SimPose-ium (V5.0)

Frequently Asked Questions

  1. Why do I get an error message about a skeleton file not found or failed to load?
  2. When you unzip the downloaded file you must check the 'Use Folder Names' box on the extract dialog

    - otherwise the correct directory structure doesn’t get made, and the program cannot find the files it needs.

     

     

  3. Why do the colours on my Sim look wrong.
  4. SimPose-ium expects your video display to be set to at least 16-bit colours. It definitely won't work in 256 (8-bit) colour.

     

  5. How do I capture a Sim animation as an animated GIF?

Basically, SimPose-ium doesn’t generate animated GIF files directly, but generates all the files needed for a 3rd party tool (see links) to make the GIF.

The process is as follows:

It should be noticed that by default, SimPose-ium generates one image for each displayed frame (i.e. 30 for each second of animation). This can lead to BIG animated image files. Using 'half size', to get a smaller image, reduces the size of the resulting file. Also, if you select Speed *2, you get half the number of image files, and if you build the GIF at 15 frame a second, you get a normal speed image (but not such smooth movement)

 

  1. Why do I get a page fault error when starting SimPose-ium?
  2. At a guess you have upgraded(?) to DirectX 8.0. Looking on the web, page faults on initialisation have been reported by the users of several programs, not just SimPose-ium. The best advice at the moment appears to be to ensure you have the latest version of DirectX and your graphics card's drivers.

     

  3. How do I see changes made to a skin bitmap without re-starting Sim-Pose?

 

  1. How do I know how big to make my background image

If you add a picture (BMP only) as a background to the display window it will automatically get scaled to fit (if its too small) or clipped to the correct size if its too big. However, if you want to make sure that the image fits the window without distortion: