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Plugin error
Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2010 9:37 am
by 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
Re: Plugin error
Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2010 10:01 am
by 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
Re: Plugin error
Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2010 11:14 am
by 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:
Code: Select all-- 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
Re: Plugin error
Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2010 11:56 am
by 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
Re: Plugin error
Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2010 12:14 pm
by balt
Here's the startup log
Code: Select all-- 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
Re: Plugin error
Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2010 12:18 pm
by 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
Re: Plugin error
Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2010 12:28 pm
by 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
Re: Plugin error
Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2010 12:30 pm
by 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