OK I am seriously at a loss… I can’t get a displacement map from Z3.1 to work in Maya2008.
I’ve referenced and attempted renders using the tutorials or walkthroughs in the following threads
http://www.zbrushcentral.com/zbc/showthread.php?t=43264&page=1&pp=15
http://www.zbrushcentral.com/zbc/showthread.php?t=56061&page=1&pp=15
http://www.zbrushcentral.com/zbc/showthread.php?t=025542
http://www.zbrushcentral.com/zbc/showthread.php?t=22176
http://www.zbrushcentral.com/zbc/showthread.php?p=423353&posted=1#post423353
But to start off with… why are none of my DE3 maps readable by maya? I export using the DE-LBEK-EAEAEA-R32 settings which gives me the tif. This is unreadable by maya
// Error: Image conversion (to IFF) failed //
// Warning: Failed to open texture file D:/PixelLogic/ZBrush3/ZTools/Zbrush Models/Displacement Test/Color_Mantis+R32 .tif //
I’ve attempted to convert this into a map file using the convert batch file from this thread http://www.zbrushcentral.com/zbc/showthread.php?t=43264&page=1&pp=15
This allows the map to load in maya but shows the default file icon rather then a gray image. The render appears to show no displacement at all.
I’ve got the Window>Settings and Preferences>Rendering Use maya style alpha detection box checked.
On the model I have tried with feature displacement turned on and off
I have attempted to use the script posted here http://www.zbrushcentral.com/zbc/showthread.php?t=56061&page=1&pp=15
But maya2008 dosen’t seem to like it
It errors out in the first line
Error: (‘invalid syntax’, (’<maya console>’, 2, 2, '//COPY THE SCRIPT FROM HERE
'))
File “<maya console>”, line 1
//COPY THE SCRIPT FROM HERE
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
In all renders I get no evidence of a displacement map.
In 1 render I managed to achieve floating polygons on the model but not what I want to see.
Maybe I need it written in crayon 
But this is seriously preventing me from getting anything finished since I am unable to get them out of zbrush.
Is there an obscure setting somewhere I am missing thats not mentioned in any of the threads posted above?
Screenshots of windows or settings can be made if requested
Update:
I discovered I didn’t have the tiffloatloader plugin loaded and the DE3 exported tiff now seems to load but now when i try t render I get an error in the script window
// Error: Fatal (mental ray) : mental ray encountered a fatal error. The system may have become unstable. Please save the scene and exit Maya. //
And in the output window…
mental ray: got 8 satellite CPUs.
mental ray: out of memory
mental ray: out of memory
mental ray: out of memory
mental ray: out of memory
mental ray: out of memory
mental ray: out of memory
MEM 0.3 fatal 031008: can’t allocate 268568068 bytes.
MEM 0.3 fatal 031008: can’t allocate 268568068 bytes.
Does this plugin need to be turned on for maya to read the DE3 exports?