best way to place bitmaps in relation to .mat files

[3dwannab]

Hi all,

 

I have a vast collection of .mat files on my computer,

 

I was wondering from the experience of EXPERIENCED users what way to go about organising the .mat files with the corresponding bitmaps.

 

As you can see I have downloaded them from vray-materails.de with the maps in the same folder as the mat files. and attached is two screenshots of the root folder and the folder within.

 

I mean its all well and good saving the mat files with the corresponding path to the specific bitmap but lets say I change drive letter or move to another computer.

 

Is there a way to save the mats so next time I move computer or drive letter the mat files will be ready to use with the bitmaps already found.

 

Any thoughts masters of 3ds?

[quizzy]

ahhh... now I see what you would like to do with those mat files.. adding them into one mat file. that is btw very possible.

[KIT]

I don't have MAX in front of me at the moment (so I can't give you step by step instructions) but you can configure "user folders" for different assets including bitmaps, so that if a scene/material requires a bitmap that was not found, MAX will look for it on those folders. And I think you can use a network folder to share across different seats...

[3dwannab]

ahhh... now I see what you would like to do with those mat files.. adding them into one mat file. that is btw very possible.

 

 

lol you see the light at LAST haha.. looking for a script somewhere to ease the pain

 

As regards the moving files in the future to different computer an the link remain intact to the .mat file.

 

Can you give me a tip

 

Thanks