[wimver]

whatever I do, I can't export to mxs anymore from FZ. even with just 1 box in the geometry, I get the error msg "the mxs file has not been written succesfully. check the geometry of the scene and the texture formats. search and read the log file maxwellz.txt to get more info"

I did all that, the geometry (1 box of 2x2x2 meter) with a diffuse mw material applied. the logfile says
Faults Method = Maxwell Constructor
error = Maxwell cannot be initialized. Check installation rules.
value = 0
Faults Method = setInputDataType
error = Maxwell not initialized

I checked installation rules, all license files are in the correct place. CL and ST work properly.
What did I miss?

tnx
wim

[juan]

Hi Wimber,

Did you modify something inyour maxwell installation folder? did you overwrite something or move files to another place? Can you check if under the Maxwell folder there is a subfolder named "data"? It seems that due any reason Maxwell can not be initialized properly. Did you install any new app and Maxwell is not working since that?

Reinstalling Maxwell should fix it but it is probably not necessary. Please check also if you have an environment variable named MAXWELL_ROOT that points to the maxwell installation folder (you can see a list of environment variables in My Computer->properties->advanced->environment variables)

Juan

[wimver]

Juan,

I am on Macintosh, I think the path you mention is ment for windows, no?
I installed the 1.1 UB this week, and removed all other versions, but I thought I successfully used it with FZ after that... could be wrong.
there is a 'data' folder inside the maxwell folder, with folders 'ior', 'rd', 'sky' etc inside.

I will try to reinstall maxwell if needed.

thanks
wim

[juan]

Sorry Wimber, I though you were on Windows. Please check that you do not have any other version of Maxwell in other locations, even in the bin folder (it is a common issue, especially if you say you have removed other versions, they could still be in the bin). It seems that the system can not find the path wehre maxwell is located.

Juan

[wimver]

the bin is empty, and all other versions are archived on CD, and deleted on the HD.
for now (my deadline is near) I will export a generic format and import that into studio, and do the tests next week.

tnx Juan

wim

[juan]

Wimber I am sorry . Tomorrow we could look into that in the office with the OSX guys and the OSX machines..now I can't do more to know what's happening.

Juan