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# 1 04-02-2003 , 04:25 PM

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Hi, could someone please tell me if it's possible to open a maya 4.5 file in maya 4.0?
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# 2 04-02-2003 , 05:03 PM

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If you search around a bit Ragecgi has posted a way to open Maya 4.5 files in 4.0, but only if nothing that is only found in 4.5 has been utilized, like Fluids.

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# 3 04-02-2003 , 06:24 PM

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and if you save the maya 4.5 file as a .ma as opposed to .mb

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# 4 04-02-2003 , 08:00 PM

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Check the "How I Did It" threads.... user added image

Good luck!

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# 5 05-02-2003 , 05:55 AM

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I'll make it short for you: save as a .ma and edit the file header to read 4.0 instead of 4.5. user added image

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# 6 05-02-2003 , 07:23 PM

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theres a lot more to it than changing the "requires maya X"

Yeah, but no but yeah but no....

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# 7 06-02-2003 , 11:50 AM

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Ok?

Thanks for the help, I ended up using a free plugin called FBX file format which worked really well, I did try changing the header on the .MA file but couldn't get that to work, thanks anyway.
James.

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# 8 06-02-2003 , 06:43 PM

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z1mmnd14: Care to elaborate?

At least, I use that technique more frequently than I probably should and even with nasty scenes on big, complex shows it's never given me any trouble that I shouldn't have anticipated.

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# 9 06-02-2003 , 08:06 PM

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mark_wilkins: izzy explains it all here:

https://forum.simplymaya.com/showthre...&threadid=2788

NOTE: i havent managed to get it to work yet as it isnt alway guaranteed that it'll work.

user added image

Yeah, but no but yeah but no....

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# 10 06-02-2003 , 10:49 PM

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He's saying exactly what I'm saying. He just illustrates it.

I don't recall whether I've changed the fileInfo lines, but I don't think anything but the Requires line matters.

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# 11 06-02-2003 , 11:49 PM

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I've had several occassions where I needed to remove the fileInfo lines in order to make it work. I've also had to get rid of the connectAttr lines at the bottom of the file on a few files. In general, changing the "requires" item and at least commenting out the fileInfo lines works just fine. No problems thus far (knock on wood...).

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