Maya 2008 Mac crashes when exporting DSQ animations
by Rubes · in Artist Corner · 06/16/2008 (10:52 pm) · 7 replies
I'm relatively new to Maya 2008 on the Mac and DSQ exporting. I have a character model loaded into Maya, but I can't get a simple animation to export to DSQ format.
I've loaded up the Mac Maya2DTS exporter according to the instructions, and the model hierarchy appears to be set up correctly for export. I created a CFG file and the model exports to DTS format just fine, and loads corectly in ShowTool.
Next I added a simple two keyframe animation to the model that involves only one joint, so it basically just bends forward in a 30-frame animation. I followed Danny Ngan's excellent tutorials, added a sequence node, and tried exporting the sequence to a DSQ file.
While exporting, the animation plays back in the view panel, but when it reaches the very end Maya crashes hard, requiring a Force Quit. I've tried this numerous times, recreating the file and its animation, but it always crashes right at the end of the animation during the export process.
Any ideas why this might be happening? Are others able to export DSQs with Maya 2008 on the Mac?
I've loaded up the Mac Maya2DTS exporter according to the instructions, and the model hierarchy appears to be set up correctly for export. I created a CFG file and the model exports to DTS format just fine, and loads corectly in ShowTool.
Next I added a simple two keyframe animation to the model that involves only one joint, so it basically just bends forward in a 30-frame animation. I followed Danny Ngan's excellent tutorials, added a sequence node, and tried exporting the sequence to a DSQ file.
While exporting, the animation plays back in the view panel, but when it reaches the very end Maya crashes hard, requiring a Force Quit. I've tried this numerous times, recreating the file and its animation, but it always crashes right at the end of the animation during the export process.
Any ideas why this might be happening? Are others able to export DSQs with Maya 2008 on the Mac?
#2
mine is crashing when i do export.
08/14/2008 (10:17 pm)
Rubes ? is ur export working with Maya 2008 exporter ?mine is crashing when i do export.
#3
08/15/2008 (8:04 pm)
Not on the Mac. I can export fine on Windows, but the Mac exporter is bugged.
#4
do u hv any idea y this happening. or can u let me know the procedure for installing this properly and getting it 2 work.
thnkx in advance.
08/17/2008 (7:43 pm)
On windows. am running Maya 2008. I installed the exporter properly. but when i do Export Shape or any export. it crashes. But if i do export-> OBJ (with the exporter) this one works.do u hv any idea y this happening. or can u let me know the procedure for installing this properly and getting it 2 work.
thnkx in advance.
#5
i get this error: dtsScene.cfg not found. where is this file to be kept.
08/17/2008 (7:47 pm)
Do u have any idea what is this file ? dtsScene.cfg i get this error: dtsScene.cfg not found. where is this file to be kept.
#6
Plus, make sure you have the right version of the exporter.
08/17/2008 (7:48 pm)
I followed the instructions on Danny Ngan's web site, and it works fine for me. The instructions are a bit old and refer to previous versions of the exporter, but everything still applied with Maya 2008. I would recommend just doing exactly what is in the instructions there.Plus, make sure you have the right version of the exporter.
Torque 3D Owner Rubes
I don't know much about the exporter, though. Is there anyone with Maya 2008 Mac experience who could look at the exporter code and figure out what's wrong with it?