Missing textures warning

[danieleboldicotti]

Hello chaps,

 

I am currently having a problem in 3ds max, I have had to open several files from the library and re-link all the textures (Texture maps library relocation) but once I have saved the file if someone else of the team opens the same files they get the "Missing external Files" warning saying there are missing textures. This, as you can understand, is quite annoying and frustating. Is there any way to fix this issue?

 

Best,

 

Dan

[James Vella]

Are they using the same driver letter paths?

 

You could also try unc paths if that fails.

 

Are you linking them through the asset browser? Doing this on the loading screen (the new pop up window) only adds the texture paths to your local machine saved paths and will not work on another account. Best to use bitmap relinker by colin senner or manually through the asset browser - shift T

[danieleboldicotti]

Hi James,

 

yes they are using the same driver letter path, to re-link all the textures I do it by the "assets tracking toggle". I will test now the Colin Senner bitmap relinker, perhaps it works better than the one integrated in max (I wouldn't be so surprised.. )

 

Best,

 

Dan

[himanshuchoudhary]

Customize >> Configure User Paths >> External files

 

Here you can try adding the whole directly with textures or maps from the network/server on each system in the office.

This could help.

[Lewis Garrison]

We avoid this problem at my office by simply copying the textures from our library into the folder the project is saved in. Max always knows to look for textures within the folder its saved so we never run into pathing issues.

[Tom Sproule]

You could also try unc paths if that fails.

 

I have to agree. We always use UNC paths and never have a problem. We only have a problem if we assign a letter to a path, then it's always an issue. The solution - UNC paths.

 

Here's a link to the Max help:

 

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/3ds-max/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2015/ENU/3DSMax/files/GUID-65B76EDE-2219-417F-9BB5-368074115909-htm.html

 

Best, Tom

[sinisoftware]

Hello chaps,

 

I am currently having a problem in 3ds max, I have had to open several files from the library and re-link all the textures (Texture maps library relocation) but once I have saved the file if someone else of the team opens the same files they get the "Missing external Files" warning saying there are missing textures. This, as you can understand, is quite annoying and frustating. Is there any way to fix this issue?

 

Best,

 

Dan

 

This is just a 3ds max thing, but there is a fix. After you relink, open the 3d asset tracker and press the refresh button. Now if you save the file the relinked paths should be fine.

 

Si