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Bugreport       Priority ; State Open; SimPE Version 0.23c; Operating System vista
lalucediamoreLink to postposted: Fri Nov 20, 2009 5:58 pm

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I downloaded SimPe today, and I was going to try the tutorial, Unimesh 1 - New Mesh Basics.  Everything is fine until I get to Part 3, 3 - running the PJSE Mesh Tool.  I go exactly where the author says and follow their instruction exactly, but instead of working nicely, a box comes up saying 'unable to start toolplugin', and it doesn't bring up anything.

 

I don't know what's wrong, and I am sure that someone probably has come across this before, but I really did not want to go digging through 54 pages of forum posts to find the one that matched mine.  Call me lazy, I know, but ew for that kind of headache : P  Thanks ahead of time, for anyone who can help!

pljonesLink to postposted: Fri Nov 20, 2009 7:38 pm
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That means something bad happened.  Can you give the full details of the message?  (There's a "details" link that should enlarge the window, else just drag it out so you can see the full text.)
lalucediamoreLink to postposted: Sat Nov 21, 2009 12:49 am

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Okay, I did it again, and instead of expanding and showing me text when I clicked 'details', the details option just disappeared ...  I tried it a few times, and it said the same thing.  I guess that doesn't help much : (  Should I uninstall it and install it again?
pljonesLink to postposted: Sat Nov 21, 2009 11:31 am
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Like I said, if the details link doesn't expand the window, just drag it.
amandab_87Link to postposted: Sun Jan 24, 2010 2:04 am

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I had the same thing happen. Here are the details:

Message:
Unable to Start ToolPlugin.

SimPE Version:
Default (0.73.44.37511).

Exception Stack:
System.IO.IOException: The process cannot access the file 'C:\Users\Amanda\Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\Projects\mesh1\mesh1.package' because it is being used by another process.
at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)
at System.IO.FileStream.Init(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, Int32 rights, Boolean useRights, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, FileOptions options, SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES secAttrs, String msgPath, Boolean bFromProxy)
at System.IO.FileStream..ctor(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access)
at SimPe.Packages.StreamFactory.UseStream(String filename, FileAccess fa, Boolean create)
at SimPe.Packages.File.ReloadFromFile(String filename)
at SimPe.Packages.PackageMaintainer.LoadPackageFromFile(String filename, Boolean sync)
at SimPe.Packages.File.LoadFromFile(String flname)
at pj.BodyMeshExtractor.Main()
at pj.BodyMeshExtractor.ShowDialog(IPackedFileDescriptor& pfd, IPackageFile& package)
at SimPe.ToolMenuItemExt.ClickItem(Object sender, EventArgs e)

Source:
mscorlib

Execution Stack:
at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)
at System.IO.FileStream.Init(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, Int32 rights, Boolean useRights, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, FileOptions options, SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES secAttrs, String msgPath, Boolean bFromProxy)
at System.IO.FileStream..ctor(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access)
at SimPe.Packages.StreamFactory.UseStream(String filename, FileAccess fa, Boolean create)
at SimPe.Packages.File.ReloadFromFile(String filename)
at SimPe.Packages.PackageMaintainer.LoadPackageFromFile(String filename, Boolean sync)
at SimPe.Packages.File.LoadFromFile(String flname)
at pj.BodyMeshExtractor.Main()
at pj.BodyMeshExtractor.ShowDialog(IPackedFileDescriptor& pfd, IPackageFile& package)
at SimPe.ToolMenuItemExt.ClickItem(Object sender, EventArgs e)

Windows Version:
Vista

.NET Version:
2.0.50727.3603
pljonesLink to postposted: Fri Jan 29, 2010 11:40 pm
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The process cannot access the file 'C:\Users\Amanda\Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\Projects\mesh1\mesh1.package' because it is being used by another process.
That means you've got another process accessing that package.  Is the game running whilst you're trying this?


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