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[xsisupport]

I don't have 2011 SP2 installed yet, but I didn't repro this in 2011 SP1.

I would try running this in the script editor:

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Dim oProp : oProp = Application.ActiveSceneRoot.AddProperty("rcCustomFilterSettings")      
InstallCustomPreferences oProp, "Custom Filters (RCTools)"

[xsisupport]

I can repro the error in 2011 SP2 when I install the addon from the plugin manager.

But if I reload the Custom Filters plugin, then it works and installs the custom preference, and I no longer get the error at startup.

[myara]

Thanks for your replies.

Still I can't make it work.

What I tried this time:

Runonce.bat, Uninstall xsiaddon, Delete xsiaddon folder and file, Reinstall xsiaddon.
Same result, error with rcCustomFilters.vbs and rcCustomFilterSettings.vbs not loaded.

Tried the xsiaddon in XSI 7.01, and everything went well. I copied the preference file to 2011 SP2. I didn't get the error with rcCustomFilters.vbs, but got
' ERROR : 2356 - This plug-in is not installed: rcCustomFilterSettings

When I try to reload rcCustomFilterSettings.vbs it seems to load something, but nothing happens after that. The icon is still red and nothing appears in the script editor.

When I try the function in the script editor, I get an error. I think the problem is not within rcCustomFilters.vbs but rcCustomFilterSettings.vbs.
I think that since rcCustomFilterSettings.vbs is not correctly loaded, the line calling "rcCustomFilterSettings" won't work, therefore the error at start SI.

Still, I can't make rcCustomFilterSettings.vbs work.

I'll keep trying later.

[xsisupport]

I'd try troubleshooting rcCustomFilterSettings by itself.

Copy rcCustomFilterSettings.vbs to your Application\Plugins folder

Uninstall the addon.

From the Plugin Manager, load rcCustomFilterSettings.vbs.

Any errors?

[myara]

That's exactly what I tried. Error again.

Then I opened the rcCustomFilterSettings.vbs with notepad++. Check the encode and it was in ANSI. I remember I had some encoding troubles with a script before (never new why but it worked in XSI 2010 but not XSI 7.0, or something like that), so I decided to try every single encode and started with UTF-8. Save, Reload in Softimage and Bang! Voila!
It worked!

This PC is in Japanese so it may have something to do with it.

Thanks for your help!

[rray]

I've got no idea why this happens or how to avoid this on my end -- but it's good to hear that it works

[iamVFX]

Hi Ray! Can you make a function from Polygon outline command to make possible bind a key for that? Something like rcSelectOutline()? Thanks!

[myara]

I'm not Ray but I have a code for that. I got it from an old RCTools. I added 2 comments because sometimes I need to select the Edges inside the selection so I just run the first half.

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// JScript

// -- Select Inside Edges
SelectFilter("Polygon");
InvertSelection("Polygon");
SelectAdjacent(null, "Edge");
S_tmp = Selection(0);
SelectAllUsingFilter("Border_Edge");
if(S_tmp) AddToSelection(S_tmp);
InvertSelection("Edge");

// -- From there, Select Outside
S_inner = Selection(0);
SelectFilter("Polygon");
InvertSelection("Polygon");
SelectAdjacent(null, "Edge");
if(S_inner) RemoveFromSelection(S_inner);

[iamVFX]

I'm not Ray but I have a code for that. I got it from an old RCTools. I added 2 comments because sometimes I need to select the Edges inside the selection so I just run the first half.

Myara, thanks a lot!

[rray]

When it's for one "session" only, it's also possible to map the "rcRepeatLast" command which just repeats the last command picked from the RcTools popup.

[bergj]

Some nice tools here that saved me a lot of time.


However, I have a problem where the walk select command will only work once and cant be repeated by calling the command again - nothing will happen the second time.


I did some tests in python and couldnt get the number of polys to update after rcLoopWalk() was called and so I couldnt deselect/reselect/append that new poly and call it again. I started looking into deferred commands but it became involved, so i figured it was better to ask.

[rray]

Thanks, it is probably the same bug as here that was introduced in v.2013. I'll have a look when I'm at my PC.

[rray]

It's fixed now (hopefully). Selection booleans were not working either because of that bug. Thanks again for reporting.

New version here: http://rray.de/xsi/rctools/

[Hirazi Blue]

So how did you circumvent that bug?

[rray]

The SubComponent data gets refreshed when the selection mode is changed. So each time before accessing it, I changed the selection mode to object selection, then back to polygon/edge/point selection.

[Hirazi Blue]

Good to know. Thanks.
Did you already report this bug? To Chris Chia's bug thread perhaps?