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Carrara Installation Corrupted and Not Working

DiomedeDiomede Posts: 15,173
in Carrara Discussion

Argh.  angry

My Carrara is not working.  I am going to have uninstall and reinstall.  Oh, the pain of various plugins and free utilities.  Oh, the pain.  angry

I get an error that it can't find one of the VWD files when Carrara first loads.  Carrara quits if I try to conform hair or clothing to a figure.  Carrara freezes up if I try to model in the assembly room.  crying

Oh, the pain of uninstall and reinstall.  angry

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  • DiomedeDiomede Posts: 15,173
    edited July 2023

    UPDATE - MORE SADNESS

    Uninstalling and reinstalling Carrara did not fix the 'conform to' issue.  Something deeper is wrong.  surprise  None of the plugins should need to be installed for that basic function to work.

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  • StezzaStezza Posts: 8,079

    https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/5139166/#Comment_5139166
     

    you've had this problem before.... could it be the same?

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 101,097

    Why would uninstalling and reinstalling carrara help with a VWD issue? Is that a file that is part of the base VWD or is it a configuration file, an you tell?

  • DiomedeDiomede Posts: 15,173

    Richard Haseltine said:

    Why would uninstalling and reinstalling carrara help with a VWD issue? Is that a file that is part of the base VWD or is it a configuration file, an you tell?

    I think the file missing warning (the VWD issue) is a deeper file reference problem, not a VWD problem.  At least, that would fit with the other problems I mentioned which are basic Carrara functions.

    Oh, the pain.  sad

  • DiomedeDiomede Posts: 15,173
    edited July 2023

    Progress

    Well, I not only uninstalled Carrara, I wiped all other files in the directories.  I did a fresh install.  Now when I start Carrara I do not get the missing MCX file error.  And I can load a M4/V4 type figure and conform a clothing or hair item to it without crashing, and I can model in the assemble room.  Yay.

    Now I just need to re-install everything else.  surprise

    Not to jinx myself, but this unistall/reinstall is going reasonably well so far.  Famous last words.  No plugins yet.  We shall see.

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  • DiomedeDiomede Posts: 15,173

    Stezza said:

    https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/5139166/#Comment_5139166
     

    you've had this problem before.... could it be the same?

    Maybe this is just a regularly scheduled missing MCX file error for me.  

  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 38,245

    well I cannot have Mimic plugin installed with Octane on my new installation on my new C drive yet I copied over the exact set of extensions I had before where it worked

    VWD just throws up an error now on both Carrara versions if installed upon loading not that it worked on the Win10 anyway (crashed upon sending back to Carrara) but I only have the original version 

    Malwarebytes deleted Carrara.exe in the middle of a render on my Win7 the other month but I rescued it from Quarantine 

    so much cannot be explained 

    good luck and perseverance heart

  • DiomedeDiomede Posts: 15,173
    edited July 2023

    Progress

    Having mixed results with the plugins.  

    Example of good.  - Philemo's converter from Carrara dynamic hair to vertex mesh is working.  yes

    Example of not so good.  - The 3rd party 'Noir' and 'Parchment' scene filters brings up the menu but do not do anything when applied.  no

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  • DiomedeDiomede Posts: 15,173
    edited July 2023

    Progress

    Problems with accumulated Carrara content folders.  Argh, many of my browser folder references are gone, but not all.  Sorting this out is going to be a b!tch.  angry

    For example, my folder with the helix and other math formula objects from 'That Cool French Site' is missing.  

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  • RuudLRuudL Posts: 196
    edited July 2023

    Diomede said:

    Progress

    Problems with accumulated Carrara content folders.  Argh, many of my browser folder references are gone, but not all.  Sorting this out is going to be a b!tch.  angry

    For example, my folder with the helix and other math formula objects from 'That Cool French Site' is missing.  

    The browser folder references are in the Preferences.txt file (in Users\<your user>\AppData\Roaming\DAZ 3D\Carrara 8.5\ ) Hope you have a backup from which you can restore it.

    I guess you referring to this 'That Cool French Site'  http://gianp.free.fr/carrara/indexcarrara.html

     

    Perhaps you might want to consider my proposal on setting up the Extensions folder. https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/485406/sharing-my-extensions-folder-setup#latest

    Good luck!

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  • DiomedeDiomede Posts: 15,173
    edited July 2023

    Thank you, @Ruudl.  Yup, that is 'that cool French site.'  I had copied each math formula and pasted in Carrara's formula modeler, then edited to add p1 and p2 parameters for adjustment, then saved to my browser for future use.  Would suck to have to repeat the exercise, but I should be able to find my old directories.  Presumably, they are still on my computer and on the backup drive --- somewhere.

    And I really appreciate the link to the post on your presets folder.  Thanks.  yes

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  • UnifiedBrainUnifiedBrain Posts: 3,588

    WendyLuvsCatz said:

    so much cannot be explained 

    good luck and perseverance heart

    +1

  • DiomedeDiomede Posts: 15,173

    Thank you for the encouragement, @UnifiedBrain and @WendyLuvsCatz. 

    I have a working copy of Carrara 8.5 Pro again, which is the most important thing.  The remaining problems are mostly with some specific plugins, and in navigating my backups to find all of my own creations.  The problem with just copying whole directories is that some things will have the wrong file references - like for shaders that I edited at several different times between different re-installations.  Not having VWD working is a particular annoyance for some of my projects if I made the figures purposely avoiding conforming accessories.  Seems like my VWD goes bonkers on a regular basis.  Argh.  But I am up and running!  yes

  • UnifiedBrainUnifiedBrain Posts: 3,588

    Between the experience of you and Wendy, I'm starting to think I was fortunate to miss the recent VWD sale.frown

  • RuudLRuudL Posts: 196
    edited July 2023

    Diomede said:

         I had copied each math formula and pasted in Carrara's formula modeler, then edited to add p1 and p2 parameters for adjustment, then saved to my browser for future use.  Would suck to have to repeat the exercise, but I should be able to find my old directories.  Presumably, they are still on my computer and on the backup drive --- somewhere.

    That site also offers the possibility to download the objects in Carrara format (version 1.0) The download zipfile also contains a fbx and poser version. So no need for copy and paste. Just click one of the tiles on the download page ( http://gianpf.free.fr/indexzips.html )

     

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  • RuudLRuudL Posts: 196

    Diomede said:

      Argh.  But I am up and running!  
    yes

    I am glad that you are up and running again.

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