How to compile the MayaImportx86 DLL (Maya 2011) - Revision history

Greebo at 11:20, 20 May 2010

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	* Copy the DLL to your Doom3 folder and test it.		* Copy the DLL to your Doom3 folder and test it.

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Greebo at 11:19, 20 May 2010

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	* The DLL is in the folder: <tt>C:\Games\Doom3_SDK\src\ReleaseDLL</tt>		* The DLL is in the folder: <tt>C:\Games\Doom3_SDK\src\ReleaseDLL</tt>
	* Copy the DLL to your Doom3 folder and test it.		* Copy the DLL to your Doom3 folder and test it.

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Greebo at 11:19, 20 May 2010

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	* You can attempt to compile the MayaImport project, but it will fail due to some const-ness errors:		* You can attempt to compile the MayaImport project, but it will fail due to some const-ness errors. You'll need to fix some const-ness errors to get it to compile:
	* Next, you'll need to fix some const-ness errors to get it to compile:
	* At line 174 the strstr() call needs a char* pointer, so we need to const_cast the incoming osPath:		* At line 174 the strstr() call needs a char* pointer, so we need to const_cast the incoming osPath:
	base = strstr( const_cast<char*>(osPath), BASE_GAMEDIR );		base = strstr( const_cast<char*>(osPath), BASE_GAMEDIR );

Greebo: /* Step by Step */

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Step by Step

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	== Step by Step ==		== Step by Step ==
	* Set up Windows XP Mode		* Set up Windows XP Mode
	* Install VS 2008 SP1		* Install VS 2008 SP1 (to the Virtual Machine, as for all programs listed here)
	* Install Maya 2011 to <tt>C:\Programme\Autodesk\Maya2011</tt>		* Install Maya 2011 to <tt>C:\Programme\Autodesk\Maya2011</tt>
	* Note the include and lib folders, which must be present in this location.		* Note the include and lib folders, which must be present in this location.

Greebo: New page: (greebo's memo on how to compile the Maya Import library for exporting meshes and animations from Maya to D3.) Use the following to build the Maya exporter plugin for Doom 3: * Windows 7 ...

2010-05-20T06:43:11Z

New page: (greebo's memo on how to compile the Maya Import library for exporting meshes and animations from Maya to D3.) Use the following to build the Maya exporter plugin for Doom 3: * Windows 7 ...

New page

(greebo's memo on how to compile the Maya Import library for exporting meshes and animations from Maya to D3.)

Use the following to build the Maya exporter plugin for Doom 3:
* Windows 7 (Ultimate)
* Windows Virtual PC (for XP Mode)
* Maya 2011
* Visual Studio 2008 SP1
* Doom 3 SDK (downloaded from iddevnet)

== Step by Step ==
* Set up Windows XP Mode
* Install VS 2008 SP1
* Install Maya 2011 to <tt>C:\Programme\Autodesk\Maya2011</tt>
* Note the include and lib folders, which must be present in this location.
* Install the D3 SDK to <tt>C:\Games\Doom3_SDK</tt>
* Open the solution C:\Games\Doom3_SDK\src\D3Game.sln, and let the conversion wizard finish its work.
* Open the MayaImport project
* Set the Solution Configuration to "Release".
* Set the include and lib paths for this project:
** Remove the <tt>MayaImport\Maya4.5\include</tt> path
** C/C++ > Additional Include Directories: <tt>C:\Programme\Autodesk\Maya2011\include</tt>
** Linker > Additional Library Directories: <tt>C:\Programme\Autodesk\Maya2011\lib</tt>
** Linker > Additional Dependencies: Foundation.lib, OpenMaya.lib and OpenMayaAnim.lib
* In the Solution Explorer, remove the MayaImport\Maya4.5 tree (right-click remove), it contains erroneous .lib references, which will confuse the linker later on.
* Open the file <tt>maya_main.cpp</tt> and apply the following fixes.
* Add the <iostream> inclusion to the top of the file (line 1), before precompiled.h:
#include <iostream>
* The Maya helper #include directives at line 5 should read like this:
//#include "Maya5.0/maya.h" // comment this line
#include "Maya6.0/maya.h" // uncomment this one
* OSPathToRelativepath() function at line 178. Instead of
if ( base == NULL && strlen(game) > 0 ) {

base = s = strstr( osPath, game );

while( s = strstr( s, game ) ) {
s += strlen( game );
if ( s[0] == '/' || s[0] == '\\' ) {
base = s;
}
}
}
the while loop should be protected by a NULL pointer check:
if ( base == NULL && strlen(game) > 0 ) {

base = s = (char*)strstr( osPath, game );

if (s != NULL)
{
while( s = strstr( s, game ) ) {
s += strlen( game );
if ( s[0] == '/' || s[0] == '\\' ) {
base = s;
}
}
}
}
* You can attempt to compile the MayaImport project, but it will fail due to some const-ness errors:
* Next, you'll need to fix some const-ness errors to get it to compile:
* At line 174 the strstr() call needs a char* pointer, so we need to const_cast the incoming osPath:
base = strstr( const_cast<char*>(osPath), BASE_GAMEDIR );
* The same error in line 179, same fix:
base = s = strstr( const_cast<char*>(osPath), game );
* Save and the project should compile.
* The DLL is in the folder: <tt>C:\Games\Doom3_SDK\src\ReleaseDLL</tt>
* Copy the DLL to your Doom3 folder and test it.