”

“Error has been encountered while trying to load the file. Loading has been aborted.”

My file is a .ZPR that weighs 2,3Go for 48 million polygons and 40 subtools. Is there a file size cap over which ZBrush can’t open files ? I’m running on a Windows 7 64bit with an intel i5 3.2GHz proc and 8Go of RAM.

I’ve searched a lot and couldn’t find a solution to this issue. Any ideas on how I could get my work back ?

Thank you very much !

#2

zbrush can’t open files over 4gb usually.
Have you tried to open any of your auto saves?

#3

I have and they don’t work over 2,2Go.

I’ve also tried to skip loading the undo history but the only thing it changes is ZBrushes loads for a longer time before giving me the two error messages.

#4

I’ve tried creating a file over 2 Go with another computer which is roughly as powerful as the work computer used to create my character. I obtain the same result, ZBrush can’t load the file and gives me the two error messages quoted above. Note that the 2 Go file was created using a different project than the one I initialy have an issue with.

So is it a lack of power or has ZBrush got a serious issue here ?

#5

Largest I’ve had and opened was about 2Gb, it loaded slow. It seems there are limits to about all things both physical and virtual. Where does imagination fit into the realm?