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       How to break product derive chains
       By: Lags Date: December 22, 2017, 1:44 pm
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       In order to bypass that error, you must break the product from
       the derive chain and turn it into a stand alone product. Before
       attempting this, it's advised you have the following knowledge:
       -Know how to work with archive files (zip/rar/7z etc..). This
       includes extracting, importing and updating.
       -Know how to use a more advanced text editor than notepad such
       as notepad++.
       -Have a basic understanding of XML.
       -Have a basic understanding of Create Mode.
       -Have a basic understanding of IMVU developing (derive chains,
       submission process, asset/chkn structure)
       Instructions:
       1) Open up the chkn with a program such as WinRAR or 7zip.
       2) Extract the index.xml file to your desktop.
       3) Open the extracted index.xml file with a text editor such as
       notepad
       4) Find the dataimport nodes at top of the index.xml file
       (<__DATAIMPORT></__DATAIMPORT>)
       5) Find the PID in the nodes (example:
       <__DATAIMPORT>product://80/index.xml</__DATAIMPORT> 80 is the
       pid)
       6) Replace this pid with an IMVU product id that corresponds to
       the type of product. For example, if the product you're editing
       is a chair, you would replace the pid with IMVU's Chair Relaxed
       pid 12908. If you do not know the IMVU PID you need, simply go
       to the catalog and find a product in the same category as yours
       and then keep clicking the parent product till you find the IMVU
       product it's derived from and copy the pid from the url.
       7) Use T3DE to rip the parent product of the product you're
       trying to submit. If the product you're submitting is far down a
       derive chain, then you need to keep going up the derive chain
       till you find the first parent which will be just below the IMVU
       inc parent. T3DE has features that help with this process, in
       Create Mode you can copy the parent pid from the top left and
       paste it into the edit dialog. Repeat this till you get to the
       product you need.
       8) Grab the assets of the parent product that the product you're
       trying to submit needs. For example, if your product gets its
       mesh from the parent. Grab the xmf file.
       9) Put the assets inside the chkn of the product you're trying
       to submit.
       9) Open the index.xml file belonging to this parent product in
       your text editor. Either by extracting it from the chkn or
       simple going to the asset folder in IMVU Projects.
       10) Copy and paste all of the asset xml into the index.xml file
       of the product you want to submit. The xml will be different for
       each product depending on what type of assets it has and how
       many there are. So this is something you'll have to figure out
       for yourself.
       11) Now you should have all of the assets and asset code from
       the parent product inside your product's chkn. It should no
       longer be getting any information from the previous parent. It
       should no longer be part of a derive chain and should not be the
       beginning of it's own derive chain making it a new product. Now
       you can submit the chkn to IMVU.
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