GMax chimp error

[genwhite]

I made my map in GMax because 3ds max is a little pricy, and once i finished it with all the textures and whatnot, i attached the map to frame, and used chimp to export. i followed the readme that came with chimp, but when i went to save the actual JMS file, i got an error that said this

MAXScript Rollout Handler Exception
--Runtime error: Feature not available: "createFile"

any help at all would be nice, thank you.

[inferno]

MAXScript Rollout Handler Exception
--Runtime error: Feature not available: "createFile"

i know very little about gmax but i know alot about 3ds max and "maxscript" is 3ds max script.... maybe thats your problem? but since Gmax is made by autodesk it may not be your problem..

it could be a version compatability problem i would also take a look at that.

[TomClancey]

No, you have to read the read-me that comes with chimp, you have to uncheck "Create File", and do Stream With Listener. Then open up the grablistener chimp came with and save the thing in that as a .jms file. Then open up the jms file and delete everything before and including-----begin jms--- and delete everything and including ---end jms---

But I would recomend useing Blue Streak JMS exporter.. It is tons better. And gives you way less errors that chimp normally would.

[genwhite]

ah, that was it, i misunderstood the readme about the open listener button, but i got it working again. havent been makin halo maps for a while, had to rejog my memory

[dragonflare921]

i had that same porblem but fixed it, and now tool has an error:


### ERROR model file has wrong version number

[TomClancey]

Thats because you didn't open the JMS fil in notepad and delete

----begin chimp--- and everything before it

and

-----end chimp---- and anything after that.

[dragonflare921]

ok i figured it aout...again...lol. and now it says...


building intermediate geometry...
EAX: 0xFFFFFFFE
EBX: 0x001FFB01
ECX: 0x0013F2D0
EDX: 0x000002CC
EDI: 0x0013F2D0
ESI: 0x00000000
EBP: 0x0013F1A8
ESP: 0x0013F198
EIP: 0x7C90EB94, C3 8D A4 24 ?????
EXCEPTION halt in .\intermediate_geometry.c,#444: triangle->material_index=0&& triangle->material_index<old_material_count


if anyone can tell me what that means and what to do thatd be awesome.

[dragonflare921]

and in my other map wen i tried making the bitmaps it said:

###paint_ballin_ground.tif
==> !!WARNING!! failed to open TIFF: unsupported bits per sample (16) or sample count (3)


how can i change this to where it doesnt say that, using either photoshop or paintshop.

[Noobzor]

where does it export to?