TerrainAxe

How to uninstall?

Right-click in a 3dsmax viewport to open the quat menu .
Select "UIMan" to open it ,then press "Remove " is OK

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My website has been fixed ,please feel free to visit it.

Help documents updated,visit http://www.flyingcfx.com/help for help.Although it is not good enough,but I will append more content and make it better.

Despite the more negative comments and experiences I took the risk and purchased TerrainAxe incl. Extension, because making landscapes with roads and platforms fast is not such an easy task without specialized landscaping software... and even then, it is quite complicated. I mostly model in FormZ and bring things over to Max for fine-tuning and rendering and together with TerrainAxe there is simply nothing more to wish for setting up complicated landscapes. Sure, the help/tutorials require a bit of your imagination, but when you have done landscaping in any software before, you must know where the culprits are and then everything is quite self-explanatory. I had a few issues at first, but support was quite helpful and fast. They really do their best to communicate even if it is without (English) words ;) I for one am quite happy. Setting up a complicated landscape with with roads/curbs/pavements, platforms, stairs and connecting fields is very fast; you still have to do all the detailing, but there are enough tools (for making bridges, placing lighting, etc) that can even help you with that. All in all, a very well thought out tool, even if at first sight it might seem overwhelming :) One job with one big landscape should justify the price, because it surely saved me a few days of work.

EDIT: together with TerrainAxe, I also bought Aerial Textures from iCube. This combination can do wonders for birds eye views :)

Thank you! your approval is a big encouragement

Looks very promising, will test it asap.

I found many users don't still know how to apply the tools to their project as I expected since the softwere was published. So I wrote an article "how to learn TerrainAxe" and post in additional info area,hope it is helpful.

The initial purpose of the tools is not for commecial.Every thing of TerrainAxe was wrote for my or our 3D projects,beause I am first a 3D modeler then a programmer.Even though the tools have made terrain landscape modeling task streamlined and already mature ,but I found it is very diffcult to tell users how to use it .Fortunately ,many of my customers can find how to apply them because of the same think thread.

Recently,I appended many help documents to my website , most of the documents are from the asking and answering in the emails with my customers,hope it can help understand the product.

Please visit the page http://www.flyingcfx.com/enjoy/?page_id=32 if you want to watch videos not gifs

No matter how lower or higher the price,why do you guys care so much? you are just developers
For get more attentions,or unsatisfactory sales?
It's funny so much.

$220 USD... a bit much for a plugin don't you think?!

I have watched most of your video tutorials and I have a few bits of advice to give:

- Videos are hard to follow as you jump about in the viewport making things hard to follow.
- There is no pause and because the videos are mute, no explanation of what you are doing and why (this can be done with youtube annotations if you don't want to speak).
- The videos also lack a little structure, there is no reason why you are doing such actions with your plugin, you jump from button to button, this might be easy for someone that wrote the plugin and knows where everything is, but for someone wanting to learn, it is VERY HARD to follow.
- Replying to customers in the tone I have seen on this thread is awful, maybe lost in translation but the customer is always right and shouldn't need to jump through hoops to get a refund. Maybe something to consider when replying to customers IN PUBLIC about issues.
- GIF "videos" as you put it, aren't tutorial materials, they can't be paused or slowed down so they are pretty much only for slight demonstrations of plugin's ability.

I did think about buying this plugin after my trial... but second thoughts on the price and the developer... I think not.

Also... $220 USD... a bit much don't you think?

Thanks for your hard work, I hope you find my feedback useful and that it help you improve for future productions.

If the plugin/script does what the videos and stills show, than it's worth every penny of those $220. And in my experience on the web( not judging the tone of the conversion or the special case here ), the customer might indeed NOT always be right . Especially when it comes to public rants and accusations. Again - i'm just speaking in general - not about this special case here. The 3ds Max tools market is fragile and as a developer, it's really hard to earn money ( piracy etc... ). It's similar to the mobile games market, but at least that one found a solution via IAP.
I for one have respect for anyone introducing some new workflow enhancing tools and
trying to earn some money for the immense efforts such tool development is. Those are small businesses so they rely on any penny they can get from sales.

But back to this case:
I simply suspect that an english<->chinese language barrier is the real problem here, but really don't know the details. As far i can judge, the Dev has initially responded here in a helpful manner, but some cultural difference in wording caused the clash and things got somehow personal ....

But again regarding price:
if the script does what it says, it's worth the $220. But in the 3ds Max script market it still might look particularly high priced

I still cant believe it. I contacted the developer, using his contact form on his website 4 days ago about a bug and requested help to get it fixed.
So far there is no response at all!!!

I'm more then disapointed about this behaviour. I just send a message to avangate, requesting a full refund.
This is NOT acceptable and i can't recommend to anyone paying for this script

I don't come here very often,so some messages will be missed

Your quesion was found after I checked refound orders

I have checked my email box ,but can't find any email from you

Please ask for help through my forums in my website ,or send email (flyingc007@hotmail.com or sky@flyingcfx.com)to me

Everyday I check my web site and all emails.any question will be answered very soon

The trial version download page has been updated.

