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Scandinavian letters fails maxwell material load
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2012 8:28 am
by Search72
3D Studio Max Design 2013 WIN64 with Product update 5
Next Limit Maxwell 2.7.10 WIN64 with maxwell max 2.7.6 plugin
When I try to import Maxwell Material in Slate Material Editor from my own material library I get "Error: Could not read material file" message in Maxwell Translation Window.
This happens if file name or file path include scandinavian letters (รครถ).
Re: Scandinavian letters fails maxwell material load
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2012 8:49 am
by Mihnea Balta
I'm afraid there's no solution for this at the moment. Maxwell does not support the Unicode character set, so only paths containing letters from the English alphabet will work.
Re: Scandinavian letters fails maxwell material load
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2012 9:02 am
by Search72
Why it works in 3D Studio Max Design 2012 but not in 2013?
Re: Scandinavian letters fails maxwell material load
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2012 9:59 am
by Mihnea Balta
Because Max has switched to the Unicode character set internally, and now we have to convert to ANSI before handing the paths over to Maxwell. The conversion probably makes the path invalid. In 2012, Max asked the Windows file open dialog for the file in ANSI directly and we could use it unchanged. I'll check if there's something wrong with our conversion code anyway.
Re: Scandinavian letters fails maxwell material load
Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2012 7:52 am
by Search72
Ok. Thanks. Let me know if it's fixable. If not, we have to start converting all our materials, paths, etc...