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#32

HI guys I am having trouble Loading the Pelt plugin for Maya 7.0

i put the plugins in the D:/Program Files/Alias/Maya7.0/bin/plug-ins/")

and also the Icons folder inside the D:/Program Files/Alias/Maya7.0/icons

& i put the scripts in the D:/Program Files/Alias/Maya7.0/scripts folder am i missing somthing??
Below are the instillation notes. yes it’s looks straight forward but i cant seem to get them loaded. Yes i go to plugin manager and load from there. i would realy love to get this plugin working so all /any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance

1 thing i do see is a Peltsetup.mll but i cant seem to load it, so where am i supposed to put this file??? also i dont have a “prefs” folder in my main instillation directory but i do have the icon folder there, so no pref folder with a icon folder inside???

instilation notes

  1. Place scripts in your maya/x.x/scripts dir

  2. Place icon folder in your maya/x.x/prefs/icons dir

  3. Place plugins in your plugin path (ex.: “C:/Program Files/Alias/MayaX.X/bin/plug-ins/”)

  4. In the Script Editor, type: rehash;
    source peltingToolsSetup.mel;
    peltingToolsSetup;

  5. This will create a shelf icon in your current shelf.

#33

I finally got it sorted, i actually had to put the scripts inside the bonus tools scripts directory, This doesnt actually follow the directions for PC but instead it was the install notes for the MAC . Anyways it seemed to work so i will just stick with it lol

I was pulling my hair out there for a while. I spend so many hours trying to unwrap so this will hopefully be a god send.

Thanks for this great script. :smiley:

#34

:cry: sorry but I downloaded the zip file.twice.but it didna work.u know.I extracted it and started to watch it .but no video available.it’s a mov file and I tried to watch it with quick time, real player and etc. but still no video.it has a white bg with the voice but the video not available.can u tell me hoe should I open the video file?

#35

Maybe try vlc player. But the real problem is that u need new codecs

#36

:smiley: thank u.well done.nice tut.and thank u for the advice

#37

Thanks for the kind coments. I encoded the video with Apple’s H264 encoder, but anyone with Quicktime 7 should be able to play it.

Hope it helps

Sincerely

Edwin Sumalave

#38

I cant thank you enough. For all the video’s I have watched on the subject yours was so direct and to the point and worked so good.

Thanks man

Huge props.

#39

That was a first rate vid I learned a lot.I feel less scared by zbrush now and starting to enjoy using it.I am waiting for UT2007 to come out and would love to make a model for it having made a few for ut2004.For ages I have been putting off using zbrush as I got to grips with maya but no more.
Thanks for clearing the fog away.:smiley:

#40

Thanks for sharing :slight_smile:

#41

Thanks man! Cant wait to watch…

#42

so ive watched the video tutorial in this thread, and i cant seem to get maya to load my displacement map.

heres the steps ive done, please tell me if im missing anything:

  1. model low poly base mesh in maya
  2. UV in maya
  3. save off as .obj, and open in zbrush
  4. divide mesh 5 levels within zbrush
  5. modify using standard brushes,etc
  6. go down to 1st level of subdivide and run displacement plugin in zbrush
  7. save displacement map out
  8. open low poly model in maya
  9. create blinn material, apply it to mesh
  10. choose a file node and attach it to blinn material , selecting ‘displacement map’ option
  11. double click the file node and find my displacement map saved from zbrush plugin
  12. get an error message saying maya cant find my displacement map file

any suggestions?:confused:

#43

nevermind - i just didnt set the bit depth correctly. i set it to 16bit and it loaded fine. (it was at 32 before)

#44

ok now im having a problem with the mental ray rendering… heres a pic of the prob.

so, the top middle is the mesh in maya after subdiving (as shown in video), and the mesh to the right is the zbrush tool at higheset subdivide.
obviously the mesh to left is the mental ray rendering.

heres a copy of the error message i got…

// Error: (Mayatomr) : mental ray has stopped with errors, see the log //
// Info (Mayatomr): Aborted //
// Error: (mental ray) : …/Desktop/PROJECTS/3D Art/displacement_map1001-D32.tif: file format subtype or version not supported //

#45

can anyone please help me?

heres what happens when i switch to ‘Maya Software’ render…

#46

Did you convert your Disp map to a RGB file? ZBrush makes it as a GreyScale image, and you have to convert it in Photoshop (or another App).

#47

yes ive tried that as well. honestly i dont know what to do anymore. ive looked at just about every single thread/tutorial i could find on this issue for the past few weeks and nothing i try is giving me proper results.

out of desperation, im going to put up the files (.obj, and the .tiff file) and see if anyone can get the proper results within maya.
if someone can - can they PLEASE post their steps and settings used??

http://www.thehighsaints.com/displace_test

#48

Hi OrangeGhost,

I would like to apologize for the really, really, really, late reply. Sincerely I lost track of the forum thread and missed your post. I hope that you have had luck figuring out that problem. If not try the following:

-Mental ray seem to work more efficiently and faster with .map files. So you can do this by converting your files into .tif and then dragging and
dropping the .tif file into the attached .bat and it will generate a .map
file next to it.

Hope it helps

Sincerely,

Edwin Andres Sumalave
www.edwin3design.com
[email protected]

#49

very happy for your work

thanks a lot

#50

OrgoneGhost, make sure that you also set the Alpha Gain, and Alpha Offset to a value of 2.2 and -1.1 (if youre using a 32-bit displacement map)…

#51

hi,i just followed everything in the tutorial but when i do the rendering with maya mental ray my model trasform in someting terrible!!! as you can see…!!!

any help??? may be the displacement map file from zbrush is not good??? i have attached the disl. file…

thanks a lot!!!
prova displ[1]..jpg