Panarchy Posted April 13, 2020 Share Posted April 13, 2020 Hi all, I used to use 3dsmax 2017 plugin to edit meshes for Skyrim but now I'm having trouble with the 2018 plugin for FO4. Whenever I try to save or export I get this message: File: c:\program files\autodesk\3ds max 2018 sdk\maxsdk\include\ioapi.hLine: 232Function: ISave::WriteExpression: buf == NULL || strlen(buf) <= nbytes Google has been a dead end and I'm officially stumped. If anybody has any ideas, it would be appreciated... Otherwise, how is everyone editing meshes nowadays? I could switch to blender, but I would need to reinstall since I'm using 2.80 and I know that's not supported yet. Which version of blender/nif plugin are you all using? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YouDoNotKnowMyName Posted April 13, 2020 Share Posted April 13, 2020 (edited) The plugin for FO4 only works with 3DSMAX 2013. That is the tool that I think everybody uses. 3DSMAX2013 can't be bought officially anymore, so you will have to get it in a different way .... Edited April 13, 2020 by YouDoNotKnowMyName Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panarchy Posted April 14, 2020 Author Share Posted April 14, 2020 Thank you for your response. I'm using this plugin https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/84041?tab=description and it used to work just fine... Incidentally, I discovered the answer to my problem was an option at the bottom of the error wall of text that essentially amounted to "ignore this error and don't tell me again." I never thought that would work but it did, and I can't even be helpful by documenting the specific option because I can't reproduce the error now. Apparently the answer to 3dsMax telling you it's crashing is to say "no you aren't and stop complaining..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YouDoNotKnowMyName Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 Well, I don't think so: https://forums.nexusmods.com/index.php?/topic/8594498-3dsmax2013-plugin-error/ Ignoring errors and yelling at 3DSMAX didn't work for me :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panarchy Posted April 24, 2020 Author Share Posted April 24, 2020 Apologies for necro-ing this embarrassing thread of mine, but here is the error in question in case anybody else has this problem with the max 2015-2018 plugins by apenov ( https://www.nexusmod...tab=description) In my case, I selected the third option and was able to continue, save and export without issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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