I have a weird problem. I have been using a saved .ma file with no problems at all. When i decided to clean up my computer, I copied an image of my OS and maya from one partition to another (I effectively kinda formated my c drive and reinstall my OS and maya and other software). Apart from that, everything is the same ie I'm still trying to load from the same .ma file.
When I load this file up, I get a message saying "fatal error, trying to save to bla bla bla..." Maya then automatically shuts down. At first, I thought this was a security isssue so I was about to uninstall and activate again. To test this, I just opened a new scene in maya (i.e. not loading a file). I have no trouble with it so I dont think it was a secruity problem.
Now, if i loaded up a eariler file (i.e one without animations, just the models) it SOMETIMES work fine! Later files (i.e with animations and rigs) has a much LESS chance of working! Weird!
I thought it might be something to do with the pref files in the C: drive so i replaced that with my latest pref file (although not up to date as the pref file i would have had at the time of formating my computer-does this matter?)
Please help, I dont want to lose a few months work bo ho.
If you could, please send the response to ktu@dstl.gov.uk cos I would like to resolve this problem asap!
Yes, I agree. I have over 50 incremental saves but none will open properly.
Last night I tried to fix the problem but with no results.
I tried to reload some of my other previous projects but they too dont open! So, I dont think the save files are damaged, is just maya dont seem to accept them anymore.
This lends me back to suspecting that there might be a security code problem? But as a mentioned before, if opening a new scene, maya functions perfectly! Is it something to do with my computer Hostid i.e. by taking an image of one of my harddisk partition and copying over another, maya security no longer functions properly and therefore no longer accepts saved files but will allow you to use maya from a new scene?
I have also tried to uninstall and then reinstall maya. No results. Do I need to consider formating my whole hard drive to get rid off any previous hostids and then reinstall maya?
can you read the ma files in a text document? or do they come out as jumble?
I mean ive seemn people who had the encryptig disk system on XP, that then copied the files to a bakup drive and reinstalled windows.... Well thats a Serious mistake! I mean baceuse you had the encryption on the sytem automaticaly progressed to uncrypt them without you seing it. BUT now that you reinstalled you dont have the encryption key anymore unless you copied that too to securitry? If not then yoru work is allmost certainly forever lost unless you can connvince nsa to decrypt it for you
so did you happen to have encryptation on? for some starnge paranoid reason?!? ifd you did pary god you backed up the key... this is a sytem feature not maya one.
Anyway maya has no file sequrity unless youve made one script taht does... but thenagain this si easy tofix by editting the ma.
Anyway, since you can start maya it has nothing to do with licences either.
that is interesting joojaa. I will have to look into that tonight.
I had a similiar problem with 3ds max. My system was getting abit slow so i copied a clean image file from one partition to another. However, by doing this i assumed my clean 3ds max would work but it didnt because the liecence checker got confused and i couldnt reactivate the lience even though it was the correct code (I know because i phoned up for it and had it checked). I tried to format the harddisk but that didnt work because some of the information that the lience was using was still on the harddisk (hidden somewhere?). Anyway, after days and talking to alot of techies, it was just a matter of deleting the lience file in the hidden folders and then reinstall max, phone up and get the activation key again.
...so I suspect the same thing here?
hmmmm I'm gonna have an interesting and stressful weekend!
bo ho. 