gmax.......opposed to SC4 B.A.T

[haropro 0]

Hello everyone. I was and still are wondering. Can i make bats in reguar gmax opposed to the sc4 plugin for gmax, with no problems in exporting the finished bat to sc4? The reason i whant to do this is because, i cannto open the sc4 bater because it is giving me an error message. I have never actually bated but would like to give it a ashot.

[vidioman 21]

You can make BATs in regular GMax, but you won't be able to export them without the BAT plugin, because the BAT plugin is the renderer/exporter. Without the BAT, you can't BAT. If you post a picture of the error message (select the error message window, press alt+print scrn, use ctrl+v to paste it into Paint, save the image and post it here) someone might be able to help you fix what is wrong.

You might be able find someone to help you export/render a model made in GMax.

[haropro 0]

The screen that comes up when i try to run the BAT plugin says  GMAXLOC environment variable not found

[haropro 0]

Sorry for double posting and bumping the thread, but i want to know what is wrong, and any help is greatly greatly appreciated.

[rugeley123 13]

Sorry for double posting and bumping the thread, but i want to know what is wrong, and any help is greatly greatly appreciated.

I have the same problem with the BATING

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

Sorry for double posting and bumping the thread, but i want to know what is wrong, and any help is greatly greatly appreciated.

I have the same problem with the BATING

You have to not only install gmax but initialize it. Just run it and it will set up the environmental variables you need. For Linux users, it may be necessary to add these to your user .profile in order to keep them when you log out.

After running gmax, you should be able to install the BAT.

And, aside, when you install a program, are you not curious enough to run it, just to see if everything is OK? gmax has a very interesting tutorial on making an animated object that is worth running as a familiarization cruise.

Be sure to run the BAT ESSENTIALS tutorial from the Omnibus as well. It contains a lot of information, especially on creating a lot that will light up at night.