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Properly Unloading Plug-in without Uninstalling?

Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2016 10:04 pm
by will
I just want to unload Maxwell at times but when I try using the Maya plugin manager Maya crashes.
I end up just putting the .dll into a folder until I'm finished doing whatever then returning it in where it goes.
Is there a special way to do it without the fuss or is it that way because of the install program?

Re: Properly Unloading Plug-in without Uninstalling?

Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2016 8:52 am
by Mihnea Balta
You can disable autoload and restart Maya, but if you open a scene that was using Maxwell, Maya will load the plug-in again by itself (it does this with all other plug-ins, not just Maxwell). Unchecking the "loaded" box does not work because of a limitation in the Maya API, which is hard to work around. It would require a redesign of the plug-in, which we will do at some point, but not in the immediate future.

Re: Properly Unloading Plug-in without Uninstalling?

Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2016 4:13 am
by will
Ok,thank you.
I think I got myself confused there.
Thanks again.