Update: Softimage 7.5 32bit on win7 x64 works.
Thanks for making me give it another try, Luc-Eric.
I re-installed Softimage 7.5 32 bit using the web installer on xin7 x64:
Autodesk_Softimage_7.5_English_Japanese_WIN_32bit.exe
I updated my License File with the new file provided by Autodesk and
restarted the license server pointing to the new license.
Restarted win7.
Running the "Softimage" link in the Startmenu as Administrator makes
win7 x64 swap it´s menu style to "Windows 7-Basis" and XSI.exe will
properly start.
I guess that step required by win7 was UAC blocked in my previous attempts.
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I also deleted the extra adsk_port infos from the Autodesk.lic in
Softimage´s
installpath\Softimage\Softimage_7.5\adlm\licenses
making Softimage´s Autodesk.lic identical to a compareable Maya
LICPATH.lic file
Those are not the license files, those files tell a network licensed
install where
to look for a license.
but that may not be neccessary, I just did it to make sure my 64bit LMTOOLS
will be found by Softimage (instead of making it listening to port 2080)
looking
for a license on the hostname specified in that file.
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Cheers,
tim
Am 31.12.2014 um 08:39 schrieb Tim Leydecker:
Hi Luc-Eric,
I couldn´t get Softimage 7.5 32bit to run on win 7 64bit. The install
went through
but Softimage wouldn´t start on my machine, regardless of which
compatibility
options I tried to run it with. Could be I missed something.
Also, the installer didn´t register with Add/Remove Programs.
I´ll give it another try to see if I missed something.
Cheers,
tim
Am 31.12.2014 um 04:36 schrieb Luc-Eric Rousseau:
Why xp mode? XSI 7 32 bit runs on 64 bit win7
On Dec 30, 2014 4:59 PM, "Tim Leydecker" <bauero...@gmx.de
<mailto:bauero...@gmx.de>> wrote:
For opening SI|3D files using Softimage 7.5 32bit:
One way would be to use Windows 7´s XP mode and use that 32bit XP
to install Softimage 7.5 32bit (which has the SI|3D scene import
option).
Setting that VM´s RAM to ~4GB.
I just did this using the 30 days trial (Standalone mode) of
Softimage
and successfully opened scenes from the year 2000.
Also installed LMTOOLS on the Virtual PC to get an idea what
ethernet ID
that VM has and if it is possible to run a network license inside
that VM.
Autodesk is so kind to recreate/resend me my legacy network
license for
Autodesk Softimage 7.5.
I´ve opted to get the license recreated for my current server,
appending
the license file info and serving from that.
Due to valid security concerns regarding Microsoft no longer
providing
security updates to Windows XP32, some people may want to restrict
the xp mode from getting any internet/network access.
That would mean the license server would have to be set up and
run off the
ethernet ID of the VM instead, requring a license
transfer/recreation AND
an extra Host network adapter in the host not connected to the
internet.
Even then, the VM will assign random ethernet IDs (for each
install of a VM)
so it´s best to check the internet for ways to backup the VM´s
hexcode of the adapter
in case a VM breaks or needs a reinstall without having to
recreate a new
license file because the virtual PC´s ethernet ID changed.
To avoid all this, I opted to use the VM Host as the license
server and simply disconnect
from the internet while doing SI|3D file salvages.
A simpler alternative might be to use a different Virtual Machine
Option instead of
using the XP Mode in Windows Virtual PC.
Or simply create a new XP mode + Softimage 7.5 32bit trial
install every now and then
when one just tries to get access to some files but that could be
regarded shady, to
say the least.
Cheers,
tim
Am 29.12.2014 um 10:49 schrieb Tim Leydecker:
Hi guys,
after checking through a random selection of *.scn files, I am
somewhat positive
I´ll be able to open most if not all of my files with Softimage
2012/2014/2015.
When I was refering to *.obj/*.fbx files, I didn´t mean to
suggest that should be
the prefered archive format, even thought in my case, there is a
high percentage
of *.obj/*.fbx files containing assets and easily enough
(re)connected to their textures.
Personally, I have decided to go through my projects, check for
assets I like and then make
sure I have at least an *.obj/*.fbx, ZBrush or Mudbox file,
Photoshop texture base and
finalized maps. Building a salvageable library of parts.
That´s not archiving, that´s salvaging.
Now my real problem is opening older 32bit files, from Softimage
3.9
*.dsc and *.hrc files.
Any way to get access to that?
Those scenes/files I missed to convert to *.xsi or *.scn around
Y2k...
Cheers,
tim
Am 26.12.2014 um 23:52 schrieb Luc-Eric Rousseau:
jason, about vista check the fourth post down here from Stephen
and please stop trolling.
http://forums.cgsociety.org/archive/index.php/t-965169.html
On Fri, Dec 26, 2014 at 3:22 PM, Jason S <jasonsta...@gmail.com
<mailto:jasonsta...@gmail.com>> wrote:
I don't know.. just installed XSI ModTool 4.2 (2004 ~11
years ago) on Windows 8,
Maybe I missed something, (that I should've done for it to
not work)
but Install went fine, no button click or other interface
issues, loaded-up sample scenes, & posed-up RedJaiqua
without running it in any sort of compatibility mode, and
also loaded bunch of addons from that time.
But I'm sure Soft will break by tomorrow at most ;-|
Quick! Move to Maya before it's too late! (the friendly
future of 'high-end' 3D?)
If soft wouldn't be run, it would more likely be because
our spirits would have been broken as opposed to the actual
software.
