S4M31 Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 So I was installing some plugins, I got the BoltBait pack, and that worked fine I got the pyrochild plugins, and had a few issues, but solved them. Then, I installed Simon B's plugin pack, I put them in the effects folder, and they didn't show up. So I ran the plugin problems detector, and here's what came up. I don't know what to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixey Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 Welcome to the forum @S4M31 1. Are you using the store version of Paint.net or the Classic version? 2. Which version of Paint.net are you using? With Simon's Plugin pack, in particular the AnimGIF goes into the File Types Folder and not the effects. Quote How I made Jennifer & Halle in Paint.net My Gallery | My Deviant Art "Rescuing one animal may not change the world, but for that animal their world is changed forever!" anon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S4M31 Posted July 16, 2020 Author Share Posted July 16, 2020 Hi! I am using the classic version, and AninGIF is in File Types. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixey Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 1 hour ago, S4M31 said: So I ran the plugin problems detector, Is this detector from Paint.net? If not please go to the Cog wheel, top right hand side of the PDN canvas, and click on Plugins and see what comes up. 1 Quote How I made Jennifer & Halle in Paint.net My Gallery | My Deviant Art "Rescuing one animal may not change the world, but for that animal their world is changed forever!" anon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoltBait Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 2 hours ago, S4M31 said: plugin problems detector What is this? 1 Quote Download: BoltBait's Plugin Pack | CodeLab | and a Free Computer Dominos Game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toe_head2001 Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 @S4M31, please use the 'Plugin Errors' that is built into Paint.NET. It looks like this: https://www.getpaint.net/doc/latest/SettingsDialog.html#7 58 minutes ago, BoltBait said: What is this? The 'Detect plugin problems' is a very old utility from Simon Brown. He made in back in the days of Paint.NET v3.x. It doesn't work properly anymore, and gives nothing but false positives. 1 1 Quote (September 25th, 2023) Sorry about any broken images in my posts. I am aware of the issue. My Gallery | My Plugin Pack Layman's Guide to CodeLab Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S4M31 Posted July 16, 2020 Author Share Posted July 16, 2020 2 hours ago, toe_head2001 said: The 'Detect plugin problems' is a very old utility from Simon Brown. He made in back in the days of Paint.NET v3.x. It doesn't work properly anymore, and gives nothing but false positives. Oh, whoops. It said on the installation guide site to run that program if the plugins aren't working. Nothing comes up in the plugins error section of paint.net. But, I still don't see the plugins that I installed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixey Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 19 minutes ago, S4M31 said: It said on the installation guide site to run that program Where did you download the Plugins from? If not directly from this PDN forum, then this may be why they are not working properly. Quote How I made Jennifer & Halle in Paint.net My Gallery | My Deviant Art "Rescuing one animal may not change the world, but for that animal their world is changed forever!" anon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
null54 Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 57 minutes ago, Pixey said: Where did you download the Plugins from? If not directly from this PDN forum, then this may be why they are not working properly. I assume that the OP downloaded them from Simon's website, https://www.isimonbrown.co.uk/plugin-pack/. The plugin pack download page suggests that users to try the 'Detect plugin problems' utility if the plugins do not work. 2 Quote Plugin Pack | PSFilterPdn | Content Aware Fill | G'MIC | Paint Shop Pro Filetype | RAW Filetype | WebP Filetype The small increase in performance you get coding in C++ over C# is hardly enough to offset the headache of coding in the C++ language. ~BoltBait Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixey Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 16 minutes ago, null54 said: The plugin pack download page suggests that users to try the 'Detect plugin problems' utility if the plugins do not work. Thank you for pointing this out @null54 it might be a good idea to warn people in @Simon Brown's thread to avoid using that particular utility. Quote How I made Jennifer & Halle in Paint.net My Gallery | My Deviant Art "Rescuing one animal may not change the world, but for that animal their world is changed forever!" anon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixey Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 1 hour ago, S4M31 said: But, I still don't see the plugins that I installed. Do you mean when you look for them whilst Paint.net is open? Or, you can't see them in the Paint.net folder, which is found via: This PC > OS (C:) > Program Files > paint.net > Effects 1 Quote How I made Jennifer & Halle in Paint.net My Gallery | My Deviant Art "Rescuing one animal may not change the world, but for that animal their world is changed forever!" anon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S4M31 Posted July 17, 2020 Author Share Posted July 17, 2020 The files are in the effects folder, just not showing up in paint.net. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixey Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 5 minutes ago, S4M31 said: The files are in the effects folder, just not showing up in paint.net. You do know that the effects are found in the sub-menus? Quote How I made Jennifer & Halle in Paint.net My Gallery | My Deviant Art "Rescuing one animal may not change the world, but for that animal their world is changed forever!" anon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S4M31 Posted July 17, 2020 Author Share Posted July 17, 2020 @PixeyYes, I know that the effects are in the sub-menus, and I see all the plugins that I installed, except the Simon B plugins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixey Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 2 minutes ago, S4M31 said: @PixeyYes, I know that the effects are in the sub-menus, and I see all the plugins that I installed, except the Simon B plugins. Okay - great. Can you see, in your Effects Flder the SBCommon.dll ? Quote How I made Jennifer & Halle in Paint.net My Gallery | My Deviant Art "Rescuing one animal may not change the world, but for that animal their world is changed forever!" anon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S4M31 Posted July 17, 2020 Author Share Posted July 17, 2020 Yes, I can see it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S4M31 Posted July 17, 2020 Author Share Posted July 17, 2020 Update: Thanks so much for the help! I found that some of the files that should be included are missing, so I reinstalled for the third time, deleted all of the old Simon B's effects, and then put in the new ones. Now they work I guess!? It's funny, because I already did this twice and they still didn't work, but 3rd time's a charm I guess. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixey Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 Yay A happy ending 🤗 Quote How I made Jennifer & Halle in Paint.net My Gallery | My Deviant Art "Rescuing one animal may not change the world, but for that animal their world is changed forever!" anon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S4M31 Posted July 17, 2020 Author Share Posted July 17, 2020 Thanks again for the help! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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