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# 1 15-11-2004 , 02:45 PM
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I have a problem, I have maya 4.5 at home and uni has maya 5.0. My maya files work in uni, but the uni files do not work at home. The uni has macs, and I have a pc.

Any advice would be grateful.
 
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# 2 15-11-2004 , 06:15 PM
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you cannot open higher version files on lower versions. They're not backwards compatible.
 
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# 3 15-11-2004 , 08:45 PM
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There is a way around it. First, make sure you save your Maya 5 file as a .MA file. Then, open the .MA file in a text editor. At the top of the file, you can change the Requires attribute from 5.0 to 4.0. Save the file. You can now open it in Maya 4. Keep in mind that this may not always work, depending on what you're doing in the scene file. Some things are specific to Maya 5 and are not backwards compatible.
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# 4 15-11-2004 , 09:08 PM
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Thanks

Thanks.

Changing that works a treat.

Oh, and thanks for the rapid reply.

Nicolas
 
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