cannot enable plugin , do not have a conda environment

[saketh2002]

Hi Is conda environment necessary for enabling the godot plugin ? I am unable to enable the plugin in godot. I installed SOFA on system and I pass sofapython3 root and python3 path every time to run a scene description script in runSofa. I tried to install it in a conda environment, but my system keeps crashing and I didnt pursue the option further as sofa was comfortably running in system without conda. Kindly let me know if there is a fix for this

[ScheiklP]

Hi @saketh2002 , you technically do not need conda, but I highly recommend it, because you need sofa_env for sofa_godot to work.

What type of system are you on? Ubuntu 22.04?

Cheers, Paul

[saketh2002]

I am currently running sofa_env scipts in Ubuntu 20.08 system. I use ./runSofa for running the scene description files. I can also run the RL training files on my system without any issues. I want to create a custom environment using godot, as I found it comparatively easier compared to writing the code from scratch. But somehow the plugin is not being loaded in godot. Is the python version a problem ? I am currently running my system in python 3.8

[ScheiklP]

Hi @saketh2002 , that sounds like similar problem to https://github.com/ScheiklP/sofa_godot/issues/2 Could you read through that issue and let me know, whether that also works for you?

Cheers, Paul

[saketh2002]

Hi @ScheiklP , I did try the solution in #2 But as I mentioned before, my conda keeps crashing when activated, hence I had to resort to using system for running sofa_env and sofa_zoo files (which are working properly, when I export environment variables to the terminal - sofa root, python path, sofa python3 root). It would be great if you could provide me with an alternative to conda

[ScheiklP]

Hi @saketh2002 , did you also make sure that the commits between sofa_godot and sofa_env match? That was ultimately the problem in https://github.com/ScheiklP/sofa_godot/issues/2

Cheers, Paul

[saketh2002]

I did verify that, on inspecting in godot, It was showing an error like this. - error 8115, cant load resource. Could this might be causing the problem ?

[ScheiklP]

I am actually not sure. Maybe @chhas could help us with that?

[chhas]

@ScheiklP, looks like upon release we changed the naming and must have forgotten to adapt the file paths.

@saketh2002, renaming the plugin folder from sofa_godot to sofa_godot_plugin (see screenshot below) should suffice for the plugin to be loaded. However, to use this plugin without a conda environment adaptation of sofa_python/sofa_python_root.gd is required.

[saketh2002]

@chhas @ScheiklP Really thanks for the help. It worked. But I just wanted to confirm, does godot only support .obj files ? Because I could see some environments having .stl and .vtk files in sofa env repo. It would be great help to me if it supports .stl files too

[chhas]

@saketh2002, glad to hear that sofa_godot is working for you now. You're right, Godot does not support importing *.stl files. You can use an external tool like MeshLab for file conversion. I also found an STL Importer in the asset library, but I never tested it and don't know if it will work with sofa_godot.

[saketh2002]

@chhas Yeah I am using meshlab. I did try stl plugins but it's just too much effort. Hence I am continuing the work in obj files. Thanks for all the help!

[ScheiklP]

Thanks @chhas :)