Brainbugz for Maya 2009 ??

[redpawFX]

I've had a go of compiling it on 64 bit linux for 2009 but can't help you with windows
Let me know what you're looking for and maybe I can send you a compiled version

-redpaw

[viki164]

thnxs redpawFX.
I do use Linux but at wrk. but dont have it at home & I was wondering If u culd crack it down for Windows too as it will be hughe favour for all of us.
hope u can nail down coz its a awwesome piece of stuff fo me of which I have ever cum across.
Anyway Millions of thnxs

If there is anything I can share with you let me know and Ill do my best to give you some insight.

All the best
Vik

[viki164]

oops! double post.

[Crovex]

hey folks & coders!

there is no update as the author carsten klove is gone missing I guess. He said tht he`ll be adding sum new future enhancement in his next release. but I wonder why this beautiful piece of stuff is not getting any support from Autodesk?



I believe at some point he went on to develop ALICE at MPC (I think this was mentioned in the Cinefex magazine on Troy), so developing brainbugz further might have been in violation of his contract. Quite a shame indeed, but great to find the source code!

[Giap]

Anyone who is willing go make it work with Maya 2009?

This is the link of this awesome plug-in on highend3d.com

http://www.highend3d.com/maya/downloads/plugins/dynamics/brainbugz-1952.html

[artifish]

Hi there,
The official place for the source code is here - just check it out via svn

http://code.google.com/p/brainbugz/

Sorry I can't be of help in recompiling it for 2009 or win - I don't have access to 2009 and/or windows atm. But if you find someone who can do it, feel free to send me the recompiled plugins - I'll include them in the highend download.

Btw.: There was/is no problem mainting it just because of me having been part of the dev-team on alice - it really is "only" a time/software availability issue.

Sorry again,
Carsten

[bazuka]

Man just the right guy i was looking for ;)

i have a probl with compiling brain for maya 2009, i can share with u people brain for 2008 x64 but with 2009 i have a probl

when i try start/load plugin i get this error (in 2008 everything works fine)

addAttribute: (kInvalidParameter): Object already exists
registerNodeBBSD: (kFailure): Unexpected Internal Failure

so could any1 gimme a hand and tell me whats wrong?

cheers man and great plugin

[artifish]

hmm, that's a funny one ...the only reason I could think of atm why this could possibly fail is that in 2009 an extra attribute was added to the mpxNode class which clashes with the name of the attr that gets added to the node in the initialization of the bbSteeringDesire node.
so, the best way to find out what's going on is to check the return code each time addAttribute is called and throwing a detailed error that includes the attribute in question. after you found the offending attribute, change its long / and or shortname. depending on if that attribute was used in a mel script, this might need changing, too.


Hope this helps!

carsten

[bazuka]

Thx man, ill try when i get home :) i hope ill be lucky ;)

here is a online maya 2009 help

http://download.autodesk.com/us/maya/2009help/index.html

ill check the mpxNode now

[Als]

Brainbugz is life saver!
Thanks a million!

look at this stuff:
http://www.awntv.com/videos/the-ruins-couple-clinging-together-vfx-breakdown


Als

[bazuka]

Kolve can u plz take a look the maya 2009 help and point me what could go wrong?

10x cheers

[noizFACTORY]

Brainbugz is life saver!
Thanks a million!

look at this stuff:
http://www.awntv.com/videos/the-ruins-couple-clinging-together-vfx-breakdown


Als

I thought that shot was more about the foliage dynamics pipeline and animation layers, at least the siggraph paper and the demo said so.

Its a great tool indeed. Quite a bit of fun too watching particles flock and steer and do their own thing.

-Sachin

[Sybexmed]

Anyone figured out how to use this with 09:?

[redpawFX]

here's brainbugz compiled for Linux x64 2009 for anybody interested.. pretty sure it works.

-redpawfx

[viki164]

Guys Any Windows version???
thnxs

[bazuka]

vik ill try to check again and see if i could make one for 2009 ;)

[tkdmatt]

vik ill try to check again and see if i could make one for 2009 ;)
If you could I'd be really grateful. This plugin looks like something that would be really handy for the current project we're on.

[artifish]

heya, it's been a while but I've received a bunch of recompiled version for windows, 64 bit, maya 2008, 2009, 2010 which are now available here:

http://www.creativecrash.com/maya/downloads/scripts-plugins/dynamics/c/brainbugz

redpaw - thx for the recompile for linux, I added that as well!

cheers,
carsten

[AHD]

Hi Carsten - That's just plain awesome, thanks a lot. Been avoiding updating to 2010 mainly because of Brainbugz, so again, thanks a bunch :thumbsup:

[krisla]

Thanks alot! Been waiting for an update for a long time:)

[thematt]

great! thanks alot!

[Vectorhead]

Has anyone had problems on windows xp 64 bit maya 2010? Can't seem to load the plugin "Unable to dynamically load : C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Maya2010/bin/plug-ins/brainbugz.mll"

Thanks!

