mGear 3.0.3 available

Miquel · January 16, 2019, 4:45am

Hello,

mGear 3.0.3 is available to download: https://github.com/mgear-dev/mgear_dist/releases/tag/3.0.3

Acknowledgments:

Big thanks to the mGear dev team Jerome and Rafael!
Also big thanks to Ingo, Sergei, Charles, Marcus and all the people that are sharing open source projects and helping mGear to be much more complete and robust.
Very special thanks to www.studioanima.co.jp for his amazing support to mGear.
Last but no lest BIG thanks to all the people that help to mGear development by reporting bugs, sending a pull request and participating on the mGear forum. Keep it coming!

New Features

Flex: Flex is the mGear models (geometry) update tool inside rigs.
Shifter: Build Rig from file
Shifter: Game Tools, for decouple deform and control rig
Shifter: Guide Relative placement
Shifter: Guide serialization to json
Shifter: New Guide manager
Shifter: Serialized Diff Tool
Shifter: Serialized Guide Explorer
Shifter_classic_components: New Component: Chain FK spline with variable IK controls
Shifter_classic_components: New Component: Chain IK spline with variable FK controls
Shifter_classic_components: New Component: Chain Stack
Shifter_classic_components: New Component: shoulder_02
Shifter_classic_components: New Component: Spine FK
Shifter_classic_components: New Component: Tangent_spline_01
Shifter_classic_components: New Component: Whip chain
Braverabbit weight driver is now include

Please check the release log and the youtube 3.0 playlist for more information about the new features

NOTE: Maya 2019 is supported, but only windows solvers have been compiled. If you compile the OSX or Linux version, Please share it with us and we will add it to the distribution package

Happy rigging!
Miquel

Hazem_Mahmoud · January 16, 2019, 9:51am

Viva
Thx for Maya 2019 Windows support

jaime · January 17, 2019, 12:10am

Gracias Miquel y cada persona que junto a ti evoluciona mGear.

soulcage · January 17, 2019, 9:51am

hi miquel,

just installed v3.0.3 for maya 2017+ and the maya-math-nodes plugin wont load, “initializePlugin function could not be found” error…
is there something missing? what are this math-nodes for? (building the biped template rig seems to work…)

Miquel · January 17, 2019, 2:46pm

@soulcage Here is more info about the math notes from Serguei: https://github.com/serguei-k/maya-math-nodes

You don’t need it for the shifter rigs, but is a great resource for any rig

Hazem_Mahmoud · January 18, 2019, 8:30am

Btw the Shifter Components window (shifter guide manager) now is dockable via (Workspace control) if you have a single monitor or many monitors but your Maya is over-crowded with floating windows, then Shifter will blend beautifully with Maya main layout.

Aerys · January 20, 2019, 7:50pm

Thank you Miquel! I’ve just used the new version of mGear to rig a character and it is working nicely.

elvis75k · January 22, 2019, 9:52pm

Aiuto! I can’t load this version in maya 2018 OSX Mojave 10.14.2
Here’s the report:

# Error: Unable to dynamically load : /Users/elvis75k/Library/Preferences/Autodesk/maya/2018/mgear_3.0.3/platforms/2018/osx/x64/plug-ins/mgear_solvers.bundle
dlopen(/Users/elvis75k/Library/Preferences/Autodesk/maya/2018/mgear_3.0.3/platforms/2018/osx/x64/plug-ins/mgear_solvers.bundle, 1): Symbol not found: __ZN7MPxNode10forceCacheER10MDGContext
  Referenced from: /Users/elvis75k/Library/Preferences/Autodesk/maya/2018/mgear_3.0.3/platforms/2018/osx/x64/plug-ins/mgear_solvers.bundle
  Expected in: /Applications/Autodesk/maya2018/Maya.app/Contents/MacOS/libOpenMaya.dylib
 in /Users/elvis75k/Library/Preferences/Autodesk/maya/2018/mgear_3.0.3/platforms/2018/osx/x64/plug-ins/mgear_solvers.bundle # 
# Error: dlopen(/Users/elvis75k/Library/Preferences/Autodesk/maya/2018/mgear_3.0.3/platforms/2018/osx/x64/plug-ins/mgear_solvers.bundle, 1): Symbol not found: __ZN7MPxNode10forceCacheER10MDGContext
  Referenced from: /Users/elvis75k/Library/Preferences/Autodesk/maya/2018/mgear_3.0.3/platforms/2018/osx/x64/plug-ins/mgear_solvers.bundle
  Expected in: /Applications/Autodesk/maya2018/Maya.app/Contents/MacOS/libOpenMaya.dylib
 in /Users/elvis75k/Library/Preferences/Autodesk/maya/2018/mgear_3.0.3/platforms/2018/osx/x64/plug-ins/mgear_solvers.bundle (mgear_solvers) #

v2.6.1 is working just fine (changing maya module path)

i’m lost

Miquel · January 22, 2019, 11:22pm

@elvis75k Can you try to copy the old mgear_solver.bundle from 2.6.1 in the 3.0.3 corresponding folder? Should be the same, because there is no changes in the solvers.

elvis75k · January 23, 2019, 6:04am

@Miquel Thanks, it does work now

Alicia · January 23, 2019, 8:34pm

I’m having an error trying to open up the menu for 3.03:

// Error: SyntaxError: file C:/Users/acarvalho/Documents/maya/2018/scripts\mgear\shifter\menu.py line 4: invalid syntax //

When I go to the file using pycharm, nothing is lit up. This is the line:
from . import guide_template, mocap_tools, game_tools, io

Miquel · January 23, 2019, 11:31pm

Hi @Alicia

Is that the only error log? are other modules having errors?

For the path that I see in the log, I guess you copied the files to scripts folder. Is it possible that something is missing?

PD: Please start a new topic under “support” catergory to report this kind of issue Thanks

Cheers,
Miquel

Miquel · January 23, 2019, 11:35pm

NOTE: This is a general note for everybody.
If there is any error using mGear. Please report it in a new topic under “Support” Category. So later is easy to find to other users if they have similar issue
Thanks!

Alicia · January 24, 2019, 12:47am

Sorry Miquel, I’ll repost under the support category

Saihtam · March 2, 2019, 3:08pm

Hey folks,

I’m curious as to why 3.0.3 is only 2016.5+ now? Is this because of the inclusion of the weightDriver inclusion? I’m looking to use mGear on a project for 2016, so was just wondering if I could get the latest mGear to work if I just fix some dependencies?

Thanks for the awesome work

Miquel · March 3, 2019, 5:12am

usually we support only the Maya version that we are using in production. But yes should be easy to adjust it to work with Maya 2016
did you try it with Maya 2016? what is failing?

Fidel_Moreno · October 10, 2019, 12:36am

Hi guys!
In Ollin VFX we compile the missing solvers for Maya 2019, Linux x64 and want to share with you!
Thanks for all!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1z-tO7PnaQIPk_bnYK8z5SSyDwk5sRZWp/view?usp=sharing

Cheers

chrislesage · October 10, 2019, 12:26am

Hi Fidel,

Can you please explain what you compiled? What OS? What Maya version? Are you replying to any specific problem in this thread?

Fidel_Moreno · October 10, 2019, 12:31am

Hi Chris!
Oh yes haha sorry
Maya 2019 on linux x64