MS Vista + SkIndigo 1.0.9 testers wanted

Whaat · Post by **Whaat** » Thu May 01, 2008 3:22 pm

I need a few testers (5 max) for testing SkIndigo with Microsoft Vista. I have been having problems getting material previews to work. Now that I know the cause and solution, I want to know if other users will have the same problem or if mine was an isolated case.

EDIT: test release now available in this thread (see below)

One more thing. You must test this with Indigo 1.0.9 (stable) which is available from the 'Main Download Page'

cpfresh · Post by **cpfresh** » Fri May 02, 2008 3:35 am

dang no responses yet?!?

i wish i was still running vista to try and give a hand ...

Post by **OnoSendai** » Fri May 02, 2008 3:38 am

I can test on Vista, if the free version of Sketchup is sufficient.

Whaat · Post by **Whaat** » Fri May 02, 2008 3:56 am

OnoSendai wrote:I can test on Vista, if the free version of Sketchup is sufficient.

Yes, free version is sufficient. You should be able to download it from 'Exporters for 3D Apps'.

Thanks Ono.

remus · Post by **remus** » Fri May 02, 2008 10:18 am

hey whaat, im good to test this.

Whaat · Post by **Whaat** » Fri May 02, 2008 12:55 pm

remus wrote:hey whaat, im good to test this.

OK, thanks! I'll give Ono a bit longer chance to download it. I don't think he has downloaded it yet.

I'll give you permission to download in about 13 hours so remember to check back later! Go to 'Downloads->Exporters for 3D Apps->SkIndigo 1.0.9'

Stinkie · Post by **Stinkie** » Fri May 02, 2008 5:13 pm

I'd test, but I've just kicked Vista off of my Mac.

Post by **OnoSendai** » Sun May 04, 2008 2:43 pm

Hi Whaat,
sorry for the delay.
I downloaded SkIndigo 1.0.9, installed it. Installation seemed to go fine.
It seems to work in general, I think I'm encountering the problem where the preview scene isn't updated however. Whatever settings I change, the same old material gets rendered in Indigo.

Post by **OnoSendai** » Sun May 04, 2008 2:49 pm

Yup, it's the compatibility files problem, I can see the preview scene saved in the compatbility files dir.
As I said before, try saving the mat preview scene elsewhere (temp dir or indigo dir)

Post by **OnoSendai** » Sun May 04, 2008 2:50 pm

One other thing:
You should have a README.txt or installation.txt in the SkIndigo distribution that explains how to install SkIndigo.

Whaat · Post by **Whaat** » Sun May 04, 2008 5:03 pm

OnoSendai wrote:Yup, it's the compatibility files problem, I can see the preview scene saved in the compatbility files dir.
As I said before, try saving the mat preview scene elsewhere (temp dir or indigo dir)

How would I save the preview material IGS to the temp directory? Is there a way for the preview scene IGS to <include> a file that is in the temp directory?

For example:

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<include>{TEMP}\previewmats.igs</include>

When I preview a material, I only write to the 'previewmats.igs' file which just contains the material definition. I don't want to write the entire scene to the temp folder. Is this possible?

FYI, I used to write the preview file to the indigo directory but this caused a couple of problems so i changed it:

1) It results in extra installation steps (user must copy previews folder to indigo directory)
2) I forget the other problems it caused

Post by **OnoSendai** » Sun May 04, 2008 6:46 pm

Ah I see, you want to use an existing preview IGS on disk without exporting it.
What you could do, is copy the preview IGS from the sketchup directory to the temp directory, when the user clicks on preview ( You could also check for the existence of the file at the destination path first, to avoid redundant copies )
Then write the previewmats IGS to the temp directory as well.
Then the include line in the preview IGS can simply be

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<include>previewmats.igs</include>

kwistenbiebel · Post by **kwistenbiebel** » Mon May 05, 2008 10:41 am

I've been away for a few days (sun and sea

)but I'm back and able to do some (small) tests if needed in between my work.

regards,
Kwistenbiebel

Whaat · Post by **Whaat** » Tue May 06, 2008 4:33 pm

Here is a new public test release. I was forced to change the preview file system due to Vista so installation is a bit more awkward.

Please test material previews (using textures, nkdata, and different preview scenes) and post your experience. I haven't changed anything else besides preview setup.

INSTALLATION

1. Remove any previous versions of SkIndigo from your SketchUp/Plugins directory
2. Copy 'SkIndigo.rb' into your SketchUp/Plugins directory
3. Copy the 'SkIndigo' folder into your SketchUp/Plugins directory
4. Copy the 'SUpreviews' folder to your Indigo directory
4. Run SketchUp

Important: test with Indigo 1.0.9 (from main downloads page).

EDIT: attachments deleted

kwistenbiebel · Post by **kwistenbiebel** » Tue May 06, 2008 11:47 pm

Thanks for the update Whaat.

I ran into a little issue when trying to use the 'Preview' in the material editor.

the system used:
Core2duo
Vista 32 bit
SU6 Pro

[EDIT]: SOLVED !

Extracting the SUpreviews zip file (accidentally) made a second Supreviews folder within the first. (..indigo_v1.0.9\SUpreviews\SUpreviews...).

Of course the file structure needs to be (..indigo_v1.0.9\SUpreviews\...).
A tip for users installing the plugin: See to it there are no 'doubled' folders.

All material preview scenes (the monkey is my favorite

)seem to work without flaws.

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