Messiah 2.4 and Simbiont pb

#1

Well

There is a pb between Messiah 2.4 and Simbiont Plugin (Daniel STEWART).

The plugin (Simbiont_MS.mp) don’t find shaders even if you change your environment variable called “SIMBIONT_COMPONENTS”

If you want to use simbiont with Messiah 2.4 you need to do this :

  • Change c:\program files\pmG\messiahStudio2.4\ to c:\program files\pmG\messiahStudio2.0\
  • don’t change The environment variable called “SIMBIONT_COMPONENTS”

Daniel, can you do something ?

Phil

#2

2.4 works with the Simbiont shaders here :hmm:

I have the plugins in D:\pmG\messiahStudio2.4\messiah\DTE

My env variable points to D:\pmG\messiahStudio2.4\messiah\DTE

#3

mmmh

please can you try to affect any simbiont shader to an object ?
Tell me what’s append.

Thanks

Phil

#4

If you’re trying to apply Simbionts to the camera’s ground material, you need to rotate most of them by 90 on pitch, or it’ll appear pure white ( only tested a few so far )

Edit : that image is with a procedural sphere. If you use a proper object, it renders black until you turn on ’ world coordinates ’ in the Simbiont panel :confused:

Apologies WIreframes, it appears it is kind of broken

#5

Since 2.4 my system can’t fin shaders : I have some messages errors.

Well If you can work with it I will do also.

Thanks for all

Phil

#6

What error messages are you getting ?

Try the enviorment variable without any quotes - use SIMBIONT_COMPONENTS instead of “SIMBIONT_COMPONENTS”

Where do you have the Darktree dll’s installed ? Is this the folder that your enviroment variable points to ?

#7

This is not the pb …oups sorry
My first explanation was completly bad :frowning:

  I have made the plugin's [previews](http://www.zoogono.com/plugindetail.cfm?pid=38)for simbiont .... ;)

For the simbiont preview (F5) --> the Simbiont plugin seems to point only to 2.0 even if I have changed the environment variable to 2.4.

EDIT : Have you tested my previews ???

Just try to launch any preview from F5 menu you will see there is a pb --> system is looking for messiahstudio2.0 ?!?

Phil

#8

I could never get the previews to work in v2.2, never mind v2.4. It seems that they use
absolute paths for their location on disk, so if you have Messiah installed somewhere different from the default path ( I have it installed in D:\pmG…etc… ) it will not load the shaders when you double click on the previews in the material tray.

#9

Only Daniel Stewart can change this :wink:

It’s odd you can’t use preview with 2.2…because with 2.2 it works very well.

With 2.4 I have found a tip you can go to the Darktree Filename and change manually 2.0 by 2.4 and then use F8 to see preview.

thanks a lot

Phil

#10

edit - nvm

#11

Excuse i did not find where you can change this!
i have this error message:

Thanks in advance
Andreseloy

#12
  1. Go to Render tab
  2. hit F5
  3. choose a simbiont preview
  4. Click on Simbiont shader (see picture 1)
  5. Change messiahstudio2.0 with messiahstudio2.4 (see picture 2)
  6. it works
  7. Good luck

Phil

#13

The simbiont plugin have to be locate in:
a.-Messiah/Simbiont or
b.-Messiah/Modules/Materials or
c.-Messiah/Plugin

Excuse me
Andreseloy

#14

Just go there:wink:

Phil

#15

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