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abstract: I show you how you can install Primstar-2 on blender-2.57 (or newer). Below you find a short video which shows the installation process step by step. Further down you find the related text document.- Ensure you have blender-2.57 or newer installed (i recommend 2.59). You get Blender from its download link
- If you already have purchased Primstar-2, you will find all released updates of the software in your Jass-inventory. If you are a new customer, then you can get access to the software via the JASS-shop.
- Download primstar-2-dev-xxx.zip from your Jass-inventory where “xxx” denotes the highest release number available in the list.
- Important: Unpacking the zip file will result in installation failures!
Many users have reported that the zip file becomes unzipped during download. Please either ensure that your downloaded file does NOT get unzipped, or zip it again after download completed. Blender needs(!) the zipped file. All attempts to install the unzipped files will fail. - Note for all users:We sometimes provide a few releases in parallel. Usually you only need to download the zip file with the highest version number. All older versions are kept available for the case where you find something broken in the newest release. In that case you may switch back to an older release by installing that over your current version (there is no need to uninstall first!)
- Open blender (possibly as Administrator, see below)
Important: You will add files to the Installation! If you have installed blender to a restricted area (for example on Windows as Administrator into the program directory), then make sure that you open Blender with the same privileges as you had during installation of Blender (on Windows as Administrator) If you have installed Blender to a local folder you do not need Administrator privileges. - Navigate to File -> User Preferences:
- The User preferences Tab is where you customize blender to your taste. We will add Primstar as follows:
- Proceed to the “Add-Ons” Tab
- At the Bottom of the Tab locate and click “Install Add-Ons…”.
- A file selector opens.
- Navigate to where you have stored the primstar-dev-xxx.zip file:
- Select the zip file and Press the “Install Add-On…” button
- Back in the Add-Ons Tab type “primstar” into the search field(1). As you type you will see that the list of displayed modules shrinks and quickly you can find the Primstar-module(2):
- You now can open the Primstar Entry(2) to see some basic informations about the author and the version of the software. You also find a link to the Primstar-2 Wiki and to the Bug tracker here.
- To enable the software you must set the checkmark at the top right (3)
- In the last step you save your settings as your new default settings(4)
- You can verify that Primstar-2 has been successfully installed by navigating to the new Basic shapes menu in the Add section:
The shapes you see here are the basic sculptmap shapes provided by Primstar-2
I am trying to instal primstar on my computer, but the program does not let me click the enable addon box. What am I missing?
I see that it has a warning message saying that primstar is still under development, how do I get rid of this message so that it will let me click on the box?
problem solved: Please use at least Blender 2.59
yay reduced polys,
add-ons came through with simplicity
((windows7 64 bit,blender 2.59)),
only extra i had to do was relocate the file,(directory path)and zip the file as it was delivered open
Thank you
How much costs?
Check out the Primstar-2 home page: http://blog.machinimatrix.org/primstar-2/
Is there a test/demo/tryout version, so that I can test if primstar 2 is “for me”??
This product is the test/demo/tryout. We give you a money back guarantee within 30 days after purchase. So you have enough time to test it and give it back if you are not satisfied. Please also read the Primstar-2 documents (you find the links to the Primstar-2 documaentation on the rightmost column of this page)
Please understand that Primstar-2 is still under development. It even may contain bugs and some parts are not even implemented yet. We also are dependent on Blender-2.5 to work as designed. And we have 2 nasty issues since months, where Primstar-2 behaves somewhat odd due to Blender-bugs.
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So purchasing this product gives us the needed resources to actually implement the tool.
We give you 2 benefits as reward:
- You get the tool with a price reduction of 15 % (you save 1000 L$)
- You get a free copy of Jass-Magic (you save another 4000 L$)
BTW i had to refund only twice since we started the distribution of Primstar-2. And in one case it was a missunderstanding where the purchaser thought that Primstar-2 where an add on for Blender-2.4
I have just installed Blender 2.57.1 r3639 (labelled as 2.57b on the download page) and primstar-2-dev-149.
All went well and I can add and edit the sculpt shapes (Add, Mesh, UV Shapes), but File, Import, Sculpty doesn’t open a file list. Is there another way of importing existing sculpt maps or is this broken?
ok… I should have scanned the other pages on the site for posts. Opening a sculpt map in the Image Editor and Import as Sculpty is so simple… problem solved!
Hey. I downloaded jass-pub-2.3.8-for-MAC-OSX-10.5-intel.tgz from the JASS STORE but the folder than opening this opens doesn’t have any file called primstar-dev-xx.zip or similar
thanks
I have no idea what to add when I go to install add-on and am a bit stuck
Any help would be good
What about primstar 1 for blender 2.57 64 bit? there’s any support for that?
primstar-1 can not run on blender-2.5. The successor of primstar-1 is Primstar-2 and that one can ONLY run on blender 2.57b and newer.
So the world is all so simple:
Primstar-1 for blender 2.49b
Primstar-2 for blender 2.57b and newer
nvm…I found the 2.57 add-on, sorry i made a mess.
I’m sorry that I made the wrong question, actually i have been in Jass shop before posting my above question and found primstar’s binary distributions (including blender 2.49b) so I was unsure about what release to buy. After that, I know how to install an add-on in blender 2.57. BTW i yet make sculpties in 2.5 since 2.54, does primstar add some of the useful GUI it had in 2.49 in 2.5x too? or is it just the primitives? forgive if i’m not so clear but i’m a ESLer and it’s really early in the morning. Keep up the good job. regards
What about linux? is there some place where to just download the library? thx in advance
Primstar-2 can be installed on any blender-2.57 or newer regardless of the operating system. And the procedure shown in the Video is valid for all operating systems. Currently you can purchase Primstar only from the Jass Shop in Second Life. A Paypal based purchase is in preparation.