purplegirl Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 Help! I have two error messages I have researched and can't fix. 1. When I open A:M I get the message "unable to load plug-in [/applications/animation master 16.0/textures/simbiont2.atx], -err- This one doesn't seem to cause any problem, but because I have another error (below) I thought I'd mention it. 2. When I create a new dope sheet, I add a sentence then get the message "dictionary modified or index file missing. Recreating index file" This message takes me to a "locate file" dialog box, and at the bottom of the dialog I can see that it's expecting a *.i file. SOOOO, I can't make my characters talk! Btw, I have version 16.0b and I'm running OS X (Lion). Purplegirl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hash Fellow robcat2075 Posted March 18, 2012 Hash Fellow Share Posted March 18, 2012 Welcome to A:M Purple person! Some mac person will have to chime in on the simbiont related error But I believe the dictionary file you need is really "dictionary.dic". I'm not sure why it's looking for a .i file but if you can change that to "anything" or .dic perhaps you can see the file. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
largento Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 I'm thinking maybe the Symbiont2 plugin doesn't work under Lion. You can remove it from the Textures folder and that warning should stop. Not sure about the dictionary file thing. Hopefully Robcat's suggestion works. (I've never used it.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Developer yoda64 Posted March 19, 2012 Developer Share Posted March 19, 2012 Welcome to A:M Purple person! Some mac person will have to chime in on the simbiont related error The simbiont plugin will not work on Lion , due Apple has removed some system calls in Lion , they are referenced from a library which the plugin is used and Hash doesn't have the source code for this library (owned by Darkling Simulation) But I believe the dictionary file you need is really "dictionary.dic". I'm not sure why it's looking for a .i file but if you can change that to "anything" or .dic perhaps you can see the file. The index.i file is created if You are using the first time the dictionary, I think this fails due a permission problem for the /applications//animation master 16.0/ directory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mouseman Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 The index.i file is created if You are using the first time the dictionary, I think this fails due a permission problem for the /applications//animation master 16.0/ directory. Does the Mac have an equivalent of the "ProgramData" folder? If so, Steffen, could the index be generated there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimd Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 I have not tried the dope sheet using lion and if you are using a tower you can duel boot it with snow leopard ( not that you need a tower) but its nice to have it on separate drives and bounce back and forth if needed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerry Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 I too get that simbiont error, I just click through it. Some third party materials and plugins don't work on the Mac. I can't help with the dope sheet question though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hash Fellow robcat2075 Posted March 20, 2012 Hash Fellow Share Posted March 20, 2012 PurpleGirl, I gave the "I've got a secret" tutorial a try and since i haven't done it before with this version of A:M I got the same message as you, but then it spun for a bit and continued on, apparently having created the new index.i file that Steffen referes to above. Two ideas to try: - get out a simple text editor and create an empty file and save it as "index.i" to the location that A:M was looking in (should be the same dir that A:M is installed in). Then try the tutorial from the beginning again or... -unzip this index.zip file and put the index.i file that my A:M just created to dir your A:M is in, then see if that works... index.zip (I had to put it in a zip because ".i" isn't an uploadable file type.) Try those and let us know what happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerry Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 Hope Purplegirl comes back. It's too bad when beginners post a question then never come back. Not much can be done I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplegirl Posted March 25, 2012 Author Share Posted March 25, 2012 robcat2075, thank you! the file fixed my problem. I think everything's going to be ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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