Thank you Bernt-Scholer !!
I managed to get it installed with the below changes (note the version from git differs - these are files are not all changed), however it now runs in Blender, but crashes with the error :-
File "C:\Users\memki\AppData\Roaming\Blender Foundation\Blender\4.2\extensions\blender_org\coat_applink\tex.py", line 331, in createnodes group_tree.outputs.new("NodeSocketColor", "Color") ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ AttributeError: 'ShaderNodeTree' object has no attribute 'outputs'
Since the new update 4.2 - I can't install or enable the addon - no module name io_coat3d :D
THANK YOU to the previous (and at this time, only other reviewer) Bernt-Scholer!!! The applink would not install correctly for me either, until I made the changes outlined so clearly in his comment. Bernt, you didn't need to take the time to post your changes, but you did it to help others. Serious thanks. You get 10 stars in my book.
Thanks for the addon, but I got the addon to install only after changing some old entries from when the folder of the addon was named "io_coat3D", but the name now is "coat_applink".
My changes are: file: init.py lines: 12, 13, 14 change the entries "io_coat3D" to "." (dot - without the quotation marks)
file: tex.py line: 9 change the entry "io_coat3D" to "." (dot - without the quotation marks)
lines: 384 & 388 change the entries "io_coat3D" to "coat_applink"
file: texVR.py line: 419 change the entries "io_coat3D" to "coat_applink"
Hi. Version 4.9.37 only work for version 4.1 and earlier. For version 4.2 the working applink can be found on v2024.24 installation folder C:\Program Files\3DCoat-2024\data\ToolsPresets\InstallAppLinks\Blender4x. For version 4.2/4.3 follow this instructions: https://blenderartists.org/t/how-do-i-use-the-3d-coat-applink-for-blender-4-2/1540848/22. *note: GetBack command it is not working -we work on next addon update-. Meantime use node-wrangler addon to link textures.