I am trying to export a somewhat large model (~160 x 160 x 410 meters) from the gMax BAT build (I don't know which one - but an old one I think - I don't have an acceptable 3DS max configuration for BAT) - when doing the thumbnail view it throws an 'unknown system exception' - I have uploaded a text copy of the error from gMax - (.txt)
I would be appreciate any help on this too, (note to moderators - I am not sure where this post would actually go - I am new here - I signed up to resolve this issue, if it is in the wrong category, feel free to move it and point me in the right direction for future reference) I had exported models successfully in the past, but that was on a different computer.
The model itself is about 120mb in size - I tried exporting in draft mode too - I originally tried the high quality model which did not work.
In an unrelated note, if there is a key/function list for the SC4 PIM Extended - I would like a link to it too if some has one.
Export Errors:
[Welcome to MAXScript.
-- Error occurred in FnExportAllZoomsAndRotations()
-- Frame:
-- ModelName: #stModelName(compassNames:#("S", "W", "N", "E", "NS", "EW", "X"), nameParts:#("00030", "Swingarm Tower I", "UserModel"), destPath:"C:\Users\Swingarm\Documents\SimCity 4\Plugins\", tempSubDir:"C:\gmax\gamepacks\BAT\Temp\", zoom:1, rot:1, mUseNamingConvention:false, kPropertyFileName:"File Name", kPropertyModelID:"Model ID", kIntS3DTypeID:1523640343, kIntBuildingGroupID:-663883413, kIntFSHTypeID:2058686020, kIntFSHGroupID:-663883413)
-- destPath: "C:\Users\Swingarm\Documents\SimCity 4\Plugins\"
-- curStep: 2
-- lodNodes: #($Box:TB2_TempLOD1_Box @ [-0.000015,0.000000,0.000000], $Box:TB2_TempLOD2_Box @ [-0.000015,0.000000,0.000000], $Box:LOD3 @ [-0.000015,0.000000,0.000000], $Box:LOD4 @ [-0.000015,0.000000,0.000000], $Box:LOD5 @ [-0.000015,0.000000,0.000000])
-- nodesToSave: #()
-- success: 4
-- datName: "C:\Users\Swingarm\Documents\SimCity 4\Plugins\Swingarm Tower I-0x5ad0e817_0xd86df16b_0x30000.SC4Model"
-- zoom: undefined
-- timeStr: undefined
-- errorMsg: undefined
-- numOfSteps: 22
-- thisModelType: #building
-- starttime: 56429852
-- bHasNightMats: false
-- called in btnExport()
-- Frame:
-- bExport: true
-- quality: "draft"
]
It says that the application has also run out of memory too.
The model is too long, wide and tall.
Yeah - I reduced the size of the model - took off the top half - So far so good - retrying export now - Thumbnails complete...
I am doing a low quality model as a test too - the zoom 5 renders are completing without any issues
EDIT - The export worked - Made a few changes to name (had [model_name] copy.gmax as the name - copied the file before I removed the top half - Going to now try the high quality model for export.