Installation issues

Deprecated Ember Bug Reports
1

Can’t get latest build to work.
Max 2012, Win7 x64.

From plugin.ini:

[Help] FumeFX=C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2012\help\FumeFX.chm mental ray Help=http://www.autodesk.com/mentalray-help-2012-enu [Directories] AfterworksCommon=C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2012\plugins\Afterworks\Common FumeFX=C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2012\plugins\Afterworks\FumeFX AfterworksCommon=C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2012\plugins\afterworks\common AfterworksOptional=C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2012\plugins\Afterworks\Optional Civil View Plugins=C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2012\CivilViewPlugins Frost=C:\Program Files (x86)\Thinkbox\FrostMX\3dsMax2012\x64 Ember=C:\Program Files\Thinkbox\Ember\ReleaseMax2012_x64\ Krakatoa=C:\Program Files\Thinkbox\Krakatoa MX\3dsMax2012\ Stoke MX=C:\Program Files\Thinkbox\Stoke MX\3dsMax2012\ ThinkboxSchematicControl=C:\Program Files\Thinkbox\Schematic Control\3dsMax2012\ Helium=C:\Program Files (x86)\Thinkbox\Krakatoa\3dsMax2010\x64\Helium

When I remove last line it gives me information about Helium not installed properly.
When I leave it, I get lot’s of error messages starting up Max:
"–No "invalTrack"function for ThinkboxSchematicControl
An unknown error occured while MaxScript was performing garbage collection. If you get this error multiple times recommend restarting Max.

I don’t have Helium in Krakatoa folder in Program files (x64).
In x86 folder I only have Max2010 folder, so that’s where I pointed Helium (actually i believe it was already in my plugin.ini).

2

Right now, the Ember build posted only works reliably in 2013.
We will have to release an updated build to fix this.
I don’t even remember what version of Helium was needed by that Ember build, our internal one has the Helium code integrated in the Ember DLL.

3

Already figured out the plugin issue. Wrong path.
And needed to remove that Helium=

4

It does not mean that it will work though :slight_smile:
Be prepared for surprises, we really developed it in 2013 and never tested in earlier versions.

5

Looks good so far.
That’s a killing combo - Stoke + Ember.
Not to mention coolness of Frost added at the end of the chain.
I want to do my film from scratch :smiley:
Actually, I’ll convert myself into doing another.