New LW8 faetures NOT in ScreamerNet??

[mtvedten]

When I render a scene using HardFX or Collision for example, ScreamerNet fails with the error:

Loading plug-in
Error: No plug-in of type DisplacementHandler found with name FX_Break.

If I remove the HardFX dynamics on the model, and save the scene, the files render OK with ScreamerNet.

The computer with LightWave installed renders it OK, and it uses the exact same ScreamerNet setup as all the other computers. I use Spider to administrate the rendering.

So it seems it is someting with the plugin-in file, but it has been corrected to use UNC network paths.

from the LWEXT8.cfg file:
{ Entry
Class "DisplacementHandler"
Name "FX_Break"
Module "\\\\Morten\\LightWave\\Plugins\\Effect\\Hardfx.p"
InfoTag 409 "HardFX"
InfoTag 10409 "HardFX"
}

Are there any other places that needs fixing?
basic File I/O are working, and saving to the correct place.

The C:\Program Files\LightWave [8] directory is shared as
\\Morten\LightWave\

The settings from Spider is attached as a screen dump


Morten

[Lightwolf]

Try changing the config file from
\\Morten\ScreamerNet\LW8.cfg
to just
\\Morten\ScreamerNet\
or
\\Morten\ScreamerNet

I think Lightwave from 7.x onwards expects the path to the config file only, not the actual file itself.

...works over here (I haven't tried it with PFX, but with other plugins) :)

Cheers,
Mike

[mtvedten]

That seems to have fixed it!
Its alway the simplest litle things...

And I just payed $45 for another rendrer... :mad:

Good thing I didn't buy the full version for $180...

Thanks!
Morten

[Lightwolf]

Originally posted by mtvedten
That seems to have fixed it!
Its alway the simplest litle things...

And I just payed $45 for another rendrer... :mad:

Next time, wait for at least 24 hours for a reply in the forum ;)

Good to see it working now!

Cheers,
Mike :p

[Roundpixel]

Originally posted by Lightwolf
Try changing the config file from
\\Morten\ScreamerNet\LW8.cfg
to just
\\Morten\ScreamerNet\
or
\\Morten\ScreamerNet

I think Lightwave from 7.x onwards expects the path to the config file only, not the actual file itself.

...works over here (I haven't tried it with PFX, but with other plugins) :)

Cheers,
Mike

Damn, this might be the reason for some problems i´ve had recently trying to render objects textured with Simbiont, and this failing to appear on the render. I was using LWSCN and the config was ok, so i was lost on this.

I´ll check it, thanks for the heads up.

cheers
JC