Debugging Errors

While building the models, make may run into an error and stop building. Here are some solutions to common issues:

Error

make[1]: Entering directory '...ttmodels/char/boss'
maya2egg -uo ft -tbnall -nv 60 -TS 0.12 -o bossCog-gearCollide.egg bossCog-gearCollide.mb
process_begin: CreateProcess(NULL, maya2egg -uo ft -tbnall -nv 60 -TS 0.12 -o bossCog-gearCollide.egg bossCog-gearCollide.mb, ...) failed.
make (e=2): The system cannot find the file specified.
make[1]: *** [Makefile:331: bossCog-gearCollide.egg] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '...ttmodels/char/boss'
make: *** [Makefile:828: egg-boss] Error 2

Solution

Refer to the “Configuring ppremake” section of this document.

Error

make[1]: Entering directory '...ttmodels/char/boss'
maya2egg_client -uo ft -tbnall -nv 60 -TS 0.12 -a chan -cn "bossCog-head" -o bossCog-head-Bf_neutral.egg -sf 1 -ef 72 SB_Bf_neutral.mb
No response has been given by the conversion server.
make[1]: *** [Makefile:481: bossCog-head-Bf_neutral.egg] Error 1

Solution

Refer to “Configuring ppremake” of this document and read the notice section.

Error

Something something libfftw3-3.dll is missing blah blah error message

Solution

If your computer yells at you for missing a dll called libfftw3-3, download this one and put it in the installed Panda3D bin folder.

Error

My error isn't listed above, and/or the given solution didn't fix my problem!

Solution

Please private message me on Discord @ loonatic#1337 with more details. If a solution can be found and isn’t already listed here, it will be appended for future debugging. 😄