[balt]

Hi,

using the latest modo (sp4) and plugin on Windows 7 64bit, trying to use any of the plugin functions results in errors. Click on any of the render buttons of the plugin and I get a dialog box that states "There were 2 Error(s) during export", when I click "Yes" to show me the log with the errors, the log file opens but it's empty.

Then, trying assign a mxm material to an entity in Modo crashes Modo hard.

The only way that presently works is to use File -> export and save the scene as an .mxs. This in turn seems to not bring any of the textures into the MXS.

Any ideas? I'm totally new to Modo, possible I'm doing something very basic wrong (or don't have the environment set up properly)?

Cheers

- Balt

[Marton Day8]

Hi Balt,

It seems the plug-in doesn't create the Maxwell file. Something is wrong for sure. Have you installed the plug-in to a special place? Or simply into Program files folder?
Please check the "Event Log" window (you can open it from "System > Advanced > Event Log"). Do you find the Maxwell plug-in for Modo entry?

Br.

Márton

[balt]

Hi,

yes, the plugin shows up in the event log. This is what it posts when I click the render button in the plugin:

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-- modo Event Log -- Thu Apr 15 19:12:38 2010
 
System -------- Time -------------------- Type -- Message -------------------------------------
Scripts         Thu Apr 15 19:07:37 2010  Info    C:\Program Files\Luxology\Maxwell plugin for Modo\Scripts\modoFriendMaxwell_startRender.pl   (perl script)
Scripts         Thu Apr 15 19:07:37 2010  Info    C:\Program Files\Luxology\Maxwell plugin for Modo\Scripts\modoFriendMaxwell_fastScripts.pl   (perl script)
Scripts         Thu Apr 15 19:07:37 2010  Info    C:\Program Files\Luxology\Maxwell plugin for Modo\Scripts\modoFriendMaxwell_fastScripts.pl   (perl script)
preview         Thu Apr 15 19:07:38 2010  Info    IPRendCleanup
preview         Thu Apr 15 19:07:38 2010  Info    IPRendInit
preview         Thu Apr 15 19:07:38 2010  Info    IPRendInit: RenderSettings time = 0
preview         Thu Apr 15 19:07:38 2010  Info    IPRendInit: GeoCacheGetAllSurfaces time = 16
preview         Thu Apr 15 19:07:38 2010  Info    IPRendInit: total time = 16
preview         Thu Apr 15 19:07:38 2010  Info    Preview last render ratio = 4%
Scripts         Thu Apr 15 19:07:41 2010  Info    C:\Program Files\Luxology\Maxwell plugin for Modo\Scripts\modoFriendMaxwell_fastScripts.pl   (perl script)
preview         Thu Apr 15 19:07:41 2010  Info    Preview last render ratio = 4%

Does that mean anything to anyone... ?

Apparently the plugins are written in perl!

Cheers

- Balt

[Marton Day8]

The messages you have listed show some plug-in activity, but please check the Log window immediately after you have started modo. Do you see the message "Maxwell plugin for Modo version 1.1000:plug-in started" ?

The plug-in is written in C++, but some of the helper funcs are in Perl.

Márton

[balt]

Here's the startup log

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-- modo Event Log -- Thu Apr 15 20:13:53 2010
 
System -------- Time -------------------- Type -- Message -------------------------------------
Log System      Thu Apr 15 20:13:28 2010  Info    Log system started
io-status       Thu Apr 15 20:13:30 2010  Info    BMP: 40X
                Thu Apr 15 20:13:30 2010  Info      Copyright 2009 Luxology LLC.
io-status       Thu Apr 15 20:13:30 2010  Info    GIF: 40X
                Thu Apr 15 20:13:30 2010  Info      Copyright 2009 Luxology LLC.
io-status       Thu Apr 15 20:13:30 2010  Info    HDR: 40X
                Thu Apr 15 20:13:30 2010  Info      Copyright 2009 Luxology LLC.
io-status       Thu Apr 15 20:13:30 2010  Info    JPEG 2000: 40X
                Thu Apr 15 20:13:30 2010  Info      Copyright 2009 Luxology LLC.
io-status       Thu Apr 15 20:13:30 2010  Info    JPEG: 40X
                Thu Apr 15 20:13:30 2010  Info      Copyright 2009 Luxology LLC.
io-status       Thu Apr 15 20:13:30 2010  Info    PNG: 40X
                Thu Apr 15 20:13:30 2010  Info      Copyright 2009 Luxology LLC.
io-status       Thu Apr 15 20:13:30 2010  Info    PNG: Loader/Saver
                Thu Apr 15 20:13:30 2010  Info      Image loaded successfully.
Scripts         Thu Apr 15 20:13:31 2010  Info    C:\Program Files\Luxology\Maxwell plugin for Modo\Scripts\modoFriendMaxwell_commands.pl   (perl script)
io-status       Thu Apr 15 20:13:31 2010  Info    Maxwell plugin for Modo - x64 version 1.1000: Plug-in started
                Thu Apr 15 20:13:31 2010  Info      modo path: C:\Program Files\Luxology\modo 401 sp4
                Thu Apr 15 20:13:31 2010  Info      modo version: 401
                Thu Apr 15 20:13:31 2010  Info      Maxwell file: C:\Program Files\Next Limit\Maxwell 2\maxwell.exe
                Thu Apr 15 20:13:31 2010  Info      Maxwell plugin for Modo - x64 installation path: C:\Program Files\Luxology\Maxwell plugin for Modo

[Marton Day8]

It shouldn't be a problem, but maybe it is:

Please uninstall the plug-in, and install it somewhere else (not into the Luxology folder) - the write permissions in the Luxology folder can cause such a failure.


Márton

[balt]

That was it, thanks!

Had to install the plugin into the documents directory. The odd thing is I tried to run modo as administrator, which should resolve any access problems into the program files directory, and that didn't work.

Oh well... off to create something now. Thanks!

- Balt

[Marton Day8]

Great!

Another strange thing: it should give an error message if it can't write into the export folder. We will check the code why it hasn't done it.

Márton