Hello VRay-ers,
I’ve found some time to completely re-write “Relink Bitmaps”.
I’m also looking for full-time/part-time work in Game Development or ArchVis, please check out my portfolio at http://www.colinsenner.com and resume here (PDF).
Tested thoroughly with (32-bit and 64-bit): Max 2010, Max 2009, Max 2008, Max 9 (service pack 1+)
Features:
All 3dsmax supported Bitmap Texture types
(new) Relinks Mental Ray Proxy files
(new) Relinks VRay Proxies (.vrmesh)
(new) Relinks VRayHDRI files
(new) Relinks IES files (including VRayIES files)
(new) Automatically checks for script updates and new versions
250% speed increase from previous versions
Command-line mode available for automating repetative tasks (see documentation on the website)
Configurable default user options saving button clicks and wasted time
Yes…it does relink VRayMesh, VRayHDRI, etc! (Finally…)
This tool is available to the community for free, but I kindly request if you see the value in time this tool saves you, that you donate whatever you can to help me pay off student loans. Every donation helps immensely. I do however understand that we’re all in this mess somehow and I understand if you aren’t able to donate immediately at this time. To donate simply click the “Donate!” button on the script. I am suggesting $4.99 for an individual, but whatever you can spare will insure the future development of this script and updates.
If you can’t donate now, I hope it saves you time and headaches.
Simms, you’re the first person to donate, thank you very much, I’ll contact you with your license file to take away that donate popup!
Thanks for funding future support for yourself and others who benefit as well.
If you have any problems, for the fastest reply send me an email and I’ll fix it right away, but I’ll also be checking in here plenty. Post Praises and Problems here, and I’ll get back with you asap.
@Jacksc - Hey Jacksc, watch the tutorial on my website and you’ll see. It will automatically search the directory and all subdirectories, when you click on a missing map it will select the object in the scene which that map is attached to. It will ignore case if you like (if your maps get converted to lowercase). It will relink ies, vrmesh, mrproxies, vrayhdri, vrayies, bitmaps, etc. It’s been a while since I’ve used asset tracker. I think most people will agree this tool is more powerful and much easier than asset tracker, at least that’s what I think.
@ Bobby: having it installed crashes 2010 design? I’ll take a look, I tested it thoroughly with 2010, but I don’t have design. I’ll let you know.
@ShaunDon - thank you as well. The new features like relink .vrmesh files and vrayhdris and ies files should prove to save even more time and headaches as well. I’ll include more with each release.
I am sure it´s just me but I can´t make it run under Max 2009, Vista 64. I get this error message when I run the script from the desktop:
>> MAXScript FileIn Exception: -- Compile error: Unable to create copy/move destination directory: C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2009\scripts\Relink Bitmaps
-- In line: name “Relink Bitmaps Installer”
description “Installs Relink Bitmaps on your system”
version 2
copy “C_Lib.mse” to "$scripts\Re
-- In file: mzp.run in package C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2009\Scripts\Relink-Bitmaps-v2.0.mzp <<
@Preisler - That’s the exact test system I did most of the testing with Max 2009, Vista 64, so no problem there. It sounds like the script doesn’t have permission to create the directory (it should copy all the files in the .mzp to this directory)
Max2009_root\scripts\Relink Bitmaps
so you might need to run max as administrator and run the script, if this doesn’t work as a last resort rename the “Relink Bitmaps v2.0.mzp” to “Relink Bitmaps v2.0.zip” and manually create the folder (above) yourself and copy all of the files except the bitmaps to the scripts/Relink Bitmaps directory, and copy the 2x .bmp files to the ui/icons directory. When done, run the .mcr file you copied to \scripts\Relink Bitmaps\ directory. Whew that was quite a mouthful, hopefully the above works. I haven’t heard of anyone else with this problem. Let me know how it goes!
@Natty - Thank you so much natty, I’ll get your license stuff done when I get back, till then enjoy and please don’t hesitate to let me know any problems or requests.
@ Preisler - Glad that worked (because frankly the manual installation instructions are not very fun)! Your donation is much appreciated, and though they’re for student loans I will have a beer with the extra at your request, a good one though, something from Belgium would be nice, something crisp.
If anyone would care to write a short testimonial for the script I will happily put it on my site with a link to your site as well. If you would like to, please email it to me at csenne20@student.scad.edu.
Just a big thank you to this community for always being so generous in critique, praise, giving, and helping. I couldn’t ask for a better group of people to share my work and parts of my life with. And always Vlado and the team deserve so much, thank you for everything you all do behind the scenes.
