Error: "More than one bounds node found"

#1 Call it a hunch, but I'm guessing you have more than one bounds node. ;-)

#2 What my good friend James means (hi Def =O) ) is that you have 2 or more boxes named bounds. To correctly export you need just 1 box named bounds which will cover the whole model, so your model should fit inside the bounds box. Please make sure it stay's in the box when you have done animations.

#3 I looked at the list of objects in the file but there was only one thing called Bounds. I tried renaming it to Bounds2 but still the same error as before...

#4 Could you paste/screenshot your Max hierarchy here?

#5 Oh, since it doesn't show the indentions, I put these > to represent spaces at the beginning of the line.


Bounds
Damage
Shape
>>Collision-1
>>Detail2
>>Detail6
>>Detail10
>>Detail25
>>Detail50
>>Detail100
>>LOS-9
>>Start
>>>>[Vehicle Body]
>>>>Col-1
>>>>Contrail_0
>>>>Contrail_1
>>>>Contrail_2
>>>>Contrail_3
>>>>Eye
>>>>Headlight_node01
>>>>Headlight_node02
>>>>Jetnozzle0
>>>>LOScol-9
>>>>Mass
>>>>Mount0
>>>>Mount1
>>>>Mount2
>>>>Mount3
>>>>Mount4
>>>>Smoke_node01
>>>>Smoke_node02
>>>>Smoke_node03

#6 Are you using groups? If you are, try getting rid of the group.

#7 Still got the same problem. It just started happening. One day I was able to export things and then the next, I got that error. It was kind of strange and unexpected.

#8 What is that damage thing, Is that a node or a mesh, sequence node maybe???

#9 I think it is a node but even before I put that in, it still would give me the error.

#10 Anyone know what the problem is?

#11 Sorry no not from what you are telling us if you could send me the model i will look into it for you and see if i can fix it.

#12 I uploaded it in .zip format here: File

or if that didn't work, copy and paste this:
http://mugzzzy.topcities.com/maxfiles/vehicle_air_hapc2_detail.zip

#13 Does that help you?

#14 I downloaded the file and you have several bounding boxes in the scene (I counted 3).

You can only have one.

#15 really? Well I'll take another look...


OK I just deleted the two things that I think you were talking about, tried to export it again, and I had no luck. Still the same error :( But I uploaded the changed version just so maybe someone can try again. Here is the link again: http://mugzzzy.topcities.com/maxfiles/vehicle_air_hapc2_detail.zip

#16 Try 'Unhide All"

Delete the other 2 objects with "bounds" in the name.

#17 he he the maliciuos Hide, "closely related to Jekyl"
claims another victim...

do you mind if i have a look at your model as well, i would like to see how vehicles work...?

I wont copy any of it just interested....

#18 Well, now I am getting this error lol: "Too many subtrees: t2Autodetail only works with single subtree objects"

So since I'm not extremely familiar with 3d-s-max, how do I get rid of some of those subtrees?

I'm assuming that you were right and that bounds node problem is now fixed. :D

#19 the subtrees error means you are linking objects to more than one subtree, in other words more than one object, the exporter is unable to export this, also the bounds error is due to two bounds boxes on a single model, it is probably hiden or frozen

#20 Mugz,

There are so many problems with that file that will keep it from exporting that I honestly don't have the time to answer the hundred or so questions you will need answered in order to get it to export.

The file you uploaded is three shapes in one. It appears that several vehicle files were merged into one MAX scene. You need to clean it up and get it down to one model before it will even get close to exporting.

There are multiple bounding boxes, multiple Collision markers, multiple LOSCol markers, and it appears many of them have become renamed (incorrectly) in the merging process and will prevent your file from exporting.

You can prevent the T2 Autodetail error by commenting out that line in the .CFG file that is in the same directory as your max file.

I do not mean to be rude, but I cannot spend the time helping you anymore. Please try to learn a little bit more about the basic functionality of MAX and read some of the old posts on exporting DTS shapes, as they will answer the majority of the questions you most probably will have.

Good luck.