For everybody,before you decide to purchase the product ,please try the trial version to make sure it is you want.

Sorry for any inconvenience

I have asked on several occasions for your help, using you email and your contact form on your website

Now that i have requested a full refund you finally show up???!!!

Like said in my last email to you, which you hopefully will receive as previous messages seem to disappear on your system, i already uninstalled the software and just want you to pay me back my money

Thats all

I have not find your any ask for help.email or forums
Please look through carefully my previous reply

I don't care whether you uninstalled the software,because you have already got the installation package,

Most of my users can know ask help through forums,you were supposed to consider it
I have paied back all money of yours and paied for all process fees due to refund
Please learn carefully about what you want before purchase,give an objective, just evaluation. this can avoid the loss for both sides.
Welcome to choose TerrainAxe again if you still like it.

Just for the records.

I have received a full refund.

Certainly i will not consider to buy this software again, as the lack of support and documentation is a big NO GO, especially looking at the price tag the developer placed on it

Just adding a few videos is certainly not enough to call it a help/documentation section

But thats just my few cents

Please look through carefully my previouse replies.

Many videos in my website and youtube,and forums was also used for ask help.And I provied trial version to help you decided if you should buy it.

Why were you so obstinate to post help in scriptSpot ,such a place I bothered to guess ,rather than my forums?
Shouldn't you think about your own reasons instead of blames?

You have got TerrainAxe Installation package,I beared the all the losses to give you a full refund which was supposed to be denied.

You should not just worry about yourself,
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I guess there's correct thing in what you've said , but the word you wrote isn't appropriate to reply to your costumer tho. Just 2 penny from me.

I did contact you several times but until i requested the refund i did not get ANY response from you.

Put yourself in my shoes, you pay a lot of money for a software who has issues and the developer doesn't answer. What do you do?????

You can't expect from a client to register to forums, ticket systems etc. Instead you need to understand that the normal way of support it done through email, or at least inform the customer about exceptions in regards to the support channel, so he can choose before he buys anything from you

As for your way of talking to me, i don't really care what you are saying and getting hit by the refund expenses is a part of business, especially when not answering support requests

Just for the records. I did wait 5 days for your answer before i initiated the chargeback! Much longer then a lot of other people would have wait

And in regards to your statement that i'm just worry about myself, well, yes i'm worry about myself, which is a natural fact. But more important i'm worry to not get screwed over by buying a software without support. I haver to work way to hard to earn my money and not giving it to anybody without getting anything in return is a normal thing, don't you think???

Thats just my few cents

As a developer and vender,for my business, I must keep communication ways clear,But NO delveloper can make sure he can avoid any bug.

After your angry blames,then I found one of email addresses was unavailable beause of host migrating.
Why I can receive your refund request? because I did received the message but can't receive your email.It's a matter of personal character?

Reputation is life of a product.The reputation of TerrainAxe is far more important than your such a little money for me.Why did I ignore deliberately your asking for help to destroy my reputation?

can you give me the cross road function ,i like it but i dont have money to buy it

i'm not able to set the UI to another position, it sticks in horizontal and if i use float to top it will show up back at the bottom every time i restart 3ds and it lacks with absolutely no documentation at all for all the functions, except a few videos, which basically are screenflows and they are very hard to follow as the creator of the videos jumps from one spot to another without any brakes or descriptions

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In this page http://www.flyingcfx.com/enjoy/?page_id=7,there are many gif videos for you learn about the features of TerrainAxe.

The UI can also be docked vertical on left side of 3dsmax .
but if you want to float the UI ,a little change for the program is needed

I use "contact-form-7 "(a plugin for Wordpress) on my website to send message,It looks some message maybe be missed.

The lack of documentation and some user responses in regards to the stability made me think twice.
Now after i paid the developer $220 for the license i really regret that i bought it.
It begins with the fact that i'm not able to set the UI to another position, it sticks in horizontal and if i use float to top it will show up back at the bottom every time i restart 3ds and it lacks with absolutely no documentation at all for all the functions, except a few videos, which basically are screenflows and they are very hard to follow as the creator of the videos jumps from one spot to another without any brakes or descriptions
Additionally i have not received any response on my support requests, which is a NO GO for paying clients (especially looking at the rather high price)
So I will wait a bit longer and if i cant get any help to get this issues fixed then i will request my money back.
I understand that the developer is from China and english is not his main language, but that doesn't excuses him for not responding and looking at the fees he is charging i really believe that he could easily find a assistant who takes care about his english speaking clients
But that are just my few cents...

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5.15 The web site has been migrated to the new host, you can visit www.flyingcfx.com as before.

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This tool looks totally badass.

I wish I has these tools in Microstation. Definetly giving this a try!

