Exporting Objects from Gmax to PB - old & new

[Julia Foest]

Dear all,

having a new PB Exporter for Gmax (downloadable here: ) and a new PB Native Vers. 4.5 File caused some confusion about how to export an object from Gmax to Pandoras Box Vers. 4.1 and Vers. 4.5.

Please have a look at the attached image, I hope this helps to understand how it works.

Best regards,
Julia

[Patrick Verhey]

Hi,

for some reason the link to the GMAX Exporter got lost. So here it is again: viewtopic.php?f=61&t=497

regards

Patrick

[kimlg]

Hello,

I am a little confused by the process. I have imported the files to the correct location and have found the script under utilities.

Do I export an X file the same way?

Export selected
flightism scenery object
Select Save x file and no compile

Thanks for your help,

Kim

[Julia Foest]

Hi Kim,

no, you don´t use the command File--> export selected any more.
When you are under Utilitis - Max scripts, you see on the bottom the Pandoras Box Exporter.

gmax_exp1.jpg

If you now click on the list and choose Pandoras Box exporter again, below the list you will get the export option.

gmax_exp2.jpg

After you clicked Export, a Dialog opens and says that you now should run the Pandoras Box Exporter (PB GMAX X File Exporter.exe) that you downloaded.
Choose a file location and your x-file will be created there.

Best regards,
Julia

[florian]

Hello,

I do not understand what is meant by "Change Plane Size to 16x12 units". I am noticing that the default object fills more than the screen. Could the documentation for this procedure be expanded a bit? A step by step guide would simplify working with this new procedure significantly.

Thank you.

[kimlg]

Thank you for your help Julia,

I have found where to export the files from but I am experiencing a couple of errors now.

First is when I boot Gmax, I get a Type Error. It says the following - Call needs function or clues, got:free
Second is when I try to export, I get a runtime error which says - Feature not available, "CreateFile"

Thank you for your help,

Kim

[Julia Foest]

Hi,

@Kim:
did you get these error messages since you added the Pandoras Box Exporter? Or also in the time before?
If you didn´t have it before - did you remove some files from the gmax root directory?

@Florian:
I will write a step-by-step guide and also create a new PB Native File for using the Pandoras Box Exporter in the next days. Hopefully this will help to better understand whats happening..

Best regards,
Julia

[kimlg]

Hi Julia,

I only started seeing the errors after I added the Pandoras box exporter files to Gmax. I havent deleted any files from the Gmax directory either.

Thanks for your help

[Julia Foest]

Hi Kim,
to be sure, you just copied the .ms file to Gmax_rootdir/Scripts/startup, and did nothing more?
Which gmax version do you use? Vers. 1.2? If not, please update to this version.

As I right now do not know what could have caused these errors, here two steps I would test out:
1. if you remove the added .ms file from the gmax directory, will also the errors disappear? If yes, maybe some drivers for the exporter are missing. I have to figure out if something special has to be installed on the system.
2. if not - maybe a reinstallation of gmax could help.

Sorry if this is not the best help..

Best regards,
Julia

[kimlg]

Hi Julia,

I removed all of the new files and the error did not appear. I added them back in 1 by 1 and found the error only popped up when the FullscreenExpertOFF.ms file was added. I removed the FullscreenExpertOn.ms file and left the FullscreenExpertOFF.ms in to see if there error was because of a conflict between the two files but the error still showed up. I have not reinstalled the FullscreenExpertOFF.ms file.

We are running version 1.2 of Gmax. I have reinstalled Gmax and I am still receiving the error message - Runtime error: Feature not available: "createFile".

Thanks for your help

Kim

[Julia Foest]

Hi Kim,

now I know what`s wrong!
You downloaded the exporter files for 3ds Max, not for gmax! Please remove all files that you added to your gmax root directory. Download these exporter files (viewtopic.php?f=61&t=497) and follow the instructions. Then it should work

Best regards,
Julia

[kimlg]

Hi Julia,

Thank you for your help, I have installed the correct files and have had success in exporting the x files.

The link which Patrick posted sends you tot he 3ds x file exporter, which is where I went wrong.

Thanks again for your help,

Kim

[Julia Foest]

Hi Kim,

ups, sorry for the wrong linking, I will change this immediately. Thanks for telling us!

Best regards,
Julia

[harashin]

Hi Julia

>@Florian:
>I will write a step-by-step guide and also create a new PB Native File for using the Pandoras Box Exporter in the next days. Hopefully this will help to better >understand whats happening..

Have you created the instruction yet?

Thanks

[Julia Foest]

Here you will find the tutorial: viewtopic.php?f=2&t=576.

Best regards,
Julia