Macros Transferals To Shake Upgrade

[user_deleted]

hey all...

my company is upgrading shake and i was wondering if it is possable to simply copy the numerous macros into the newer version of shake or do i have to re-create all the macros and break them up...there are loads so it wont be a quick task!!!

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pls help!!!?

Grae

[user_deleted]

It's really easy, man:
Copy the *.h, *ui.h and *.nri files exactly as you have them working in the old Shake to the new shake
(you can access the Shake contents with R-click - "Show package contents" in Mac OSX).

in Shake 4 for OSX it should be in
Shake/Contents/plugins/startup/ for the *.h files
Shake/Contents/plugins/startup/ui for the *ui.h files
Shake/Contents/Resources/icons for the *.nri

hope it helped!

[user_deleted]

my understanding is that i's better to put them into your nreal folder (usually in the home account), but i dont know too much about these things.

most macros should continue to work as before, if one doesnt try modifing it with a text editor or rebuild it from scratch.

++ christoph ++

[user_deleted]

Some functions like "Layer" aren't supported in Shake 4 anymore. You will have to edit the macro in such case.

[user_deleted]

Zem, i agree used to / should be at the nreal directory, but i think from Shake 4 onwards they come in the folder I specified.
They aren't nothing real any more...
I'm not sure but i think it's better to have it within the program itself, then different Shake versions can be in the same computer: a plain one "as it comes", another one filled with all the macros from the cookbook and this page...
I had a few accidents when i updated some macros (the nice Despill macro changed its name with the new version but i wasn't keeping the old one anymore) so i keep a backup of old and ok-working versions.
By the way never save a project with a Missing macro: any data about the macro / node would be spoiled.

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It's really easy, man:
Copy the *.h, *ui.h and *.nri files exactly as you have them working in the old Shake to the new shake
(you can access the Shake contents with R-click - "Show package contents" in Mac OSX).

in Shake 4 for OSX it should be in
Shake/Contents/plugins/startup/ for the *.h files
Shake/Contents/plugins/startup/ui for the *ui.h files
Shake/Contents/Resources/icons for the *.nri

hope it helped!

I dont recommend installing your macros in: Shake/Contents/plugins/startup/
You can install these in your home folder, located:
/Users/[Username]/nreal/

If it does not exist, create it... then copy in all your plugins/macros

/Users/[Username]/nreal/autosave
/Users/[Username]/nreal/icons
/Users/[Username]/nreal/include
/Users/[Username]/nreal/settings
/Users/[Username]/nreal/settings/startup
/Users/[Username]/nreal/include/startup/ui

Then copy in the appropriate header files to the correct folders

You should be able to install all your macro's here,
Though you can install in the other location provided, its not recommend.
More because its harder to know what is yours and what plugins are apples. If that does not bother you, then that's fine. But copying over core apple plugins to a new cut of Shake would cause problems.
So to keep it simple, I always store custom macros in the nreal path I have shown you.