UPDATE 702

In this update,several problems some friends reflect is fixed,which were found after test in a new and pure Operating system with English version of Windows.
The files below was update:
UIMan.mse
AbuildUI.mse
AxeEgine.mse
Some files will be created when TerrainAxe starting,this need you have administrator privilege to run 3dsmax.To do this ,you can right-click on 3dsmax shortcut and select “run as administrator”,or set User Control Level to “Never notify” on Control panel->action center->Change User Control Level setting before start 3dsmax.
Note that:For easy to manage update for TerrainAxe,DON’T COPY any content in the package to root directory of 3dsmax
welcome to try again

TerrainAxe Lite update released,support 64 bit of 3ds max 9-3dsmax 2016;
TerrainAxe Full Version released,can be run in 64 bit of 3ds max 9-3dsmax 2016;

Find update details in main body of the content.

UPDATE 6.27

1. Fix a bug caused by date format,which can difference with the change of language environment  to make some functions invalid
2. Add a error report system which can pop messagebox when encounter exception ,which can help us to find what happend from your side.
3. SweepEdge can update the sideway when the width of spinner changes

Also all chinese prompt has been removed as much as possible ,but it's a heavy work to do this from a large amount of code,so may be there are still some omissions

I think ..this is my IMHO..china user can read english and understand them...but for English user not many of them understand nor can read chinese word. So the problem is in lang, btw if you want to sell your script in world wide better writte it in english, theres a case before where someone try to sell his script but in chinese lang...well its not so well. Ah n once again, I don't want to convert my max lang to chinese as I cant read or understand them. Sorry its bit selfish to read tho.

would be nice tools but a lot doesn't work... (english version of max)
for example ExtendToCurve doens't do anything... sometimes I get an error... all the scripts for fillet (Arc...) do not work, they do nothing and I followed the online tutorials step by step.

before I buy it I think the functionality has to be proven.

best regards
themaxxer

think about that maybe language environment caused this problem,
I will test TerrainAxe in english version of windows again,then upload a new version. stay tuned

I think the problems you encountered was caused by  default  language option in files tab in Preference setting dialog.because the plugin has been used by users in China, the option is set to Chinese.

So ,I have just uploaded a new version of TerrainAxe, in which  I modified some scripts .Hope it is helpful.

 Also ,the new version has been  changed to Lite ,and eliminated the limit to 30 days

 To trick:

the trial version can work  in 3dsmax2009- 2016 ,I will think about your situation and try to find a scheme according your situation

 to fajar:

you can ignore the active function because the trial version don't need it

Hi FlyingC,

I'm currently on a deadline, but I am looking forward to the new build. Also thanks for understanding my situation; hope you can work something out, but first I hope to try out and see if everything works as smooth as in the tutorial videos. I will switch to a new workstation with Max2016 by November, which will also make things easier.

Regards,

Trick

install it , get my max crash...I think its about docking thing and also I cant install it if its in long space separate folder. Also your activation function seem broken

What sorcery is this? very nice script

Very impressive looking tool.
However: installation (MaxDesign 11, Windows7) installs the tool, but nothing seems to work. Starting with the simple FreeStair tool: can't create ANY stairs. System unit is Meter!! Installing classic theme under Windows7 is NOT an option; hopefully this is not why things go wrong.

When will there be an English manual?
Some tools still show strange characters, as if they are not translated. When will this be fixed?
Can the plugin be transfered (activated/de-activated) to another PC?

Waiting for a manual and a working version !!

Can you add me to your skype friend? so that I can find what caused the problem.my account is flyingc007@hotmail.com
The English manual is writing,but need some time.
Also ,I have placed many tutorial videos in youtube,which cover most of functions of TerrainAxe.
You can learn more there about TerrainAxe if you haven't watch them .

The plugin is not need to transfer between PCs,this trial version can run any PC.
For full version,as long as you stay connected to the Internet,you can use it.

Thank you for your questions

Hi FlyingC,

Unfortunately my workstation is not allowed to be connected to the internet, so Skype is not possible. I am allowed to connect for activation/deactivation, but if the plugin needs a fulltime connection, it's sadly not possible.

Your webpage tells the current TerrainAxe trial for Max2011 is in development. Probably that is the cause for it not working?

Regards,

Trick

just little input, if u want to sell your script or at least your script known (even you post it here), I recommend u using standard english lang in your script, so everybody can use or try it. Not everybody here can read chinese word ,but at least chinese man here can understand simple english, if you already using 3dsmax , not try to be rude tho.

Thanks

Install is not working, I can press the install button, nothing seems to happen, and no "TheAxeTools" in the customize list.
Otherwise it looks very promising.. :)

If you are using 3dsmax 2012,you need download and intall service pack2 of 3dsmax 2012
There is a link to sp2 download page in UIMan panel

Please check if  you have  chosen "maxroot" directory of TerrainAxe package after clicked [TheAxePath]?

Don't copy the package to the root directory of 3dsmax