Getting rid of legacy "Mental Ray Connection" features

[M.Max]

In that case enjoy https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ovikrepc0...TwEVqk9Wa?dl=0

Thank you so much ! this solved the issue

[^Lele^]

Eheh, this is clever. ^^
But may i ask what is wrong with using the AD recommended approach?
Doesn't the scene converter take care of the -proper and automatic- cleaning of the extra mR attributes?
Or was there a reason to drag them along more max versions?

[IVOR_IP]

I think they need to have a global ignore all mental ray connection toggle. There's just too much stuff in libraries and other plugins that has mentalray embedded. Spent half of my day clicking that error box

[^Lele^]

You can likely find which function is used, and let it run on a batch of max files at once, but yes, it'd be nice to have a global ignore.

[fraggle]

Well, this trick is not working on every scenario. It works when opening a scene, but the pop up still appear when using xref.
That's very annoying for sure.

[glorybound]

It is an Autodesk MAX problem and they don't seem to care. Why they don't have a hotfix yet, I don't know.

[kosso_olli]

Well, this trick is not working on every scenario. It works when opening a scene, but the pop up still appear when using xref.
That's very annoying for sure.

You have to do the same procedure in the Xrefs as well, then it will work.

[fraggle]

Thanks, however Xref path is project dependent I believed. There is no default Xref path, so what path should be put into the plugin ini folder?
Thanks

[kosso_olli]

No, I meant the workflow of using the Scene Converter to eleminate the legacy features. You'd have to do this for every Xref scene and material library and so on.

[fraggle]

No, I meant the workflow of using the Scene Converter to eleminate the legacy features. You'd have to do this for every Xref scene and material library and so on.

That's a teddy task and a time waste. Every single asset must be open, converted, save before being able to use it as xref.
Not all studio got a coder to make a script to achieved such stupid time consuming task.

[^Lele^]

Attached, the scene converter (this is in max 2021.) set up to browse a folder to clean up the files therein.
Optionally it can make backups (notice my option is off).
The first option is also valid: "convert referenced".
A matter of workflow choices, i guess, which one one would want to use

[glorybound]

I think the main point is being missed. When you add a Forest Pro element, you get the errors, Railclone, the errors, SigerShaders, the error. I have to click through 100's of Metal Ray errors a day. Unless I am missing something.

[^Lele^]

You should talk to the makers of each, as it's their responsibility to clean the assets they distribute.
Particularly because if they do not do so themselves, there's a risk you're back to square 1 at each update.

[glorybound]

Or Autodesk can do something. Isn't it a MAX issue?

[^Lele^]

They have, the converter is the tool for this.
Leave it in auto mode, it'll do the job on file load.