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I can't seem to get the plasma plugins to work with 3ds Max 2012. I downloaded them from OpenUru.org and put them in my "C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2012\stdplug\" folder, but whenever I open 3ds Max, it gives me a plugin initialization error that says "DLL <C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2012\stdplug\MaxPlasmaLights.dlo> failed to initialize. Error code 193 - %1 is not a valid Win32 application." Is there a newer version of this plugin I can get somewhere? Can I compile the sources myself (I am an avid programmer)?

The first problem is that you've tried to use the OpenURU.org binary. That will only work with 3ds Max 7 and 8 because Cyan hasn't updated their 3ds Max installs in a very long time. You should try compiling the 3ds Max plugin source code in the GoW Fork of CWE. I updated the code to play somewhat nicely with 3ds Max 2011--I've not tested it with the 2012 SDK however. You'll want to use the 32-bit version of Max--CWE will probably not work so well in 64 bit.

I compiled all of the sources, where do I find the 3ds Max plugin files? Are those in a separate source fork?

./Sources/Tools/

Hmm...it looks like something didn't compile right. The only things in Sources/Tools are the CMake files. I'll go see if I missed a project to compile in VS.

EDIT: I can't find anything else in the VS Solution, and I followed the video tutorial exactly, so I don't know what went wrong. Maybe I missed a step while configuring CMake?

bump.

Please, don't bump after just five hours of silence. We are not a support hotline.

The tutorial in the wiki will only get you the actual MOULa client, not the 3ds Max plugin. I could not find any documentation on the additionally required steps, but cmake definitely has to know the path to the SDK somehow.

You need to set the path your 3ds Max install in cmake (assuming maxsdk is a subdirectory thereof). You will also need to enable 3dsm_BUILD_PLUGIN.

Also:

diafero wrote:Please, don't bump after just five hours of silence. We are not a support hotline.