I found out a weird thing about loading ztl.
Previously i have error opening a ztl file in Zbrush. I realized that this problem occur to me when i open this file from a mapped drive.
I tried again on the same file but this time from its proper directory. I managed to open it.
Zbrush somehow doesn’t take mapped drive as a proper link to the file?
Anyway this is how i managed to retrieve my error files:)
hope this may help
I got the same error, working on zbrush 3.5r3 on windows XP on bootcamp on my mac. 4gigs of ram 2.8ghz. The main subtool is 3.7million poly’s and I was doing some fine details and saved it and now I can’t open the ztl. I tried a couple of machines and no dice.
Have they fixed this problem now or do I have to start all over?
Getting this same error on a TON of older 3.1 .ztl’s im trying to open up in v4. I dont have 3.1 installed on this machine so cant check to see what the issue is. I really hope trying to open these in zb4 doesnt render them unopenable in previous version of zbrush!
This error has just popped up for almost ALL my Zbrush files. I had no problems with any of these models prior to this.
I go away for a couple of weeks come back to Zbrush and BAM nothing wants to open.
This seems to be happening across platforms (I have a Mac). Does anyone have any solution to this problem?
hey chinadrgn,
If you still have zb3.5 or 3.1 installed you should be able to open those .ztl’s up in there. Export the highest rez as an obj and import that into zb4. Reconstruct subdivisions to get back your subd levels. Sucks if you have a load of subtools (as I’ve had for numerous older models at work). You can possibly merge a bunch of your subtools and export that if there arent too many polys and group split/reconstruct subd’s in zb4 as well.
Hey Wayniac, thanks for the info. I’ll give it a try.
So… this is an old thread… but this HUGE problem still remains with even the latest version of Zbrush (as i’ve just experienced which is why i’m here looking for a solution)…
To my amazement it seems that no one “official” has answered or ONCE come up with any troubleshooting solutions other than the guy who posted about the problem in the first place… back in 2007?!!
Is unresponsiveness the pixologic way of saying “your screwed”?
It’s more likely that there is nobody reading this that has encountered that issue and has a resolution for you.
Heh Brojay cool:) i replied to your pm:) hope it helps
Just got this error with my ZTL on zb4. My pc hung while i was working in zbrush so I hit the reset button. When i tried to open the ZTL after rebooting I got this error everyone has been reporting in here.
I had the same problem and this isnt a fix but may be a help in the future. I lost about a full days work because all my back ups were over 4 GB. It seems to work fine untill you close and try to re-open.
My project is 50 subtools and around 200 000 000 poly. I always save it as low poly to keep the file size down but when I was detailing towards the end I was creating morph targets for each tool so it was none destructive.
I noticed before I added the morph targets it was 2 GB and when I added the morph targets it went to over 4 GB.
Something to keep in mind in the future. When finished with the morph targets delete them before saving.
When is Zbrush 64 bit coming??? Were all waiting
Same thing here. File Size is 4GB. Last 5 Versions all corrupt. I tried rebuilding without Morph targets but it’s still 4GB and corrupt again.
Super annoying.