[Gary]

WOW

New octo mac with 10.5.2 and now I can not generate a multi light image.

From plug in: no -ml starts mxcl. -ml will not start mxcl and does not write a multi light mxs or mxi. -d -ml will also not start mxcl and does not write a multilight mxi or mxs.

Open the mxs in studio, hit render and mxcl will not open.

This is really frustrating— trying to make a living here...

Please help.

Gary

[Gary]

when -ml is entered in command line of plug in, a mxs is written but mxcl does not launch. When mxs is open in mxcl no multi light. No mxi is writen from plug in even though a path is filed in to write the mxi.

Is this working for anyone on mac, form z 10.5.2?

Gary

[Gary]

any entry in the command line and mxcl does not launch:

-d no launch
rs:1 no launch
-ml no launch

[Tim Ellis]

Hi Gary,

does mxcl launch if you execute from a run command, or a Mac's equivalent? Or is this just when using the command line in the Form Z plugin dialogue?


mxcl -p:low -d -mxs:filename.mxs -ml -idcpu:1 -res:2000x1000 -t:1000 -s:25 -th:0 -ch:r -o:filename.tga -mxi:filename.mxi

Multilight files won't be created if an mxi is not specified.


Tim.

[flower]

Hi Gary,

I'm using FormZ 6.5.5 on a Mac Octo 2.8 running OS X 10.5.1, haven't updated yet as in middle of project.

My work flow is as follows:
Model in FormZ - materials by layer.
Use plug-in to write mxs, but I do this layer by layer as there seems to be a problem when doing more than one layer at a time: it will write the mxs, it will even open in studio, but as soon as you go to save in studio it crashes, nearly every time.
Open first layer mxs in studio, and then import other layer mxs one by one, saving each time. Tedious but only way to be certain dont get a crash.
Set up materials and camera etc in Studio.
Hit the render button.
Go to Finder, find the _tmp.mxs file, hit Apple+O, that starts mxcl. As long as you dont change the filenames or navigate elsewhere in finder, everytime you hit render in studio it will over write the _tmp.mxs file and going to finder it will remail highlighted so all you need is Apple+O and mxcl starts, bit of a pain, but not much as its only two extra keystrokes to get mxcl started.

On hitting the render button in Studio, it writes a blank image file, and the _tmp.mxs file. When mxcl starts it then writes the mxi file as long as it was specified in Studio to start with.

I've had no problems with multilight. Make sure you tick the multilight box in Studio just underneath where you specify the mxi name and path.

I have never used command line entries, haven't needed them so far.

Hope that ramble helps.

Mac Pro 2.8 Octo, 2Gb Ram, Mac OS X 10.5.1

[Gary]

Tim:

I am unexperienced using the command line from terminal but will give it a try.

Flower:

I have tried to bring data into studio but find it very unstable—many crashes.

All of this is since changing to new machine with os x 10.5.2.

Can anyone else reproduce formz plugin not starting mxcl with any command line entries in plug-in?

Thanks,

Gary

[Tim Ellis]

Here is a descriptive break down of the command line I wrote:-

mxcl start mxcl
-p:low priority = low
-d display render
-mxs:filename.mxs mxs path and filename to be rendered
-ml multilight on
-idcpu:1 for co-op renders
-res:2000x1000 resolution
-t:1000 time in minutes
-s:25 sample level
-th:0 number of threads
-ch:r channel to render r= rendered image
-o:filename.tga rendered image path and filename
-mxi:filename.mxi rendered mxi path and filename


Hope this helps,

Tim.

[Gary]

Tim:

here is my entry and the reply I got:

Gary-Helfands-Computer-294:~ gary$ mxcl -d -mxs:Macintosh HD:Users:gary:Desktop:Output.tga -idcpu:1 -res:640x480 -t:10 -s:10 -th:8 -ch:r -0:Macintosh HD:Users:gary:Desktop:Output.tga -mxi:Macintosh HD:Users:gary:Desktop:Output.mxi
-bash: mxcl: command not found



any ideas,

thanks

[Gary]

Tim

if in terminal I type "mxcl" and get the response "-bash: mxcl: command not found"

Does this mean I do not have a full or clean install of maxwell?

Gary

[Tim Ellis]

I think you need this first

#! /bin/bash

then the mxcl -p:low -d etc etc after that.

Sorry I don't have any MAC experience, but I found the above in a Mac thread here. http://www.maxwellrender.com/forum/view ... highlight=

Tim.

[Gary]

Hello:

Gary-Helfands-Computer-294:~ gary$ #!/bin/bash mxcl -d -mxs:/Users/gary/Desktop/Preview_SSS.mxs -ml -res:640x480 -t:5 -th:0 -ch:r -o:/Users/gary/desktop/image.tgaGary-Helfands-Computer-294:~ gary$

bin/bash gets me past command not found but nothing happens...

Gary

[tcamco]

Older Octo 3.0 x 8 Mac.
Works here. I type -ml in command line of plug-in, close plug-in window, select Maxwell Render and mxcl launches and renders with multilight. Sounds like it might be a bug on the new Mac Octos

[juan]

Hi Gary,

Please check you have only one version of Maxwell in your system, even in the bin. is it your case?

Anyway what happens if you open mxcl, load this mxs file and enable multilight manually in the GUI? does it work?

Regards,

Juan

[Gary]

Hello Juan:

I have removed every copy of maxwell and done a clean install to 1.6.1 but still can not launch mxcl from z plug in if any entries in command line.

Yes, I have now been able to load mxs and manually turn on multilight. Do I at that time check resume box as well if I want a mxi I will be able to resume?

Thanks,

Gary

[Fernando Tella]

Have you noticed that 1.6.1 is a patch to 1.6.0, right?

You have to install first 1.6.0 and after that apply the patch to upgrade to 1.6.1. I think that might be the problem.


@Tim: Don't you find it easier to just open mxcl, load the file, specify everything there and hit render than writing all that commands? Just curious, I find the last kind of boring and with no visible benefits.