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Re: Maya 2009 error: Too many children in layout, bad tab na

2011-12-21T11:44:03+00:00

The latest trunk for Dynamica now checks for MAYA_APP_DIR in the NSIS installer.
(so the future Dynamica releases use it)

Using 7zip manually is a good tip though,
Thanks!
Erwin

Statistics: Posted by Erwin Coumans — Wed Dec 21, 2011 11:44 am

Re: Maya 2009 error: Too many children in layout, bad tab na

2011-10-27T19:10:58+00:00

I tried to unpack installer using WinRAR before. But WinRAR didn't allow to open installer as archive.
Just tried to open it using 7zip and yes, it can unpack istaller as simple archive.
Thanks!

Statistics: Posted by DRL — Thu Oct 27, 2011 7:10 pm

Re: Maya 2009 error: Too many children in layout, bad tab na

2011-10-27T17:42:46+00:00

The installers are in fact archives - decompress and distribute as needed!

Statistics: Posted by mBakr — Thu Oct 27, 2011 5:42 pm

Re: Maya 2009 error: Too many children in layout, bad tab na

2011-10-22T11:01:01+00:00

Sorry for replying only now. I've been too busy during the week.

Yes, installer does create module file under C:\Users\\Documents\maya\modules\ folder.
But since I have "MAYA_APP_DIR" env var set, this file has no effect, because default C:\Users\\Documents\maya\ folder is no longer in use.
You may update installer, making it to test whether "MAYA_APP_DIR" is set. And if so then use path defined in this env var instead of default one.

Also, it would be nice if newer versions of Dynamica will be published in 2 variants: as executable installer and as simple rar/zip/7z archive with manual installation instructions. AFAIK, many maya users like to keep their mayaSettings folder nice and clean, with all possible plugins installed right inside it. So that they can easily copy this folder to another computer and they have their maya there.
For example, I'm using this technique in combination with Dropbox service. So my MayaSettings folder is located here: C:\Dropbox\Public\Maya_settings\ (keeping it inside Public folder allows me to share my scripts easily). And I've added one extra subfolder where I copy all the plug-ins. It's named 0-addons and obviously is located here: C:\Dropbox\Public\Maya_settings\0-addons\. Each plugin has it's own subfolder inside it. So, for example, Dynamica is copied into C:\Dropbox\Public\Maya_settings\0-addons\Dynamica\

Statistics: Posted by DRL — Sat Oct 22, 2011 11:01 am

Re: Maya 2009 error: Too many children in layout, bad tab na

2011-10-18T19:55:53+00:00

I've got "MAYA_APP_DIR" environment variable set, which allows me to move mayaPrefs folder to the custom path. Maybe that's where problem comes from. But installer should take this env variable into account because it's pretty used. I personally know a lot of maya users (every maya user I know, actually), who use this env var to place mayaPrefs folder to the other directory/disk.

I'll test reinstallation of Dynamica under my new (reinstalled and clean) OS tomorrow.

Statistics: Posted by DRL — Tue Oct 18, 2011 7:55 pm

Re: Maya 2009 error: Too many children in layout, bad tab na

2011-10-18T19:45:42+00:00

the installer does use module files which are config'd based on chosen install dir...not sure why this is not working for you. My test installs (run straight from the downloadable installers) of Dynamica 2.78 for Maya 2008/2009/2010/2011/2012 look like this:

winXPx32:
C:\Documents and Settings\\My Documents\maya\modules\BulletDynamica.6_module
it contains: + BulletDynamica2.78 1.0 C:\Program Files\DynamicaBullet2.78

win7x64:
C:\Users\\Documents\maya\modules\BulletDynamica.6_module
it contains: + BulletDynamica2.78 1.0 C:\Program Files\DynamicaBullet2.78

perhaps it's a win7 path/permissions issue on your end?

Statistics: Posted by mBakr — Tue Oct 18, 2011 7:45 pm

Re: Maya 2009 error: Too many children in layout, bad tab na

2011-10-14T09:16:33+00:00

Installer doesn't tell to maya anything about plugin. So maya doesn't know that Dynamica is installed.
Installer should either:

Create a ".module" file (say, "Dynamica.module") in "modules" directory (which is located inside maya installation dir, or "mayaPrefs" dir, or "mayaPrefs/mayaVersion" dir). And write to the created file a text about where the module is installed. Text's format I showed in previous posts (without <>, of course):
Code:
```
+ Dynamica  
```
add Dynamica's installation path to the "MAYA_MODULE_PATH" environment variable
add the same env variable to the "Maya.env" file which is located inside "mayaPrefs/mayaVersion" dir.

When I installed Dynamica, it didn't do anything of listed above. So I had to manually add ".module" file in my "mayaPrefs/modules" dir (I personally prefer this way of adding modules into Maya).

Statistics: Posted by DRL — Fri Oct 14, 2011 9:16 am

Re: Maya 2009 error: Too many children in layout, bad tab na

2011-10-13T20:00:37+00:00

what is the issue with the module? it points to the wrong dir? can you attach it here?

Statistics: Posted by mBakr — Thu Oct 13, 2011 8:00 pm

Re: Maya 2009 error: Too many children in layout, bad tab na

2011-10-13T18:25:14+00:00

Thanks a lot! It helped.
I can finally play with dynamica.

Also, you could take a look at the installer itself. Because I don't think that a lot of maya users can find installation problem by themself and fix it by manually adding "module" file or modifying environment variable.

Statistics: Posted by DRL — Thu Oct 13, 2011 6:25 pm

Re: Maya 2009 error: Too many children in layout, bad tab na

2011-10-13T16:28:47+00:00

I was able to reproduce and resolve the problem. overwrite the installed script file "dynamicaUI.mel" with the version attached here. Find it under /DynamicaBullet2.78/scripts/.

If it works, I will update the code base.

Thanks.

dynamicaUI.zip

Statistics: Posted by mBakr — Thu Oct 13, 2011 4:28 pm