[Vectorhead]

Also does this work with nparticles?

[krisla]

yes, experienced this myself, but luckily I have 2009x64 to play with as well. First time I've had an error message in norwegian, tho:) And no, doesen't seem to work with nParticles, but you could always goal your nParticles to the regular ones, I guess..

[Vectorhead]

Thats too bad about the nparticles, however I also have 2009 at hand. Amazing plugin!

[viki164]

@vectorhead:

yeah I too have a problem when I try to load brainbugz.mll I get these following error :
// Error: Unable to dynamically load : C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Maya2010/bin/plug-ins/brainbugz.mll

The application has failed to start because its side-by-side configuration is incorrect. Please see the application event log or use the command-line sxstrace.exe tool for more detail.

So i did little google about sxstrace.exe & found a way to detect the actual error. If its a same error of what you are getting then try the following steps in ur commandline. It won`t solve the preoblem though :( but will show u what`s causing it not to load in your maya.

create a folder call "tmp" in ur C:
& run these lines :

sxstrace.exe Trace -logfile:C:\tmp\MySxSTrace.log

now run Maya & try loading the plugin. let it give the error while it will be traced to ur tmp dir.
now go to command line & hit enter to stop tracing.
The trace generated is a binary file. We have to translate it to human readable text.
run the following command :

sxstrace.exe Parse -logfile:C:\tmp\MySxSTrace.log -outfile:C:\tmp\MySxSTrace.txt

So now when I opened my text it has these errors :
=================
Begin Activation Context Generation.
Input Parameter:
Flags = 0
ProcessorArchitecture = AMD64
CultureFallBacks = en-US;en
ManifestPath = C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Maya2010\bin\plug-ins\brainbugz.mll
AssemblyDirectory = C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Maya2010\bin\plug-ins\
Application Config File =
-----------------
INFO: Parsing Manifest File C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Maya2010\bin\plug-ins\brainbugz.mll.
INFO: Manifest Definition Identity is (null).
INFO: Reference: Microsoft.VC80.DebugCRT,processorArchitecture="amd64",publicKeyToken="1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b",type="win32",version="8.0.50608.0"
INFO: Reference: Microsoft.VC80.CRT,processorArchitecture="amd64",publicKeyToken="1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b",type="win32",version="8.0.50608.0"
INFO: Resolving reference Microsoft.VC80.DebugCRT,processorArchitecture="amd64",publicKeyToken="1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b",type="win32",version="8.0.50608.0".
INFO: Resolving reference for ProcessorArchitecture amd64.
INFO: Resolving reference for culture Neutral.
INFO: Applying Binding Policy.
INFO: No publisher policy found.
INFO: No binding policy redirect found.
INFO: Begin assembly probing.
INFO: Did not find the assembly in WinSxS.
INFO: Attempt to probe manifest at C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_64\Microsoft.VC80.DebugCRT\8.0.50608.0__1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b\Microsoft.VC80.DebugCRT.DLL.
INFO: Attempt to probe manifest at C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Maya2010\bin\plug-ins\Microsoft.VC80.DebugCRT.DLL.
INFO: Attempt to probe manifest at C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Maya2010\bin\plug-ins\Microsoft.VC80.DebugCRT.MANIFEST.
INFO: Attempt to probe manifest at C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Maya2010\bin\plug-ins\Microsoft.VC80.DebugCRT\Microsoft.VC80.DebugCRT.DLL.
INFO: Attempt to probe manifest at C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Maya2010\bin\plug-ins\Microsoft.VC80.DebugCRT\Microsoft.VC80.DebugCRT.MANIFEST.
INFO: Did not find manifest for culture Neutral.
INFO: End assembly probing.
ERROR: Cannot resolve reference Microsoft.VC80.DebugCRT,processorArchitecture="amd64",publicKeyToken="1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b",type="win32",version="8.0.50608.0".
ERROR: Activation Context generation failed.
End Activation Context Generation.
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

Now I dont know how do I resolve this..looking forward for a solution.
Best,
Vik

[brjig]

any way to get this to work on a mac.
the only plugins that come with this is a .lib and .mll which are windows and i think linux libraries.
Is there any way to get this to work on a mac?
thanks

[SGIFreak]

please compile it for maya 2011

[Aekon]

im tryin to get brainbugz working and am not having much luck. i put all the files where they are supposed to go according the to installation instructions. i launched 2010(x64), and when i click on the plugin in the list, i get this message...

Error: This application has failed to start because the application configuration is incorrect

the only thing in the instruction i was unsure of was him mentioning to "make sure its in your MAYA_SCRIPT_PATH" when adding the mel scripts to the appropriate folder. well i have on idea what a maya script path is, or where to edit it. i looked on google, and came across added a line to the maya.env file, which i did (pointing to the default maya script folder) and this still did nothing.

any suggestions on how to get this working?

[bazuka]

could any1 check 2011 build coz connected geometry cant be used???

cheers

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