Plugin Problem in Maya3

[simple44]

I am having a problem loading plugins with Maya 3. I never had a problem with 2.5. Are the plugins compatible. I have Arete Digital Nature Tools, and I downloaded the 3ds file format import plugin from the AW.com website. When I try to load these plugins in the Plugin Manager I get errors.

For the 3dsImport.mll (Imports 3ds files into Maya)
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The procedure entry point ?assignUVs@MFnMesh@@QAE?AVMStatus@@ABVMIntArray@@0@Z could not be located in the dynamic link library OpenMaya.dll

And for the nfxMaya250.mll (Digital Nature Tools)
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The procedure entry point ?setDefault@MFnLightDataAttribute@@QAE?AVMStatus@@MMMMMM_N00MM@Z could not be located in the dynamic link library OpenMaya.dll

[jtk77]

All plugins must be recompiled by the software company for Maya 3. the API has changed a little, similar to what happened when they went from MAya 1 to 2. Arete told me they will have the plugins recompiled in a few weeks to a month apon receiving the new coding from Alias , as of two weeks ago they had not received it . If you rely on software lke that it would be a good idea to have 2.5 loaded until your plugins are compadable.

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[carmine-1]

I believe that the Maya 3.0 developer's kit has what they need. They will probably have to rewrite some code and debug since there are some changes in the API. Plus, I'm sure they're working on other plug-ins such as SoftXSI. When i visited there a few years ago, I recall they had two programmers. I think they knew more code in their fingernail than I do my whole garbanzo bean sized brain (peasized brains are a dime a dozen).