- Thu Mar 24, 2005 7:58 am
#11948
I just downloaded Maxwell for Mac OS X.
There is no plug-in for mac, So very little oportunity to test.
There is not especific documentation for Mac, only Linux.
Maxwell come in an .app package, when it is basicaly a binary. Also all the documentation is inside the package.
Usualy Mac users never look into the application packages. Well... some do
Disclaimer: This is the way I installed Maxwell. Sure, that it might not work with the plugins. But since there is not specific Mac OS X installation info. I had to inprovise. Do it at your own risk.
Reading the documentation, says that a MAXWELL_ROOT enviroment variable and a Path have to be set.
1- I moved the folder MacOS out of the package and renamed it Maxwell I placed it into the Applications folder.
2- To set the enviroment variable I installed a preferences panel called Environment Variables it's a free app from Rubicode.
http://www.rubicode.com/Software/RCEnvironment/
variable: MAXWELL_ROOT
value: /Applications/Maxwell
Now you need to Log out and Log in again.
3- Now you need to install the licence.
create a file called license.txt with the information Next Limit sent you and place it inside the folder Maxwell
4- Now you should set the path to the Maxwell folder. I haven't done it. I just went directly to step 5.
5- Currently I can't create any mxs since I have no access to any windows. So, I used the file caca.mxs that come with the package. I copied this file to the Desktop. and wrote in the terminal
$ /Applications/Maxwell/mxcl -mxs:/Users/lluistar/Desktop/caca.mxs -d
and voala!!!!
First Mac OS X Maxwell render in the forum.
The scene looks familiar. Is it Tom's?
I would love is some one can mail me or post any .mxs file to test.
Salut
Lluis
There is no plug-in for mac, So very little oportunity to test.
There is not especific documentation for Mac, only Linux.
Maxwell come in an .app package, when it is basicaly a binary. Also all the documentation is inside the package.
Usualy Mac users never look into the application packages. Well... some do
Disclaimer: This is the way I installed Maxwell. Sure, that it might not work with the plugins. But since there is not specific Mac OS X installation info. I had to inprovise. Do it at your own risk.
Reading the documentation, says that a MAXWELL_ROOT enviroment variable and a Path have to be set.
1- I moved the folder MacOS out of the package and renamed it Maxwell I placed it into the Applications folder.
2- To set the enviroment variable I installed a preferences panel called Environment Variables it's a free app from Rubicode.
http://www.rubicode.com/Software/RCEnvironment/
variable: MAXWELL_ROOT
value: /Applications/Maxwell
Now you need to Log out and Log in again.
3- Now you need to install the licence.
create a file called license.txt with the information Next Limit sent you and place it inside the folder Maxwell
4- Now you should set the path to the Maxwell folder. I haven't done it. I just went directly to step 5.
5- Currently I can't create any mxs since I have no access to any windows. So, I used the file caca.mxs that come with the package. I copied this file to the Desktop. and wrote in the terminal
$ /Applications/Maxwell/mxcl -mxs:/Users/lluistar/Desktop/caca.mxs -d
and voala!!!!
First Mac OS X Maxwell render in the forum.
The scene looks familiar. Is it Tom's?
I would love is some one can mail me or post any .mxs file to test.
Salut
Lluis
Last edited by lluistar on Fri Mar 25, 2005 9:45 am, edited 1 time in total.