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[SOLVED] GMAX Freezing after I hit Create Jetway!

F747fly

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Hi everyone,

I want to start to thank Jeffrey for the beautiful add-on he has given us and after I tried it out with the demo on Grenchen airfield I wanted to use this system on my Düsseldorf scenery as well with a jetway I created in blender. I want to emphasize at this point that my GMAX knowledge is practically non-exiting and this might very well be a rookie mistake on GMAX but I normally do not work with this particular program.
Anyway all goes fine with naming the parts, making the dummies, running the script and setting the vital data. I wanted to do a small test so I left most data as set by default. The problem comes when I hit the "Create SODE Jetway" button. GMAX opens a small, empty window called "MAXScript Listener" and then freezes. I do see the script creating the bones but I get stuck on the program freezing after which I cannot do anything anymore... Am I doing something wrong. As reference I have these screenshots of one of the attempts I made...

SODE_Question_1.JPG


The jetway before running the script

SODE_Question_2.JPG


The script settings

SODE_Question_3.JPG


Screen just before it freezes.

I hope anyone can help and I thank for it in advance,

Regards
F747fly
 
Thanks for your kind words!

If a problem occurs, maxscript usually aborts with a error message and shows that in the listener window. From my observations, the skinning process can take a long time (depending on the complexity of the model -> number of vertices to be more precise). For one project for example, it took like 4-6 minutes for the skinning, but it was a very detailed jetway model. 3dsMax is by magnitudes faster by the way!

So, to check the integrity of the script, you might want to try to compile my demo jetway object. Or you can try it again with your model and just wait a couple of minutes.

As a last resort if all this won't help, you can send me your model via PM. I'll be back home coming weekend.
 
Thank you for your quick reply Jeffrey.
I tried your suggestion and it worked, the animation is in order within GMAX. I'll export and try it in FSX tonight!
Thanks for you help!
 
It seems to work now, although I've got one last question which has very little to do with the intial problem but it's something I somehow missed in the SDK document... The XML programming to set the jetway in it's FSX environment, am I supposed to edit an XML or create a new one? And where is supposed to be placed exactly...?
 
Create a new one for your airport including your objects and place it on the SODE xmls folder in sim root (if I dont remember bad)


According to the thread title, an old project jetways I was working with tooks 10-12 minutes to run the script... just go grab some chips meanwhile.... hehe

Enviado desde mi Nexus 5 mediante señales de humo.
 
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