chaos Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 Soooo.... I've been on Win7 for years. Been building my mod in 3DS 2011 for a good year and a halve now. System was overdue for a re-install and so I opted for Win10. Did the upgrade... everything seemed to work fine, including 3DS and my .max -files. I thought; 'what the hell... might as well make it a clean install' and chuck Win7 for good. And so I did... Win10 sits pretty on my laptop. Clean install and activated. Proceeded to re-install 3DS 2011. 3DS works well, no issues. Then I tried to open one of my .max files and all hell breaks loose... Upon starting 3DS I get a bunch of errors msg. -> [<...\2011\plugins\ArgBasedCtrl2.dlc> failed to initialize. Error code 126 - The specified module could not be found.] Same for "EDMaterialTool.dlc", "edAnimClipExporter.dle" and "EDMExp.dle". Clearly, ED plugins for 3DS did not install correctly even though it seemed to install just fine minutes before (I've tried to install the latest plugins from the ED FTP site). Indeed, no plugins can be found in 3DS (under the Utils. tab) and I _hope_ this is the source of my problem. When I open one of my .max files it shows up flat as a pancake in the viewports. Don't tell me that my work over the past 18 months is wasted... ;-) How to get these plugins to install correctly? "It's not the years, honey. It's the mileage..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Rudel- Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 Have you installed any of the patches for 2011? If not, give that try and install plug-in ver. 99504 If anything. Since you did a fresh install, make sure you have all the C++ Runtimes installed too. https://magnitude-3.com/ https://www.facebook.com/magnitude3llc https://www.youtube.com/@magnitude_3 i9 13900K, 128GB RAM, RTX 4090, Win10Pro, 2 x 2TB SSD i9 10980XE, 128GB RAM, RTX 3090Ti, Win10 Pro, 2 x 256GB SSD, 4 x 512GB SSD RAID 0, 6 x 4TB HDD RAID 6, 9361-8i RAID Controller i7 4960X, 64GB RAM, GTX Titan X Black, Win10 Pro, 512GB PCIe SSD, 2 x 256GB SSD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaos Posted August 19, 2015 Author Share Posted August 19, 2015 Thanks Rudel... Re: ED Plugins... the 'oldest' version I can find is 102667 from a fortnight ago... C++ runtimes could be an issue so I'll pursue that first. I'll report back with my findings.... "It's not the years, honey. It's the mileage..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkateZilla Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 make sure the plugins are in the correct folder. Windows 10 Pro, Ryzen 2700X @ 4.6Ghz, 32GB DDR4-3200 GSkill (F4-3200C16D-16GTZR x2), ASRock X470 Taichi Ultimate, XFX RX6800XT Merc 310 (RX-68XTALFD9) 3x ASUS VS248HP + Oculus HMD, Thrustmaster Warthog HOTAS + MFDs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaos Posted August 19, 2015 Author Share Posted August 19, 2015 I'm so embarrassed right now... it turns out Skate was right. After spending the whole day trying to line everything up correctly I failed to see the obvious. Time for me to stop tinkering with my laptop and get a good night's rest methinks. Thanks for the suggestions guys. I had this sinking feeling that all my work was lost... Phew... "It's not the years, honey. It's the mileage..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckybob9 Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 Fun Fact: That flat issue occurs when you have an animation assigned to a mesh that you added with the arg based controls. Any mesh without animation should appear fine. Glad its all working for you now. Nevada map contributer EDM Modeling tools FAQ: http://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=1418067&postcount=1 Seo libh a chairde is chanadh liom. Líonaigí'n oíche le greann is le spórt. Seo sláinte na gcarad atá imithe uainn. Mar cheo an tsléibhe uaine, iad imithe go deo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaos Posted August 21, 2015 Author Share Posted August 21, 2015 That (arg. based controller thingy) did cross my mind as well, however... the file I opened did not have any animation associated with it (or had at any point during its existence). I did experiment with it on another file in the past though... how does one make sure that nothing extra is left over that is not needed within the model right before exporting it to the Modelviewer/DCS? "It's not the years, honey. It's the mileage..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckybob9 Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 how does one make sure that nothing extra is left over that is not needed within the model right before exporting it to the Modelviewer/DCS? what do you mean by extra stuff left over? Nevada map contributer EDM Modeling tools FAQ: http://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=1418067&postcount=1 Seo libh a chairde is chanadh liom. Líonaigí'n oíche le greann is le spórt. Seo sláinte na gcarad atá imithe uainn. Mar cheo an tsléibhe uaine, iad imithe go deo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver_Dragon Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 Sorry to "resurrect" that post. I have the "flat issue" with my 3D models ships with open them on other computre, and I not sure how I need clean them to working properly with 3DS Max. Any help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joey45 Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 Is the plugins installed on the other computer? The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance. "Me, the 13th Duke of Wybourne, here on the ED forums at 3 'o' clock in the morning, with my reputation. Are they mad.." https://ko-fi.com/joey45 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver_Dragon Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 The problem has with loading my models on 3DS Max, not with export them.... :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joey45 Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 IF you don't have the plugins installed it will be flat. The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance. "Me, the 13th Duke of Wybourne, here on the ED forums at 3 'o' clock in the morning, with my reputation. Are they mad.." https://ko-fi.com/joey45 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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