[Closed] Max 2010 and scritped plugin errors.

Do you have that plugins\subfolder specifically pathed in your “plugin.ini” in the root of max?

Yes I do. Just as it is in 2008 and 2009.

Paul – did you ever find the cause of this?

Just ran into the same error (but ‘system exception’ tends to cover a lot of ground) – not using a scripted plugin, though.

The error in my script seems to occur when renderMap() gets invoked. This is a test script:

format "system error test - start
"
myGradient = gradient()
format "system error test - gradient creation successful
"
myGradientBitmap = rendermap myGradient -- system exception
format "system error test - gradient rendering successful
"
display myGradientBitmap
format "system error test - display successful - end
"

In 3ds Max 2009, this is fine.

Placing it in Scripts\Startup\ is also fine – at least as far as code execution goes. It presents other problems related to somehow letting the user still selectively load your script, or not, based on plugin.ini .