Error occurs when trying to create PSD network.

[Anonymous]

Hey all,
I am new with Maya using it for a school project and I am having a lot of trouble while trying to create a PSD network for my character.

I have been able to create psd networks fine in the past, but on my charecter wheneven I try to create a network i receive the following error


// Error: Invalid call to "filetest". Check number and types of arguments expected by the procedure.

Can anyone help me solve this problem?

much appreciated

Brett

[Anonymous]

interestingly enough I'm also experiencing the same problem after recently reinstalling. It seems to be a script error. I'll definitely be watching this thread and try to contribute any way I can.

[Anonymous]

I Have the same problem i know i am doing it right i have everything in the right folder but it jus keeps coming up with the error any help appreciated

Thanks

The error is

// Error: Invalid call to "filetest". Check number and types of arguments expected by the procedure

[Anonymous]

managed to get the network to work if you guys are still stuck with the error then whilst in maya go to Window - Settings/Preferences - Preferences - Edit - Resore - Defalt Settings. This should resotre any prevous settings set in maya which may conflict with the PSD Network.

Good Luck

[Anonymous]

Hi everyone,

I've been getting the same error as the OP, and resetting the defaults in maya did not fix the problem.

In my case, windows had set the Maya folder in /documents (I'm on win7x64)to read only, meaning Maya could not create the .psd file for the psd network option. Changing it back (NOT read-only) fixed this problem entirely for me.

Hope this helps 🙂

*edit*

For some reason, Maya does not automatically open Photoshop anymore. If you open photoshop and manually locate the file (\Documents\maya\projects\\sourceimages) It will work fine.

[Anonymous]

Me too had faced the same problem in more than one instances when i tried to create psd network. Sometimes repeated try would help do get a positive reaction, and if you are not enough patient, just import the model into another empty scene and create psd network again. Most probably it will do.

[Anonymous]

Hey everyone, I'm running into this problem as well. However, I have tried all of these solutions, and nothing has worked yet. I didn't start noticing this problem until after I downloaded a plug-in called Zebruv. I really hope that the plug-in isn't the problem, because it is making UV unwrapping a lot easier, but there is no point in unwrapping it if I can't create a .psd network. This problem isn't coming up with jus the file I'm working on. If I start up a new project and try to create a psd network it says the same thing. This error also occurs on meshes where I didn't use Zebruv.

I'll go back through where I put the plug-in and see if I messed up. But any kind of advice will be great! Thanks!

I am running Maya 2011 on Mac OSX 10.6.8.

EDIT: Nevermind. It started working again after I restarted the program. If the problem comes up again, I'll probably be back here.

[Anonymous]

In my case, windows had set the Maya folder in /documents (I'm on win7x64)to read only, meaning Maya could not create the .psd file for the psd network option. Changing it back (NOT read-only) fixed this problem entirely for me.

I'm digging up an old thread here, but...

I have the same problem. I've tried everyone's ideas, except this one, quoted - how do you change Window's read-only setting?

If that doesn't work then I'm well stumped

[Anonymous]

go UV texture editor/polygon/UV snapshot/
image format JPEG den give OK

[Anonymous]

I just got another way to fix it...

I try all the options mentioned by you guys above and the solution for me was just to DELETE the defaul project folder of MAYA from Users > Documents.

This solve completly for me!


Thnks to all!

[Anonymous]

I finally got tired of this problem and set down to fix it. (I am using Maya2011 - Student Version, this solution worked for me)

Open "C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Maya2011\scripts\others\photoShopPaintTex.mel" in a text editor.

Scroll down to the function "psdCreateNodeNetwork(int $closeFlag)"

Just above the line "if(`filetest -d $psdFilePath`){" there is a string "$psdFilePath = dirname($psdFilePathName);" This line is prone to breaking. To fix it, typecast the "$psdFilePath" variable to a string.

i.e. replace the existing statement with this (cut copy paste)

string $psdFilePath = dirname($psdFilePathName);

Save the scriptfile, restart Maya and your texture network will work.

After extensive testing, I have never encountered the problem again since I made this change to the script.

[Anonymous]

Thanks!