No Mat, there are no other copies, and when the plugin is unloaded. soft would not run the command,
Cheers Ran On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 4:54 PM, Matt Lind <ml...@carbinestudios.com> wrote: > Sounds like you may have multiple copies installed in different locations > and may not be aware of it.**** > > ** ** > > Matt**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > *From:* softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto: > softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] *On Behalf Of *ran sariel > *Sent:* Monday, June 03, 2013 4:53 PM > *To:* softimage > > *Subject:* Re: unloading a plugin, recompiling and reloading it in > softimage.**** > > ** ** > > the plugin registers a command and a couple of custom operators, that are > created only when necessary. (not in the case I'm testing at the moment)** > ** > > even when starting a new scene (so there's no active nodes related to the > plugin), unloading the plugin recompiling and reloading, it is still > reverting to the old plugin code. **** > > ** ** > > **** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 2:44 PM, Stephan Woermann < > swoerman...@googlemail.com> wrote:**** > > On a custom render property, it doesn´t work, as example.**** > > Maybe because some of the render parameters are still active in some parts > of the Softimage internal structure.**** > > > With custom shaders, sometimes you can´t recompile the dll. You get an > write error. The same background as above.**** > > > Custom ICE-Nodes are also a little bit tricky. When you unload the plugin, > an existing Node will become a red status,**** > > Recompile and reload the plugin, will make the Node sometimes wired, some > portsnames are double.**** > > Or if you delete a Node without the plugin is loaded, you get a crash.**** > > ** ** > > I would prefer the way to test if the plugin can be reloaded and refreshed > how it should and when not, restart Softimage.**** > > I think it depend on what type of plugin you code and how deep the plugin > is currently used in the Softimage Scene.**** > > Sometimes you can recompile and refresh and sometimes you can´t... > > Stephan**** > > ** ** > > 2013/6/3 Matt Lind <ml...@carbinestudios.com>**** > > If you’re working on a PPG Layout, you’ll need to ‘refresh’ the PPG to see > changes.**** > > **** > > That is, each PPG has a name with a triangle to its left, which if > clicked, collapses the PPG. Right-click the darker grey area to the right > of the collapsible name and choose “refresh”. This will force the PPG > Layout logic code to evaluate from scratch.**** > > **** > > **** > > Matt**** > > **** > > **** > > **** > > **** > > *From:* softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto: > softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] *On Behalf Of *Stephan Woermann > *Sent:* Monday, June 03, 2013 1:43 PM > *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com > *Subject:* Re: unloading a plugin, recompiling and reloading it in > softimage.**** > > **** > > Another problem can be, when some code is still "active" in Softimage. > Like an open shader PPG of an unloaded Plugin or something else.**** > > Stephan**** > > **** > > 2013/6/3 Stephan Woermann <swoerman...@googlemail.com>**** > > Haven´t check the Update All over the Plugin Manager, so the next can be > wrong. > For changes in the PPG with new parameters, you must restart Softimage.*** > * > > For changes in the logic or others, unload/reload should work.**** > > Stephan**** > > **** > > 2013/6/3 ran sariel <ran.sar...@gmail.com>**** > > hope it was that simple, this just doesn't work on my setup.**** > > the plugin is definitely unloaded before the recompile, and I wonder where > on earth does soft cache it.**** > > **** > > On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 10:42 AM, Vincent Ullmann < > vincent.ullm...@googlemail.com> wrote:**** > > Hi, > > Not for Linux, and kind a just repeating what you already wrote... > > for me unloading, recompiling, reloading worked well on Windows7 64bit and > Softimage2012SAP > for some CustomOperator-Plugins (C++). > > What i did exactly was: > Inside the PluginManager > right-click on the Plugin > select "Unload" > Go to Sublime (or Visual Studio) > recompile > Back To XSI: > PluginManager -> Update All > > > Am 03.06.2013 18:36, schrieb ran sariel:**** > > **** > > Hi All > > I'm compiling a plugin for soft on linux, > every time I make a change it seems that soft will not pick up the changes > until I restart it. which is tedious and time consuming. > I tried unloading the plugin (with remove option), compiling reloading, > unloading the plugin, remove the old one from disk!!, compile / reload. no > luck. > > I'm probably missing something basic about the way soft handles resources, > but couldn't find any clue in the docs. > > does anyone have a better workaround than relaunch soft? > > Cheers > Ran**** > > **** > > **** > > **** > > **** > > ** ** > > ** ** >
