Rig very slow to open and causing PC to lock up

[leobobo]

Hey everyone, I'm really enjoying using this rig. However I have noticed a problem and I'm not sure if anyone else has ran into the same issue. When I open my file to animate, it loads to 98% and then becomes very slow and my PC will freeze for about 5 - 10 mins. eventually the file will load and I can use it, but sometimes freezes up for a minute at a time when animating. Is this an issue anyone else has had? If so is there a way to fix it?
I am using maya 2011 x64 and windows 7 on PC.

Thanks!

[admin]

Strange. Malcolm should always fun very fast.

Try importing the reference. In Reference Editor>File>Import Objects From Reference.

Hey everyone, I'm really enjoying using this rig. However I have noticed a problem and I'm not sure if anyone else has ran into the same issue. When I open my file to animate, it loads to 98% and then becomes very slow and my PC will freeze for about 5 - 10 mins. eventually the file will load and I can use it, but sometimes freezes up for a minute at a time when animating. Is this an issue anyone else has had? If so is there a way to fix it?
I am using maya 2011 x64 and windows 7 on PC.

Thanks!

[leobobo]

Hey, thanks for your reply. I tried importing, but the problem was still there. So I did some troubleshooting and it turns out my sound file was causing the problem! I made a file of the same animation without my sound file and it opens fine. Now I'm just removing the file before I save. I am going to try the sound file with another rig in order to find out if it is just that sound file or a problem that occurs when using that sound file with malcolm.
It's a .wav file.

[leobobo]

Hey, thanks for your reply. I tried importing, but the problem was still there. So I did some troubleshooting and it turns out my sound file was causing the problem! I made a file of the same animation without my sound file and it opens fine. Now I'm just removing the file before I save. I am going to try the sound file with another rig in order to find out if it is just that sound file or a problem that occurs when using that sound file with malcolm.
It's a .wav file.