It has come to our attention that the installer is apparently having difficulty satisfying the prerequisite of finding MAXWELL3_ROOT on some installations. The installer has always required this, but it seems that the Maxwell installer may be setting MAXWELL3_ROOT only at the User level. So, if you get an error during the installation, indicating that Maxwell Render could not be found, or Maxwell Render doesn't start, please edit your machine's Environment variables, adding a System Environment variable called MAXWELL3_ROOT, which points to your Maxwell Render directory, and another called MAXWELL3_MATERIALS_DATABASE environment variable pointing to your material database folder (usually inside the Maxwell2 installation folder). The two environment variables should be: - Name: MAXWELL3_ROOT Value: C:\Program Files\Next Limit\Maxwell 3 (or the location of your Maxwell install if different from this default one. If you installed Maxwell 32bit on a 64bit system, the install path would instead be C:\Program Files (x86)\Next Limit\Maxwell 3
- Name: MAXWELL3_MATERIALS_DATABASE Value: C:\Program Files\Next Limit\Maxwell 3\materials database (or the location where you installed the Material Database, if different from this default location)
The System Environment variables are located in the lower box, as seen here: Environment variables may be accessed from: Windows XP- going to the Start menu - right-clicking 'My Computer' - clicking 'Properties' - going to the 'Advanced' tab - clicking 'Environment variables' Windows Vista- going to the Start menu - right-clicking 'Computer' - clicking 'Properties' - in the dialog box, clicking the 'Advanced System Settings' link - clicking 'Environment variables' Windows 7- going to the Start menu - right-click 'Computer' - choose 'Properties' - click 'Advanced system settings' on the left hand side of the window that opens - in the window that opens go to the 'Advanced' tab and click the Environment Variables button. |