Can't get the Bonus Tools to work.

[rock]

I have the same problem with Maya 5. All the BonusTool 5.0 plugins are presented in the Plugin manager, but when you choose to load it, none of them show up in the menu.

Rock

[Lyr]

hmm I got mine loaded up nice, did you guys follow all the directions? it's a bit more involved than other script installations but worth it, new drawsplit kicks ass!

[ceql]

Originally posted by Lyr
hmm I got mine loaded up nice, did you guys follow all the directions? it's a bit more involved than other script installations but worth it, new drawsplit kicks ass!

hmm Wow! New DrawSplit? :applause: What's new features does it have? (and does it still occassionally crash Maya? :p)

[Lyr]

hasn't crashed on me yet. Not terribly new features, just behaves more as you would expect it, less buggy for one and just plain easier to use.

[Gremlin]

wait, what is this bonus tools isht?
where can I read about it / get it?
Cheers,
:beer:

[nautilus]

Originally posted by Lunatique
Ok, I've installed plugins and mel scripts before, and I've always gotten them to work just fine, but this time, I can't for the life of me get Bonus Tools for Maya 5 to install. I followed the directions on the A/W website, and still it's not showing up in Maya.

I'm thinking maybe it's because when I installed Maya 5, I had chose to import my preferences over from Maya 4, and now it's referring to the old directories whenever I boot up Maya 5? Is that the case, and how can I fix it?

You need to reset Maya, then Bonus tools should work fine

You could also read the end of the "bonusTools50.html", it has a litte info about installing

[wgreenlee1]

Originally posted by Gremlin
wait, what is this bonus tools isht?
where can I read about it / get it?
Cheers,
:beer:

A/W website....

[rock]

I just got the bonusTool to work with Maya 5.0. I didn't follow the last step in the installation instruction.

[lowkey]

i noticed that entries in userSetup.mel influence if the bonusTools show up on the menus or not! :hmm:

after deleting all of those lines, everything worked ok, but damnit i still want to use CPS, MJPTools and stuff! :thumbsdow

EDIT:
at least this seems to be true for the hotbox. normal menus work fine here too!

[SheepFactory]

WOW , bonus tools rock! , kudos to AW for putting together such a great plugin. :buttrock:

[rock]

lowkey,

For me, CPS, MJPolyTools and BonusTools coexist in Maya 5 no problem. Make sure you have all 3 set in your userSetup.mel.

It seems that in BonusTools 5.0, cgfxShader.mll and getProjectedFacesCmd are not there.

[lowkey]

It seems that in BonusTools 5.0, cgfxShader.mll and getProjectedFacesCmd are not there.

hmmm, those are available for me! :hmm:

strange sh/"$...bonusTools show up on the menubar, but not inside my hotbox. what the heck!? :shrug:

[Lunatique]

I'm such a dork. I didn't have a space between the + and the text in the modules text file in the command line. Now it works. :surprised

[RentaLLMay]

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It seems that in BonusTools 5.0, cgfxShader.mll and getProjectedFacesCmd are not there.
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hmmm, those are available for me! <<<<<<<<<<<<<


maybe those are grafix card dependant?!?!?!
i have 3dlabs GVX1 and they are not available

just a thought, maybe i´m talking complete nonsense

[Waboflex]

>>strange sh/"$...bonusTools show up on the menubar, but not inside my hotbox. what the heck!? <<

Might be because the hotbox has run out of space... it's got a smaller limit on menus that can be displayed horizontally than the main menu bar. If you've got other things installed that create new menus (like MJPolyTools), you can run out of hotbox space and some menus don't show. It's an old problem and still a bit of a pain.

Only thing I can suggest is to either disable some of the plugs or scripts that create menus, or try to rearrange the order they're loaded - first one in gets the menu!

Anyone know if there's a way to 'expand' the hotbox to avoid having to do this?

Wabo.

[lowkey]

Anyone know if there's a way to 'expand' the hotbox to avoid having to do this?

yeah, i'd really like to know this either... :thumbsdow

[madmanmagic]

Any follow up on this install problem?

I am having problem installing Bonus Tools 5.0 on WIN2000, Wildcat card.

Does anyone know if Alias support handles these issues?

dan

[Rezz]

I would actually like to read up on the bonus tool but it seems like alias wave front is no more-now its just alias and I can't seem to find it on their website. (prob still need to upload it or something along those lines)

[madmanmagic]

You can still dowload Bonus Tools from Alias. Just go to dowloads and select platform and list plugins.

I take it the download is for those on support only - though, not sure.

Luckily I am support and was able to download them.

But still haven't figured out what the problem is getting them to work.
Dan

[Bpanting]

I can't get the bonus tools to work. I read the docs and changed the bonus tools file I need to. Where should I be placing the userSetup script . Should it go into my username scripts file or in the Maya scripts file under program files. I tried both but neither one works. If I open the script editor after starting Maya I get this error

// Error: Cannot find procedure "bonusToolsMenu". //

Anyone know what I am doing wrong?

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