Updated 3ds Max Tools Posted - NEW 1.2 BETA

noob24 · Post by **noob24** » Tue Jun 28, 2011 12:15 pm

yeah thanks ive tried again and this time all works ok must have missed out a step only thing is now i have 4 "aces tools" menus

edit: solved via customise menu simply deleting the extra entries problem fixed

Stu Austin · Post by **Stu Austin** » Tue Jun 28, 2011 2:48 pm

Thanks for the updates!

Installed updates.

Max 2009 has no errors at startup.

Max 2011 has no errors at startup.

Max 2012 has no errors at startup.

Checked Aces tools. They are coming up. Will study and continue to learn (still new at doing things for FSX).

Legacy Support · Post by **Legacy Support** » Wed Jun 29, 2011 9:38 am

Nice. Thanks Rich.

Andras · Post by **Andras** » Fri Jul 01, 2011 11:10 am

Yes the new updated SDK tools seem to work fine, apart from the memory-leak issue that has been mentioned. Larger models just can not be exported.

Hope to get an updated version soon.

Question: are there any plans to support the 64 bit 3dsMax versions, or it is just a dream of some of us?

Andras

FSMP · Post by **FSMP** » Fri Jul 01, 2011 7:58 pm

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Quote from Andras on July 1, 2011, 11:10

Question: are there any plans to support the 64 bit 3dsMax versions, or it is just a dream of some of us?

Andras

When in a 32 bit world, one can always dream of 64 bits

Post by **Beau Hollis** » Wed Jul 06, 2011 9:40 am

It appears there are some low-level routines in the tools that don't play nicely with 64 bit, so a simple recompile won't suffice. We are focusing on all 32-bit bugs for now and will evaluate the complexity of a 64 bit upgrade once the 32-bit tools are stable.

Thanks,

Beau

SkySoft · Post by **SkySoft** » Fri Jul 08, 2011 6:18 am

Hi

I have 3DS Max 2011 32 bit working on Win 7 64bit and everything seems to work until I try to export the model.

It tells me : " You don't have a undefined directory for me to export to! " and it doesn't export anything ....

I know that the directory where the programs are is not "program files" anymore but "program files (x86)". COuld it be the problem??

Any idea what could be the solution

Tks

Skysoft

GeoVent · Post by **GeoVent** » Mon Jul 11, 2011 10:56 pm

Where can I find information on how to install plugins to 3ds 2012. I have tried t add in the plugins but I keep getting errors.

The latest update doesn't seem to have been updated enough. ......Very frustrating.

Post by **Michael Shippy** » Tue Jul 19, 2011 2:22 pm

Hello all!

I recently installed Prepar3D and was in the process of getting 3DS Max Design 2009 (Max) set up to produce models that can be used in the simulator. Following the instructions in the SDK Learning Center, I set up a User Path to point to the Prepar3D SDK Plugins folder, then shut down Max.

When I relaunched Max a couple minutes later, I received the following error:

Code:
DLL <C:\Program Files\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D SDK 1.1.2771.0\Environment Kit\Modeling SDK\3DSM2009\Plugins\FSModelExp.dle> doesn't implement the following functions:
LibVersion
LibDescription
LibNumberClasses
LibClassDesc

That error box repeated three more times, then Max finally opened. No new menu options were available (the Learning Center said a new option called "Aces Tools" should appear). I removed the User Path and the errors went away.

I was directed by Beau to download the new beta tools and tried the install again. The same error as above still appears four times when I start Max, but now the ACES Tools and ACES Documentation are present and appear to be working. However, I would prefer to not have four error messages pop up every time I open Max. Any suggestions to solve this?

Thanks in advance!

Post by **Michael Shippy** » Fri Jul 22, 2011 9:06 am

The problem was that the install set up two sets of DLE and GUP files in my 3DSM2009 folder.

You should have these three files:

Max2009_FSModelExp.dle

Max2009_MaxUtils.gup

Max2009_MaxXML.gup

...but not these three files:

FSModelExp.dle

MaxUtils.gup

MaxXML.gup

Many thanks to Orsor for the fix!

dredmond · Post by **dredmond** » Wed Aug 24, 2011 6:10 pm

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Quote from noob24 on June 28, 2011, 09:13

i have 3dsmax 2012 student version licence is this supported with the new update?

i can see the aces tools menu in main menu bar but if i try to open any of them i get a max script mesage saying

" this tool is currantly not supported"

exactly the same issue for max 2011 too

When we hit that error, it turned out that some of the tools were attempting to write some sort of temp data to the c: root - run the application as administrator, and it may clear up...

dredmond · Post by **dredmond** » Wed Aug 24, 2011 6:22 pm

We are using Max 2012, and most of the tools seem to work fine. However, when using the material editor, the "Flight Simulator Exended Params" tab mentioned in the documentation does not seem to show up. Is there a trick to sctivating it in a new scene?

Thank you for any thoughts!

--- SOLVED: had the wrong shader selected; we were using the DirectX, should have been the FlightSimX shader.---

Mat_P · Post by **Mat_P** » Tue Sep 27, 2011 5:03 am

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Quote from Orswell on June 27, 2011, 11:47

Hey community I have one note to add:

I'm currently aware of a memory issue which is causing an unknown system exception in the XportModelRollout.ms when exporting very complex models. We are working on fixing this for the official release!

I take it it's not been fixed with the current 1.2.3253.0 SDK release?

virtuali · Post by **virtuali** » Tue Sep 27, 2011 9:25 am

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I take it it's not been fixed with the current 1.2.3253.0 SDK release?

I'm afraid it hasn't, the exporter still crashes when exporting larger models (not *that* large, like 20k polygons or so), tried both in Max 2011 and Max2012. The old FSX exporter under Max2008 can export the same files without problems.

Mat_P · Post by **Mat_P** » Tue Sep 27, 2011 1:44 pm

I can export a 60k triangles mesh but no go with anything beyond 100k or so.