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Maya 2012 Hotfix 4

We have released another hotfix for Maya 2012.  Once again the Windows Hotfix is a incremental installer. So, no need to uninstall Maya before aplpying this update.  As for the other installers. They are full installs so please remove your current package before installing the hotfix.

Maya 2012 Hotfix 4 contains these fixes:

• Wacom mouse not working
• Unexpected flipping when pairBlend rotation interpolation is set to Quaternion
• Plug-in load failure because of Dependency Graph changes
• Crash with extruding a deleted face
• Keys in Graph Editor change value when moved along Timeline while zoomed out
• nCloth collision failures
• Relax intial state resets some nCloth damp values
• attrFieldSliderGrp - cc option does not work
• Graph Editor: can’t view multiple f-curves on a character set
• Nucleus no longer stops immediately when simulation is aborted
• Local wind problem
• Crash upon reading EXR file from Mudbox
• Cannot open Render View when opening Maya scene by double-clicking
• Preferences option “Hide extensions in filter” cause File Type Options on export to disappear

Composite 2012 Hotfix 4 contains:

• Preference: Can't change the padding in the version Preference tab
• Viewport : Hotkeys don't work in full frame mode
• Crash when converting a Cineon10bit to a Cineon16bit
• DPX rendering options should not be available for Cineon format
• Composition drops textures when rendered on multiple machines
• Render fails with error "Terminate handler called from thread"
• Performance issues related to graphics cards
• Performance degradation issues
• Vector paint performance issue

If you are running Maya 2012 on OS X 10.7, be aware of these limitations:

• Some PICT, SGI, and PSD image files fail to display
• Installer freezes at end of successful installation; is okay to force quit the installer
• Crash when using the High Quality viewport
• No refresh after performing some operations; force refresh by tumbling to resolve
• Library in home directory is hidden in 10.7; user must navigate to it using Terminal or Go to Folder functionality in the Finder

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Cheers!

Nelson

Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion) support for Maya on the Mac

Important notice for Autodesk® Maya® 2012 software, and prior Maya version, users regarding the latest Apple® Mac OS® X operating system release, version 10.7 “Lion”.

Testing Maya 2012, and prior versions of Maya, on the Mac OS X 10.7 operating system, has identified platform compatibility issues.  

The issues:

• Installing Maya on Mac OS X 10.7 may cause the installer to hang.
• Operating Maya on Mac OS X 10.7 may cause stability issues.
• When submitting a crash report while operating Maya on Mac OS X 10.7, may cause the crash error reporting system to hang.

If you upgrade to Mac OS X 10.7, you may encounter these issues. Autodesk recommends that users of Maya 2012, and prior releases of Maya, do not upgrade to the Mac OS X 10.7 until the compatibility issues have been addressed by Autodesk and Apple. Teams from both companies are working closely to resolve these issues and a notification will be issued once the issues have been addressed.

Note: As of this time, Autodesk® Maya® 2012 software has not been certified to run on Mac OS X 10.7. Please consult the certification charts for more information.

A new Autodesk blog - installation and licensing

If you think that Autodesk licensing is more fiendish than say, the King of Fiends of Fiendland, you may be interested in checking out what these guys have to say:

http://upandready.typepad.com

Bookmark it !

Owen

Matchmover 2012 Standalone with Maya 2012 Standalone - Error [-1.359.2]

When you launch Matchmover 2012 Standalone, you may get this error:

A valid license could not be obtained by the network license manager.

If you are still unable to access a license, contact your system administrator.

Error [-1.359.2]

The Maya 2012 network license and sub-feature components: mental ray and fluid simulation

Please note that this issue is resolved. If you requested a Maya 2012 network license after 25th April and you have a valid Subscription contract, your license will include all the necessary activation codes to run Maya 2012, 2011 and 2010.You will not have to resort to copy/pasting parts of your Maya 2011 license to activate the fluid simulation and mental ray render nodes in Maya 2011.

Your Maya 2012 no longer requires the fluid simulation and mental ray features (including render nodes) to be activated in separate codes. All features of Maya 2012 can be activated from a single activation code. However, a correct license file - issued after the 25th April - will also include PACKAGE and INCREMENT lines explicitely for those features in Maya 2011 and Maya 2010 that require separate activation codes. 

If, after you start using your Maya 2012 network license you find that you can no longer render using mental ray or use fluid simulations in previous versions of the application, plesae read the rest of this blog post..

getting BackBurner up and running on Linux OS

Created a short video awhile back showing users how to quickly get BackBurner Manager, Server and Monitor up and running on Linux OS.

 

Maya 2011 Fails to Start - d3dx9_42.dll was not found...

You've succesfully installed Maya 2011 on your Windows operating system, but launching Maya fails with the following error:

"This application has failed to start because d3dx9_42.dll was not found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem."

Hypershade appears blank and getting “Error: Invalid Syntax”

There has been an issue that has been popping up in isolated cases.  It seems to affect the use of the Hypershade where as it appears empty or partial empty and you may see the ‘Invalid Syntax’ Error.

This is being caused when you have an apostrophe (‘) in the path to your local Maya folder.

For example: C:/John’s Documents/maya/2011-x64/…”

The easiest and quickest fix would be to create a new user account without the use of an apostrophe in the name and log into that to use the application.

Maya 2011 on Linux and the Hotbox

If you have installed Maya 2011 Hotfix 3 and see errors in the terminal or a black Hotbox in the viewport, we advise you to disable the CIOverlays option in your xorg.conf file, located in /etc/X11/xorg.com.

With the move to Qt in 2011 we no longer have a need for colour indexing.  Instead, as of Hotfix 3 we have introduced RGB overlays and this option should be used instead.

• Open your xorg.conf file
• Remove following line:
  Option      "CIOverlay" "ON"
• Add following line:
  Option      "Overlay" "ON"

The caveat here is that you cannot set both CIOverlay and Overlay at the same time, and users of Maya 2010 will be aware of the instabilities that can arise when working without CIOverlay.

So what do you do if you use both Maya 2010 and Maya 2011 on a daily basis ?

Maya 2011 Hotfix 1

Autodesk releases its first Hotfix for Maya 2011. Download it from the Autodesk website.

The Hotfix addresses these limitations:

• Maya crashes when navigating through menus on Mac 64‐bit.
• Viewport renderer plugins do not work
• mental images Material no longer respects refraction limit
• mental images Material Ambient Occlusion color bleed stops Final Gather bounces

Note: please uninstall Maya 2011 before you proceed to the install of Maya 2011 Hotfix 1.

For a complete rundown of what's new in Maya 2011, please read this post.

Owen