Cannot load the new FBX plugins - help!

[robinb]

It looks like you haven't removed the old fbx plugin. If it has a different name (or is in a different folder) then it will try to load both and fail. This is what the error means. Looks through the 'plugins' and 'stdplugs' folders for another file that has the string 'fbx' in it and remove it. Back it up somewhere else of course in case the new one doesn't work.

[southparx]

hello robinb,

i have actually already done exactly what you written there, but still it failed to load / deferred (in the plugins manager)

there's an install note saying i have to create a max script to autoload the new version.

it's confusign since i am not a max user :shrug:

[robinb]

I installed a new version recently and I don't remember having to do anything in particular to get that one working. Just dropped the fbxmaxexp.dle and fbxmaximp.dli into the plugins folder (after removing the old ones).

I just had a look in the zip and yes there is something to autoload the plugins, but you shouldn't need that, it's only for running max in batch mode. max plugins are actually dead easy to install, you just drop them in the plugin folder and run max. You should be good to go.

Deffered in the plugin manager is fine, it just means the plugin gets read when you actually use it. Go to the File>import option and you should find the FBX option there.

Or do you mean there's actually an error when you try and read an fbx file? it could be another problem.

[southparx]

hehe

Just dropped the fbxmaxexp.dle and fbxmaximp.dli into the plugins folder (after removing the old ones). ----> this actually WORKS!

foolish me, i didnt remove the older ones - hence the duplicate error message i'm getting

thanks a lot robinb for your kind help,

cheers and have a nice day

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