Do v12 files work with the current v19 app?

[Will FS]

Hi folks!

Oh so long ago I did several animation projects in v12 and now I am interested in picking up where I left off on one of them. Will the current version even open files that old? What later version could open those files?

Thanks for your help,

Will

[robcat2075]

Hi Will,

They should work fine.

I have many v11.1 files from long ago that I have opened recently and they work properly.

Don't re-save over your old v12 files. This could inadvertently happen if you open an old PRJ that includes MDLs or other files that are NOT embedded in the PRJ and then you do a save of the PRJ.

[Will FS]

Thanks Robcat!

I'm relieved I will still be able to access those files. I put a lot of work in them and it'll will be fun to start working on 'em.

[robcat2075]

The big divide is v13.

You can take models and files from v12 and earlier forward to v13 and later but you can't take models and files from v13 and later backward to v12 and earlier.

This will be zero problem for your plan to open your old files in modern A:M but in the event of some insanely unlikely reason you wanted to go from modern A:M to v12... that can't be done.

That is why I say to not write over your old v12 files... just in case you ever need to use them in v12. Re save them with new file names from v19.

Not that you can still run v12 today even if you wanted to, but that's another story.