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This is so embarassing ... the video tutorial guy can't get his own system to work.

I have a new computer (running Win XP SP3). I wanted to do a fresh install of 3D Max and the Plasma Plugin. Now after following all the tutorials (including my own ) I just can't get it to work.

I get the "<C:\3dsmax7\plugins\PlasmaMax.gup> failed to initialize. Error code: 126" error.
To my knowledge this means that I am missing some DLL files. Of course I've copied all the files that I found in URU's installation folder. So something else must be missing.

What about the files
Nx*.dll
PhysXLoader.dll

They are mentioned in the Wiki as being important to the plugin but I can't find them in the URU folder nor on my computer. Do I really need those? If so, where do I get them?

Please help me get this thing set up correctly

SHORT UPDATE: I've found PhysXLoader.dll in the installation folder of my graphics card driver. I copied it into Max's main directory. Also I found some files called NxCooking.dll which I also copied. Still I get the same error message and can't use the plugin.

You can get those files from MOULa itself. It will download them on startup. Having the right versions of those DLLs is pretty important as well, so it's quite possible that PlasmaMAX doesn't like the ones you got from your video card driver.

Thanks a lot Tsar! Using the dll files that come with MOULa worked perfectly.