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#11

Hey Phil, thanks for doing this. :thumbsup: This is what I was hoping would happen - community contributions. Just an FYI for anyone interested, the code itself I’ve licensed under the LGPL. Unfortunately, August hasn’t had time to upload the source to the Darksim website. Also, some of the code (the final radiance code) comes from Darksim, so I’ve been hesitant to upload it to my website. I’d also rather the focal point go through Darksim, as that is the most logical place.

Wegg, glad to see someone has actually seen the Wiki. I wrote the original contributions quite a while ago. Perhaps with the renewed interest in the plugin, I’ll start looking at the code again to see where it can be improved.

#12

Wireframes,

Thanks a million, makes the plugin a thousand percent more useable…just awesome.

Gene

#13

Ah - great :slight_smile:
Nice to see you totally grokked the concept of the palette now :wink:
Thank you! :bowdown:

#14

Gene/Sadicus/Rago/Layer01 > I am pleased you like it. I will make some update…

I will do soon :wink:

It is just my modest contribution. Nothing to do without your plugin :bowdown:

hey Thomas, this concept is just essential :wink:
Nice to see you here. I hope you will forget XSI soon :wink:

Phil

#15

Preview shaders is now on the Darktree wiki page :

http://www.darksim.com/dswiki/index.php/SimbiontMS

Phil

#16

oups double post

#17

There are others simbiont shaders “AllvumDT2” to use with messiah. :cool:

download [here](http://wireframex.free.fr/pmG/Simbiont/Simbiont2.zip)
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                   [left][b][u]Instructions[/u][/b] :
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                   [left]Decompress "[b]simbiont2.zip[/b]" in your "[b]Pmg\messiahstudio2.x\messiah\[/b]"
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                   [left]Simbiont shaders must be installed in "[b]Pmg\messiahstudio2.x\messiah\simbiont[/b]"
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                   DLL must be installed in [b]"Pmg\messiahstudio2.x\messiah\Dte\" [/b](you need to download the file in first post)

There is a preview :
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Phil
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#18

thnx wireframes,

but there is no dll in the first post, and it is not available in the zip file either.

#19

Oups kursad_pileksuz you’re right :eek:

Here is the DLLs : DTE

[left]DLL must be installed in “Pmg\messiahstudio2.x\messiah\Dte”
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Phil

#20

Hi Wireframes,

Thanks for the Simbiont Stuff. Got it all up as stated except I am getting this error:

[ This pic borrowed from Andreseloy previous post at -
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=92&t=330599&highlight=simbiont ]

I do not have Messiah installed in the Prog Files folder. Is their a way to change the path being looked for permanently as opposed to having to do same each time one opens up a Simbiont Shader?

Cheers
CTGuitars

#21

I’ve encountered the same problem with the directory path requiring a change in order to work.

#22

Sorry but I can’t do anything about it. It is due to the limitation of the “simbiont.mp” plugin.

You have to change manually the “X” in “C:\Program Files\pmG\messiahstudio2.X” in the Darktree panel of the simbiont material in order to work:bowdown:

Phil

EDIT : When you used a simbiont shader you can save it with the correct path :slight_smile:

#23

Hi Phil,

You have to change manually the “X” in “C:\Program Files\pmG\messiahstudio2.X” in the Darktree panel of the simbiont material in order to work

I think [ maybe ] you may have misunderstood me. The “X” part is not the issue. I have messiah installed in c:\3dapps\messiah blah blah not under c:\program files. I changed the env part to this path. But the above error still comes up - unable to open the file blah blah at c:\program files so on. Again, I dont have messiah installed under c:\program files.

Is their a way of changing this path permanently OR does one have to manually do so for each shader you try to apply.

EDIT: although in your reply, maybe I have to change the whole path to my path each time, not just the “X” part?

Cheers
CTGuitars

#24

hi CTGuitars,

Have you declare ENV VARIABLE for Simbiont ?

You will need to set an environment variable to tell the plugin where the component DLLs are at. The environment variable needs to be called “SIMBIONT_COMPONENTS” and contain the directory where the components are located. Alternatively, you can install the component DLLs in a DTE/ subdirectory under the messiah plugins directory.

Name : SIMBIONT_COMPONENTS
Value : c:\Program Files\Pmg\messiahStudio2.5b\messiah\Dte\ (for me)

Value :c:\3dapps\messiah…\Dte\ (for you)

Phil

#25

none of these solutions work here :frowning: Thou i can load and hook dartree shaders manually

#26

Setting up the environment variable had no effect at all. That’s with or without the quotes.

Instead of fighting it I just made copies of the items and placed them into a hierarchy
on my C drive where the plugin is looking for them. Seems to be working fine other than the ocassional crash when copying and pasting the simbiont shaders.

A really nice addition of shaders!! A big thanks for posting them.:thumbsup:

#27

after all the fixes, it is trying to find the shaders in
“C:\Program Files\pmG\messiahStudio2.5b\messiah\Simbiont\AllvumDT2”

#28

Not to interrupt this troubleshooting. But is there any chance someone could post up some example shader flows using Darktree within Messiah. I saw some simple examples on the plugin’s website, but I’d like to see a render and the shaderflow just to get an idea of what it can produce. I’d appreciate it.

#29

nothing exceptional here but good render quality (look at the scratches onto the floor).

The workflow is the same as the other shader. It depends on the shader itself. Some are completly configurable some not. You can have any shaders (AoN/TLHPro) applied into the input of simbiont shader.

#30

And the shader flow? Just want to see what it would look like alongside the render. Your effort is much appreciated Wireframes.