Hi Chad,
thanks for the response. It works now!
Thank you
Bay
On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 10:18 PM, Chad Vernon <[email protected]> wrote:
> When you register the node, since you are creating a deformer, you need to
> specify:
>
> apiMPx.MPxNode.kDeformerNode
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 10:14 PM, Bay <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>> currently I'm doing the tutorial for Chad Vernon's Custom Jiggle
>> Deformer tutorial but trying to convert the code into Python just to
>> understand better the anatomy of building a Deformer. I'm stuck right now
>> at this error
>>
>> // Error: file: C:/Program
>> Files/Autodesk/Maya2013/scripts/others/pluginWin.mel line 665:
>> RuntimeError: file G:/AdvancedScripting/jiggleFinal.py line 48:
>> (kInvalidParameter): Cannot find item of required type //
>> // Warning: file: C:/Program
>> Files/Autodesk/Maya2013/scripts/others/pluginWin.mel line 665: Failed to
>> call script creator function //
>>
>> Everytime I load in my plugin, I haven't implemented the main code yet
>> just trying if the thing could load. The section of code it's complaining
>> about is here:
>>
>> def initialize():
>>
>> nAttr = api.MFnNumericAttribute()
>> uAttr = api.MFnUnitAttribute()
>> mAttr = api.MFnMatrixAttribute()
>> cAttr = api.MFnCompoundAttribute()
>>
>> outputGeom = apiMPx.cvar.MPxDeformerNode_outputGeom
>>
>> Jiggle.aTime = uAttr.create('time', 'time',
>> api.MFnUnitAttribute.kTime,0.0)
>> Jiggle.addAttribute(Jiggle.aTime)
>> Jiggle.attributeAffects(Jiggle.aTime, outputGeom)
>>
>>
>> Jiggle.aStartFrame = nAttr.create("startFrame", "startFrame",
>> api.MFnNumericData.kInt, 0)
>> nAttr.setKeyable(True)
>> Jiggle.addAttribute(Jiggle.aStartFrame)
>> Jiggle.attributeAffects(Jiggle.aStartFrame, outputGeom)
>>
>> Attached is the main code. Would appreciate if anyone could tell me what
>> I'm doing wrong
>>
>> Thank you
>> Bay
>>
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