Skin weights??

[galactor]

A few reasens i could think of:

- Compression
- Bitdepth of you image

Although these factors de normaly not have that huge effects on filezises.
What file extension does the image have?

:: Galactor ::

[nottoshabi]

I'm using JPEG format. And I have just tried it on exporting the maps and then importing them right back in to the same model with no alterations on the JPEG's. And Maya crashed, so I thinck it does the same thing.

[MikeRhone]

Have you tried using an iff or a Tiff? I've never had troubles with altering the weights.

besides, Maya and jpg's dont always get along. TGA, TIFF and IFF are the way to go.

.sgi is also ok

Mike R

[nottoshabi]

Yes I did just try again in IFF and it crashed again. Do you guys remember how many maps you had? Cause I have 486 and I thinck thats the porblem. Cause Maya says its low on vertual memory, and then crashes.

[MikeRhone]

I think I had about 60-100.

Im not sure what the problem could be though... Maybe ask in the MEL forum if they could create a script that breaks the calculation down into smaller memory chunks.

Instead of importing the skin weights via the menu, maybe try doing it on a map by map basis for each bone. I forget how to do this though.

The MEL would be something like:

Import map1
normalize weights
import map 2
normalize weights

as opposed to the method maya currenty uses:
Import map 1
import map 2
import map 3...
normalize weights.

I have NO idea if this helps. I know maya doesnt use image files internally to determine weight maps, its just for user interface (Paints weights tool) and the handy import/export feature.

:blush:

Mike R

[nottoshabi]

Yeah but that wont get the file size down. Even if I can import all the skins back on the model. With a file size of 350 megs there is nothing I can do with that file. Well what I will try doing is dividing the model in 3 different parts and then try the process again. Hope this time it works.

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