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import subprocess NvTriStripPath = "C:/NvTriStripper-cli.exe" vert_indices = [ 0, 1, 2, 1, 3, 2 ] # Stripifying mesh NvTriStrip = subprocess.Popen([NvTriStripPath], stdin = subprocess.PIPE, stdout = subprocess.PIPE) for vi in vert_indices: NvTriStrip.stdin.write(str(vi).encode() + " ".encode()) NvTriStrip.stdin.write("-1\n".encode()) print("STEP 1") mashit = NvTriStrip.stdout.readline() print("STEP 2") stripcount = int(mashit) if stripcount < 1: raise Exception("NvTriStrip returned 0 strips. Aborting") nativelist = [] striptype = int(NvTriStrip.stdout.readline()) nativelength = int(NvTriStrip.stdout.readline()) nativelist.extend(map(int, NvTriStrip.stdout.readline().split())) print(nativelist)

the above script works perfectly in python. the output is:

Code:

STEP 1 STEP 2 [0, 1, 2, 3]

but when i try to run it in blender if freezes the main window, and the last line in console window is:

Code:

STEP_1

NvTriStripper-cli.exe is in the root of the disk C:\

please help...

it's not intended to use a console beside Blender's interface...

but if you open Blender's console window, you should be able to use

os.read() and input()

sys.stdout.readline() gives me error:
io.UnsupportedOperation: not readable
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No idea what your exe is doing, but you might try putting in a flush after the write, just in case blender is still waiting on the I/O to finish.

thank you guys for your replies. thanks god the flush() thing managed the thing - now i can create triangle strips without rewriting old 2.49 scripts