Max:Installing

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The Cyan Worlds Plasma Plugin is used within 3ds Max to create Ages. Installing it is a simple affair.

Prerequisites

You will need either 3ds Max 7 or 3ds Max 8 for the plugin to work correctly. Trial versions are available on the Internet; the full versions must be purchased. Also make sure you have the latest service packs for your version:

Downloading

[J'Kla]

Heads up The CYAN plugin only works for the release 7 and 8 Of 3D Max but in the githib depository

there are versions for nearly all of the later releases head here

https://github.com/H-uru/Plasma/releases/tag/last-successful

NOTE: there's a bunch of downlads available at this time I am testing the 20222 version I will post there and let you know how that goes.

also I found this website

https://nextdigitalkey.com/product/autodesk-3ds-max/?attribute_pa_operating-system=windows&attribute_pa_version-year=2023

They sell older licences for 3D Max that are somewhat cheapper than the latest Autodesk delivery

NOTE: These are discontinued retail licences Digital download

I bought a 2022 one its installed and appears to authenticate with Audodesk

[/J'Kla]

The plugin can be downloaded from Cyan as a ZIP file.

ADVANCED: Source code for the H'uru fork of the plugin is available from github. Compiling the source is beyond the scope of this tutorial.

Installing

You can now begin the actual installation of the plugin.

  1. Copy all the .dll files that exist in the base directory of your Myst Online: Uru Live Again folder to the base directory of your 3ds Max installation.
  2. Download and extract the plugin. Copy over the MaxPlasmaLights.dlo and PlasmaMax.gup files to your Max version's plugins folder.
  3. Once this is done, boot up 3ds Max. If all goes well, it will crash out. Once it crashes, go to your Max installation's plugcfg file and open up the newly-created PlasmaMAX2.ini in a text editor like Notepad.
  4. You need to replace the entire text with something that will actually work, like the sample below.
  5. Replace PathToYourOutputDirectory with a real folder. This is where Max will export your files, and where you need to place your files for Max to read them!
  6. Start up Max again. If all goes well, you should launch up and a dropdown menu saying "Plasma" will exist on the top bar.

The Max plugin is now installed. If you are experiencing difficulties, you might find it helpful to watch The Magician's Video Tutorial.

Note: the above video tutorial was made before it was confirmed that the plugin worked with 3ds Max 8. Do not get discouraged by the video when it indicates that only version 7 can be used. Both versions work well.

PlasmaMax2.ini Sample

What follows is a sample configuration for your PlasmaMax2.ini. Customize it as required for your installation. 

[Menu]
Version=10
[SceneViewer]
Directory=PathToYourOutputDirectory
[Export]
X=411
Y=322
Dir=