adding Brazil renderer...

[Triadis]

Hmm, well as far as I know there is only one way to do it. And that's the way the instructions say.

Installation Instructions
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Although there are several ways to install this set of plugins, the following is what we recommend...

1) Make a new directory under your current plugins directory called "Brazil". Place the four plugins "braziltestrend.dlr", "braziltestFX.dlv", "brazilcore.dlu", and "braziltestmtl.dlt" into this directory.

2) Now the ini file. Edit your plugin.ini (located in your root max directory), and add your brazil directory to the list. An example is below.

Standard MAX plug-ins=D:\3dsmax\StdPlugs\
Standard MAX plug-ins=D:\3dsmax\Plugins\
New Entry=D:\3dsmax\Plugins\Brazil\

Save this ini file as Brazil.ini.

This step is where you might run into problems. Make sure the drive is C: or the one that Max is on.

3) Now copy your current shortcut to max to make a second shortcut to max. Righclick it and choose properties. Go to the shortcut tab, and make sure you're using the brazil plugin ini by typing the following...

D:\3dsmax\3dsmax.exe -p brazil.ini

in target (replacing d:\3dsmax with whatever your max install is).

4) Now if you run your original shortcut, you'll get a copy of max with all your original plugins. Running this new shortcut (which you may wish to name "Max Brazil") will load max with the new brazil stuff.

5) The Brazil Render is a Renderer plugin now. In max 3, go to Customize, Preferences, Rendering, Current Renderer, Assign and choose Brazil. In R4, go to Rendering, render, go to the "current renderer" rollout and assign the Brazil Renderer.

6) Brazil now works with watever materials you have in your scene - no need to convert everything to the Brazil test material. Have "fun".

-Alex

[mao]

Triadis thanks for reply but I had tried the same way but "3dsmax\3dsmax.exe -p brazil.ini" part makes a problem, shortcut properties doesn't accept this target although I do what the installment say...I have the same sheet but I couldn't succeed it...

[Triadis]

Hmm, I wonder what it could be.
Here's a pic of my properites box:

http://www.triadis.net/public/brazilprop.gif

-Alex

[mao]

I'm just checkin but maybe problem couses from I'm using 3ds max4 and it's in program files directory...I mean maybe extension comes too long...but I'll try again

[Taoizm]

Easiest thing to do is make a brazil folder under you plugins DIR. Then add that DIR to the plugin path in MAX. It doens't give you a second icon to use, but it'll work without trying that command line stuff. (I had problems with it too a while back)

[mao]

Taoism thanks but I just couldn't understand this part

"Then add that DIR to the plugin path in MAX"

also you mean plugins.ini by "plugin DIR" ??

[Taoizm]

Sorry it was late. :) I'll break it down into a little better sense here.

1) Create a brazil DIR in your plugins DIR (\3dsmax\plugins\brazil)
a) Insert the Brazil files here
2) Load MAX
3) Click on customize in the top nav bar
4) Click "Configure Paths"
5) Choose the plugins tab, and then click ADD
6) Point it at the Brazil DIR (see above)
7) Close and reopen MAX

If you were to go look at the plugins.ini file after doing the above it would now have a path for the Brazil folder.

Hope that helped. :D

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[mao]

It just worked Taoizm thanks much....also Triadis thanks to you also for helpin...

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