Blender 2.80 pvrPOD exporter issue

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Hello,

I trying to export my model from Blender 2.80 using pvrGeoPOD plugin but having problems with it.
When I go to export to pod nothing happens and at the bottom of the screen just get and error message: Failed to load pvrGeoPOD.dll

How do I resolve this error?

Thank you,
Stan

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Hi Stan,

I have to reckon that I tested it with an older version of 2.80. It looks like a mismatch with the compilers used to build the plugin. I will have a look.

Thanks.

Carlos.

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Hi Stan,

The problem is that the current Blender installation only copies the py file and not the companion dll.
Copy PVRGeoPOD.dll in to c:/Users/[your name]/AppData/Roaming/Blender Foundation/Blender/scripts/addons
The AppData folder is hidden so you need to make it visible.
There is another problem you need to fix before running it. Open PVRGeoPODScript.py and remove line 980:
scene.update()
This function is not supported anymore. It is not really needed so it is safe to remove.

If you make these two changes the exporter should work fine.

Regards.

Carlos.

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By the way, another way of installing the proper libraries is to zip together PVRGeoPOD.dll and PVRGeoPODScript.py and installing the zip file from the Blender addons tab.

Regards.

Carlos.