Plugin size is huge!!

Plugin size is huge!!#222307

By deesee - Tue Apr 24, 2007 1:15 am

- Tue Apr 24, 2007 1:15 am #222307

I hadn't noticed it before, but I was removing some programs off my computer (Windows XP) when I noticed that the size of the 3ds Max plugin for maxwell is 6.8 GB!!!

Is anybody else's like that?

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#222311

By michaelplogue - Tue Apr 24, 2007 4:11 am

- Tue Apr 24, 2007 4:11 am #222311

Mine's only 936 KB...

Let's not get into a competition on who's is bigger......

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#222312

By sandykoufax - Tue Apr 24, 2007 5:09 am

- Tue Apr 24, 2007 5:09 am #222312

Mine is 9,752MB.

No problem.

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#222314

By deesee - Tue Apr 24, 2007 5:46 am

- Tue Apr 24, 2007 5:46 am #222314

michaelplogue wrote:Let's not get into a competition on who's is bigger......

How'd I know that was coming?

Anyway, it's funny, if I check the plugin directory of 3ds max, the file "maxwell.dlr" is 936 KB, but in the "Add/Remove Programs" it's 6,833 MB.

BTW, on my desktop, it's 9,936 MB. (Hmmmm, if I take off that first "9" then I'm good to go).

Oh brother. In the end, I guess who cares...just thought it was bizarre.

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#222316

By trofaster - Tue Apr 24, 2007 7:05 am

- Tue Apr 24, 2007 7:05 am #222316

6.8 GB? thats nothing - according to my add/remove programs the plugin is 13.454 Gb....and you are right - who cares. But anyway - anyone higher?

#222327

By insomnia3d - Tue Apr 24, 2007 9:41 am

- Tue Apr 24, 2007 9:41 am #222327

826MB here,

#222328

By JDHill - Tue Apr 24, 2007 9:51 am

- Tue Apr 24, 2007 9:51 am #222328

You guys are all talking about the size reported in Add/Remove Programs, right? Don't pay any attention to it...this is a known bug/limitation of that utility...it rarely reports the correct size for an application.

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#222397

By d7mcfc - Tue Apr 24, 2007 7:34 pm

- Tue Apr 24, 2007 7:34 pm #222397

23.653.00MB !!!

#222425

By x_site - Tue Apr 24, 2007 11:45 pm

- Tue Apr 24, 2007 11:45 pm #222425

5,753.00MB WOW....

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#223531

By GM5 - Fri May 04, 2007 3:22 pm

- Fri May 04, 2007 3:22 pm #223531

Wow, 31,136.00MB here

#223544

By d7mcfc - Fri May 04, 2007 4:21 pm

- Fri May 04, 2007 4:21 pm #223544

Greg Montague wrote:Wow, 31,136.00MB here

Show Off!

#223546

By sandykoufax - Fri May 04, 2007 4:41 pm

- Fri May 04, 2007 4:41 pm #223546

We need screenshot!

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#223567

By def4d - Fri May 04, 2007 6:21 pm

- Fri May 04, 2007 6:21 pm #223567

i had 1.18Go before reinstalling it!

#223588

By Mihnea Balta - Fri May 04, 2007 8:45 pm

- Fri May 04, 2007 8:45 pm #223588

We didn't explicitly set the "installed size" for the add/remove programs utility, therefore Windows tries to guess. The results are what usually happens when Windows tries to guess something. :)

You may also get a weird icon there. That's because we didn't set an uninstall icon either, so the utility picks a (seemingly) random one from the other programs that you have installed. On my computer it shows up with the Firefox icon.

Both bugs are harmless, but we'll fix them in the next release.