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September 21, 2022
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Overlord plugin not pushing files to AE

  • September 21, 2022
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Hello all,

 

I'm kinda stuck with the overlord extension, i updated my after effects to the version 2022 recently,  My previous version of AE worked perfectly with it. Now i'm unable to push files to AE, I can push from AE to AI, but from AI to AE does not respond. Pls can anyone help?

Thanks.

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danybor777
Participant
November 24, 2024
Participant
December 19, 2024

Thanks for this. Ended up being able to just toggle the setting in 1.27

 

Participant
December 23, 2024

Thanks supporting !

Inspiring
February 22, 2023

i found a solution 

please checkout this reddit link  for full thread 

https://www.reddit.com/r/AfterEffects/comments/r5lk8c/fix_older_extensions_not_working_with_after/

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Some Adobe extensions that worked in older AE versions won't work with newer AE 2022. In order to fix this, all you need to do is:

  • Go to your extension folder (located in "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\CEP\extensions" or "C:\Users\%UserName%\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\CEP\extensions" — Use the second one if you don't have admin access)

  • In your extension folder, locate the folder named "CSXS".

  • Inside it, you'll see a "manifest.xml" file. Open it in Notepad & find 'Execution Environment' section in the xml code. It'll look something like this :

 

 

<ExecutionEnvironment>
		<HostList>
			<Host Name="AEFT" Version="[14.0,19.0]"	/>
		</HostList>
		<LocaleList>
			<Locale Code="All" />
		</LocaleList>
		<RequiredRuntimeList>
			<RequiredRuntime Name="CSXS" Version="6.0" />
		</RequiredRuntimeList>
	</ExecutionEnvironment>

 

  • All you have to do is just select this exact section and replace it with the following:

 

<ExecutionEnvironment>
	<HostList>
        <!-- AfterEffects -->
        <Host Name="AEFT" Version="[15.0,99.9]" />

	</HostList>
	<LocaleList>
		<Locale Code="All" />
	</LocaleList>
	<RequiredRuntimeList>
		<RequiredRuntime Name="CSXS" Version="9.0" />
	</RequiredRuntimeList>
</ExecutionEnvironment>
  • We're only changing the version numbers, you can only just update the version nos as shown in the above text instead of copy/replacing the whole code section of "Execution Environment" (---->This is preferred)

  • Now save the file as xml on your desktop (because you'll likely won't have necessary permissions to save it there).

  • Copy & replace this modified 'manifest.xml' from your desktop to the same "CSXS" folder of the extension

  • Restart After Effects 2022/2023

  • Now you'll see the extension in the 'Window' menu as usual.

  •  

Note: Make sure you don't touch the other code in the XML!!!

If this works for you, please upvote so that it can reach other people. This could save a lot of unfinished projects.

Tested & working on Windows 10 & 11.

 

Warren Heaton10841144
Community Expert
Community Expert
November 7, 2022
Kyle Hamrick
Community Expert
Community Expert
September 21, 2022

The first thing I'd check is that you have the most up-to-date version of Overlord. Occasionally the software updates will throw a wrench into things with third-party tools.
If that's not the case, the BattleAxe team is extremely responsive if you get in touch with them!

Participant
September 21, 2022

Thanks, I'll get an updated version for the plugin to see if that works.

KK_Vincent
Participant
October 24, 2022

Hello, I am having the same issue and I was wondering if the update solved your problem. 

Thanks