ARNOLD RENDER HAS DISAPPEARED!!!

[Anonymous]

What the f@ck!

// Warning: file: C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Maya2017/scripts/others/supportRenderers.mel line 64: The renderer "arnold" used by this scene, is not currently available. The "mayaSoftware" renderer will be used instead.

The "arnold" tab IS COMPLETELY GONE!!!!!

[Stephen.Blair · Accepted solution]

Open the Plug-in Manager, find mtoa.mll, and select the Loaded and Auto Load check boxes.

[Anonymous]

Thank you. Why did this happen!?!? I want to know what caused this and if it is going to be an ongoing theme with Maya. I noticed it right after a crash and restart of Maya.

[Stephen.Blair]

Hi

It hasn't happened to me much (just once that I remember) and it doesn't come up in my Solid Angle support queue, so I haven't investigated why this happens.

But here's what I think:

The plugin auto-load preferences are stored in your user preferences (prefs/pluginPrefs.mel).

When Maya crashed, either just the MtoA auto-load preference was reset and then written to that file, or the whole pluginPrefs.mel was reset to the default.

This is nothing new:

http://mayafeedback.autodesk.com/forums/160518-small-annoying-things-to-fix-in-maya-forum/suggestion...

Stephen

Solid Angle Support

[Raverro]

I've checked the check boxes in the plug-in manager, the "auto load" will hold a check mark but the "loaded" box wont keep a check mark in the box (it refuses to be selected), I even completely reinstalled Maya 2017 and still no Arnald... Please help...

[Stephen.Blair]

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@Raverro wrote:

I've checked the check boxes in the plug-in manager, the "auto load" will hold a check mark but the "loaded" box wont keep a check mark in the box (it refuses to be selected), I even completely reinstalled Maya 2017 and still no Arnald... Please help...

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It's not necessary to reinstall Maya. Just install MtoA. You can download the installer from solidangle.com

If MtoA won't load, check the script history for errors.

Then go here:

https://arnoldsupport.com/2016/11/08/mtoa-unable-to-dynamically-load-mtoa-mll-the-specified-module-c...

[Raverro]

Fixed it... I had to reinstall Arnold from the Solidangle website...

 https://www.solidangle.com/arnold/download

yay me! 🙂

[Raverro]

Thanks for the quick response... you're a great help!!! BIGGEST THANKS!! 🙂

Raverro

[abars51099]

But those boxes ARE checked & I still don't see Arnold