No, just try replacing this line
dllPath_release = Application.Plugins("Arnold Shaders"). OriginPath +
"bin\\nt-x86-64\\tbb42.dll";
with
dllPath_release = __sipath__ + "//tbb42.dll";
On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 10:45 AM, Morten Bartholdy <[email protected]>
wrote:
> If I read this correctly I should list the OpenVDB workgroup (Olegs
> installation workgroup) before the SiToA workgroup!?
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> Morten
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> Den 31. oktober 2014 kl. 15:03 skrev Stephen Blair <
> [email protected]>:
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> Hi Morton
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> Try applying my suggested change and see.
> The SItoA 2.8 tbb.dll isn't the same as the OpenVDB supplied version, so
> if that worked before, then it should still work with the Mootz version.
> I don't remember if I ever tried installing OpenVDB with SItoA 2.8
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> SItoA 2.8
> - ships with tbb.dll
> - has "Arnold Shaders" plugin, not "ArnoldStaShaders", but using "
> Application.Plugins("Arnold
> Shaders").OriginPath " is a bad idea. For example, if OpenVDB is a
> workgroup plugin.
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> http://xsisupport.com/2014/04/01/loading-order-of-workgroup-plugins-and-addons/
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> On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 9:46 AM, Morten Bartholdy < [email protected]
> > wrote:
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> Thanks for chiming in Stephen. Now it get's slightly complicated - I am
> on SiToA 2.8.0 so I don't know where it fits in here.
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> I am actually using a tbb.dll that Erik Mootz provided with emFluid5 for
> it to work alongside SiToA. Would tbb.dll and tbb42.dll conflict?
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> I can of course just try your method and see what happens.
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> Morten
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> Den 31. oktober 2014 kl. 14:25 skrev Stephen Blair <
> [email protected] >:
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> Hi
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> That will work if he's using an old version of SItoA (however, I don't
> remember which came first: we removed tbb.dll, or we switched to
> ArnoldStaShaders, or we did both the same release)
>
> But in summary:
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> That third-party plugin is a bit old now and so it is doing a few things
> wrong, if you have a recent version of SItoA:
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> - There is no SItoA plugin called "Arnold Shaders"
> - SItoA doesn't ship tbb42.dll
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> In Application\Plugins\bin\nt- x86-64\VDB_shaderDefs_ai.pys, add this
> line:
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> import sipyutils
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> and then replace this line
> dllPath_release = Application.Plugins("Arnold Shaders"). OriginPath
> + "bin\\nt-x86-64\\tbb42.dll";
> with
> dllPath_release = __sipath__ + "//tbb42.dll";
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> Stephen
> Solid Angle Support
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> On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 9:13 AM, Francois Lord < [email protected] >
> wrote:
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> in the VDB_shaderDefs_ai.pys, replace this line
> dllPath_release = Application.Plugins("Arnold Shaders").OriginPath +
> "bin\\nt-x86-64\\tbb42.dll";
> by
> dllPath_release = Application.Plugins("ArnoldStaShaders").OriginPath +
> "bin\\nt-x86-64\\tbb42.dll";
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> On 31-Oct-14 08:48, Morten Bartholdy wrote:
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> I just installed Oleg Bliznuks exciting OpenVDB stuff but ran in to a snag
> - I get this error when doing a renderregion on the cloud demo scene:
>
> ' WARNING : [arnold] node "VDBVolumeShaderSimple_ai" is not installed
> ' ERROR : [sitoa]: Unable to load VDBVolumeShaderSimple_ai from the Arnold
> plugins (first occurrence:
> Sources.Materials.DefaultLib.Scene_Material.VDBVolumeShaderSimple_ai)
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> Upon Inspecting the Plugin Manager I can see that VDB_shaderDefs_ai.pys
> has a red triangle and checking its properties it says 262$This script
> plug-in contains erors and could not be loaded: <path: "path to workgroup
> installation"
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> I do have vcredist_x64 installed. Does anyone here know - could this be
> caused by the annoying tbb.dll conflict with Arnold?
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> I am exploring the various ways to render emFluids and would really like
> to try Olegs shader out.
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> Cheers
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> Morten
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