huge problem with blender (for me)

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i dunno what hapopened but now i cant import any .3ds , .obj or any other fomat into blender, i have done it before and the impots worked but now all of a sudden it doesnt

i reinstaled blender and it still does that (even after fully clearring it outa my system)

my friend was messin around my pc and instaled python 24 and he deleted ita fterwords, does that have any effect on whats going on?

can any one help me couze i dont feel like reformating my whole frikin pc to get it to work again, and this is the only pc i use blender on.

heres the 2 screenies i took of the error i got

http://www.made2destroy.net/blendererror.JPG
http://www.made2destroy.net/blendererror2.JPG

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You will probably need either python 2.3 or 2.4.

If you are using one of the brand spanking new (or newish) versions, then you need to install python 2.4 and set your pythonpath. Information on doing the latter is here:
https://blenderartists.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7723

Ian

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thats the whole problem, it worked perfectly untill i instaled it, then after uninstaling it doesnt work at all

but thanks ill try ur advice

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I assume you already had it installed, then installing it over itself caused some problems.

Re-installing python 2.4 should solve the problem. Make sure you set your pythonpath correctly.

If it doesn’t solve the problem, then don’t uninstall it, you might as well keep it there, many scripts require a full python installation.

Ian

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it says to use the path

C:\PYTHON20;C:\PYTHON20\DLLS;C:\PYTHON20\LIB;C:\PYTHON20\LIB\LIB-TK

but i used C:\PYTHON24;C:\PYTHON20\DLLS;C:\PYTHON20\LIB;C:\PYTHON20\LIB\LIB-TK

just changing the python20 to 24 couze of the version
gona reboot and see what happens

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Maybe it was a typo, but change them all to 24, not just the first.

Ian

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oops lol i didnt even notice that, that might explain why it still doesnt work

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still got a problem, it doesnt work

PYTHONPATH

C:\PYTHON24;C:\PYTHON24\DLLS;C:\PYTHON24\LIB;C:\PYTHON24\LIB\LIB-TK

thats what i use, any 1 comment on whats going on?

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still dont work for some unkown reason

anywhere i can get 2.4 version? couze fromr eaading other posts this happens to a lot of 2.41 users

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Open a Text window and type:

import sys
print sys.path

Alt-P on it and look in the console to see if it finds your 2.4 dll’s. If it doesn’t then copy and paste the console message here.

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what u mean open a text window

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Look in the very left-hand icon in any window header for Text Editor.

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got it, heres the screenie of the console

http://www.made2destroy.net/error3.JPG

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Everything is correct. When you start Blender it should say “Using Python version 2.4” and your scripts should work.

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it does say that but every single file that i get in .3ds format and i try to import it it says “PYTHON SCRIPT ERROR, CHECK CONSOLE”

and doesnt let me inmport a single 3ds file

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Take a screenie of the error message in the console and post it. If you can upload the .3ds file I will try to import it here too.

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CORRECTION - the 2 links on post 1 of the topic contains the links to the screenies of the problem
the 3ds file is just something i found online and wanted to see how a part of it was made, but since i cant import it i cant view it (i imported several .3ds files before without any problems)

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Hehe… CORRECTION - that screenie back then said “Import site failed, use V for traceback” bla bla which means it wasn’t able to find Python 2.4.

IMPORTANT

is that part of the message still there? or does it ONLY say “Using Python Version 2.4” ?

you could upload Ferrari.3ds (not the .blend… the 3ds file) and I could try to import it here.

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See answer in your duplicate post over on blender.org.

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Well, 3ds importer never really works for me ( nor the integrated version of 2.41 ).

Are they different version of .3ds files ?

Hard to open DXF 2D files too.

Blender really need an improvment of its import side.