Maya x64 volunteer

[bazuka]

Hi Erwin, i could recomple plugin for maya 2008 x64

cheers

[Erwin Coumans]

Hi bazuka,

Can you try to compile the MayaPlugin for Windows 64bit using the latest alpha1? Does Extras\MayaPlugin\BulletMayaPlugin.sln solution work for 64bit MSVC compiler?

http://code.google.com/p/bullet/downloa ... alpha1.zip

Can you zip the 64bit BulletMayaPlugin.mll and attach it to this forum topic?
Thanks,
Erwin

[bazuka]

i will try, think should work

later ill make an setup installer with NSIS

stay tune....

and great work people

[bazuka]

Hi Erwin

u just started with recompiling the plugin for x64 and i have some errors...
about 38 of them...

fixed......

[bazuka]

plugin is ready....

stay tuned.....

[bazuka]

Hi Erwin hi people here is the x64 and x86 installer for now...

x64 should work i didnt have so much time to test it...

Dynamica Maya 2008 32bit (installer)
http://rapidshare.com/files/147016262/B ... 2.rar.html

Dynamica Maya 2008 64bit (installer)
http://rapidshare.com/files/147211542/B ... 4.rar.html

If any1 would like i will share the script for installer so we can make it better

you can dl the application from: http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Main_Page

WARNING:
x64 installer is fixed...

[Erwin Coumans]

Nice work, an installer is much more convenient indeed.

Currently, the documentation (index.html) and sample scenes are missing from the installer.

Can you share the installer script, so we add it to the repository?
Thanks a lot,
Erwin

[bazuka]

sure

i was thinking about new structure for plugin
what do u thing about this:

lets install plugin in Program Files\BulletDynamica2.71
and inside i could make dir:
-dll
-docs
-examples
-plug-ins
-scripts
i will create program group\Bullet Dynamica with shortcuts for docs, examples, links for forum etc...
we can add more things (dirs) if we need it

p.s. ill will post the installer sample so u could see what i was talking about...

cheers

[Erwin Coumans]

Actually, I would like to have 2 parts of the installation going into different folders:

1) Maya folder for dlls/plugin, icons, scipts, default to C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Maya2008
This is important, so that Maya automatically finds the plugin, scripts and icons without having to browse to other folders.

2) Program Files\BulletDynamica2.71 for
docs, examples, uninstaller etc

Can this be done with this installer?
Thanks,
Erwin

[bazuka]

sure not a probl at all

but trust me this will go via maya modules, its easy simple, and ull get the plugin in plugin mng under new 'tab' and u can have not just for maya 2008 we can add all ver of maya (32bit)

ill make a test if u dont like it will change it

cheers

[bazuka]

Ok here is it

Warning:
This is only for testing (for Erwin)

..............

hope u like the idea

cheers

[Erwin Coumans]

How does this 'Maya Modules' installation work?

What is the problem of installing parts in different folders, as I suggested? I think this is what Havok and Nima plugins do.
Can you make a test for this setup too?

By the way, older versions of Maya (8.0 and earier) don't seem to work. The plugin compiles and loads into Maya, but doesn't work. So for now, better to leave that out to avoid confusion.

And can the installer automatically open the index.html file at the end of the installation?

Thanks for your work,
Erwin

[bazuka]

yes dont dl then let me add at the end of install to open html

here u go

http://rapidshare.com/files/147211998/B ... t.rar.html

[bazuka]

ill make one installer like u want it

stay tuned....

[RBD]

How does this 'Maya Modules' installation work?

"Modules" are documented under the description in Maya's MFnPlugin API documentation.

They appear to be a very simple and elegant solution to add plug-ins instead of the old way. Basically a simple one line text file goes in the C:\Program Files\Common Files\Alias Shared\Modules\Maya\2008 directory indicating the path in which Maya will look for extra plug-ins, scripts and icons folders.