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cant open old ztools in z4

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#1

im really surprised to only find ONE thread on this subject. I would think people would be FLOODING the forums with this problem.

I have not been able to open any old ztool in z4 successfully. I know of all the workarounds and when your dealing with 50 subtools its a huge work around not worth it.

Is there any moderator out there who can confirm this problem and assure us that its being fixed. The one thread i saw in this forum the user says something like, its funny how this problem could sqeak by the release without being taken care of.

Im sure the majority of users are not using z4 because of this. As am i.

thanks

#2

I have no problems opening old tools in z4.

#3

i wonder how many subtools you have and the complexity of your model.

this is an example of the tools i have from z3.5 r3 and won’t open in z4.

talos (2).jpg

Attachments

CharacterStrip_talos.jpg

#4

No, you are not alone.
I can’t open any older .ztl files in ZB4 it crashes every time. These are pretty simple tools with only 1 or 2 subtools.
This is in ZB4 on the Mac. I was able to open older .ztl files in ZB4 on Windows. The only way I can get anything older into ZB4 on the Mac is to import a hi-rez mesh and reconstruct subdivisions. GoZ isn’t even an option since it doesn’t work either. Major pain.

#5

Ok, when you export ztl from 3,5 export just one subtool per time AND the other subtool need to be hide

#6

I think perhaps you misunderstand. ZTools do not load, even one with no subtools. It crashes every time.