I’m trying to import a 3D studio model and it hangs up for a moment after hitting the “OK” and then gives me this message, “Python script error: check console.” I’m not sure what that means. This is the model I’m trying to open.
The importor script, written in Python, is having trouble importing the mesh, and wrote an error message on the console, which is the small window that also opens when you open Blender.
So, check the console to see what it says, but don’t be surprised if it doesn’t mean much to you, these sort of messages are often debugging messages to help the programmer debug the program.
The bottom line is that the python script that is supposed to open 3ds files crashed when trying to import that file. The python script might have been written for a different version of 3ds file.
Here’s what it gives me, can I do anything about this or do I just need to give up on this model?
Importing 3DS: “C:\downloads\3D\85wolf-model\85wolf-model.3ds”
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “C:\Program Files\blender-2.48a-windows.blender\scripts\3ds_import.py”, line 877, in load_3ds
process_next_chunk(file, new_chunk, importedObjects, IMAGE_SEARCH)
File “C:\Program Files\blender-2.48a-windows.blender\scripts\3ds_import.py”, line 462, in process_next_chunk
process_next_chunk(file, new_chunk, importedObjects, IMAGE_SEARCH)
File “C:\Program Files\blender-2.48a-windows.blender\scripts\3ds_import.py”, line 805, in process_next_chunk
temp_data=file.read(calcsize(binary_format))
File “C:\Program Files\blender-2.48a-windows\python25.zip\struck.py”, line 51, in calcsize
File “C:\Program Files\blender-2.48a-windows\python25.zip\struck.py”, line 39, in _compile
MemoryError