Trying to bake a lightmap in a mesh and get this error, what does it refer to?
“Beast error: 5: Invalid object state
UnityEditor.DockArea:OnGUI()”
Please mark your Unity 3 beta questions with “Unity 3” in the subject so as not to create too much confusion…
Ok, sorry, will do (though I did assume “beast” in the topic header would make it clear).
Any help on the issue?
Anyone got any input on this?
Seeing it again for the first time in quite a while.
The object I have highlighted is marked static.
EDIT: Restarting Unity seems to have helped the problem,
now the console is reporting some incorrect UVs on some objects.
The lighting system is running though.
Yeah I have the same problem too, even got someone else to test the project and it does work for them. I have also tried the same project on Windows 7 and I get the same error, it is just very very frustrating. It has never worked for me restarting Unity3 does not help at all. Tested on beta 4, 5, 6, and 7. Could it be something wrong with a permission on our license keys?
project with the error
380879–13153–$testbake_624.zip (110 KB)
I notice you’ve filed a bug report for this error. This should help the QA team nail it before Unity 3 is released.
Hi Guys,
Instead of just ranting and complaining, I have some good news and some bad news. First the good news…Unity 3.0 is absolutely incredible. I am just in ore of the work the team has done to make such a quality product for the multiplatform masses. And i just love the support for us Mac users. In my experience with Beast (when it worked) i was actually excited to see how quick and effective it was to get lovely results. So well done to all the unity crew!
Now on to the not so good news…
I first downloaded the recent public release pro trial for the mac and it doesn’t bake, showing the same error as the OP. Invalid Object State. I tried downgrading to free version, but to no avail.
So i tried the free windows version on the same mac, it works…very odd.
Shame though, becuase i preferably don’t want to have to use windows, and i can’t really test it properly at the moment. I was hoping this would be the first unity release i would buy, but i cant bring myself to doing it with an uncertain feature like this…
Regards
Bump. Someone please help find a solution to this error. Seems to happen only in osx.
Ok, so it doesn’t seem to matter which script i try, if i run unity in OSX, i get this error…
Beast error: 5: Invalid object state
UnityEditor.DockArea:OnGUI()
And the Editor Log says this…
Beast error: 5: Invalid object state
UnityEditor.Lightmapping:BakeAsync()
UnityEditor.LightmapEditor:Buttons()
UnityEditor.LightmapEditor:OnGUI()
System.Reflection.MonoMethod:InternalInvoke(Object, Object[ ], Exception)
System.Reflection.MonoMethod:Invoke(Object, BindingFlags, Binder, Object[ ], CultureInfo)
System.Reflection.MethodBase:Invoke(Object, Object[ ])
UnityEditor.HostView:Invoke(String, Object)
UnityEditor.HostView:Invoke(String)
UnityEditor.DockArea:OnGUI()
[/Applications/buildAgent/work/68355d6e5d19d587/Projects/…/Editor/Src/Lightmapping.cpp line 40]
(Filename: /Applications/buildAgent/work/68355d6e5d19d587/Projects/…/Editor/Src/Lightmapping.cpp Line: 40)
I am pulling my hair out about this issue, because i feel as though if i can’t use Beast, I can’t really properly trial this great software…
If anyone can help, it would be fantastic. Is it a graphics card driver problem? License problem, permissions? I’ve tried everything.
Sorry to be a bother.
Regards.
Excuse me moderators for what i´m going to say : (if this is bad… feel free to delete my post)
I´m a mac lover, but i have a pc, i´m using Windows 7 and Iatkos S3 V2 (Hackintosh), i got the problem in Hackintosh but not in Windows, … do those peoples having the Beast Error 5 Problem are using Hackintosh ???.. just to know… maybe that is the problem…
In my case, i don´t really know if i have QE enabled but i have installed Nvdarwin 1.2.5 (for Nvidia 9600), games run, Unity Runs smooth, but maybe you´re right with videocard driver issue… maybe because the medium compatibility grade of hackintoshes…
Good chance on it as the drivers etc are not meant for what they are used and can very well cause trouble on a hackintosh
Yes mate, I’m afraid to say that I am also experimenting with iatkos, and I had a feeling that this would be the root of the problem. But only because I am a recent Mac convert. My next computer will be a Mac. Shame I can’t use beast until then. It must be a graphics driver thing. I think I’m using nvinstaller, I havnt really had any problems with graphics until now either. Who knows, I guess it could be any number of things really…
If you or anyone else finds a solution to this problem please post your findings.
Thanks again.
I will try 3.1 to see if works…
Just tried it, no good. Same error. It sucks, but looks like we’ll have to use windows at least for building lightmaps. I wonder why its just lightmaps though, the game engine itself runs very smooth…
Have you tried another clone, … for instance, Ideneb, … ? or another kernel, Iatkos has 10.6.3 … but maybe in Ideneb 1.6 (10.5.8)… and yes, Unity runs great just the lightmap tool won´t to work… (but remember lightmaping is independent of Unity) 
My issue stemmed from a single-faced object that I didn’t really need, that I deleted.
I have some other errors that I haven’t tried to correct, but it seems the light-mapper does work now.
how did you managed to solve the Beast Error 5 ?
I deleted the object I mentioned and the error no longer occurs in the project.
Other than that I have no idea how to deal with it.
@Don: could you submit a bug report including just that single mesh? I’ll make sure Beast doesn’t choke on things like that anymore.
@others: if you could submit bug reports and include your projects, that would be very helpful.
Thanks!