Max Design 2010 - revert to old select by name

[markf]

I want to edit the 3dsmax.ini file so that the select by name dialog is the older version. I have done this for max 2009 but can't find it in Design 2010. The SceneExplorer = (x) line seems to be missing form the 3ds.ini. Has this been moved or is it not something that can be changed anymore or...?

 

Thanks for any help

[Tim Nelson]

It should be there...I was able to do it in 2010, although at the moment I can't remember the exact directory that I found the .ini in.

[markf]

I found the file in Documents and Settings\User\Local Settings\Application Date\Autodesk\3dsMaxDesign\2010\enu

 

There I find the 3dsmax.ini file. I open the file with notepad and all the various settings are there. I cannot find the SceneExplorer= line. Has it been renamed?

[Tim Nelson]

Ahh, ok, try this. In the enu folder, there should be a 'defaults' folder. Inside should be a file called currentdefaults.ini. You should be able to find it there.

[markf]

I have 2 folders under the defaults folder. DesignViz.mentalray and Max.vray Both contain a CurrentDefaults.ini file. I use Vray abd have Max set to start with that. The CurrentDefaults.ini file in the Max.Vray folder has the current date. That file, however, does not have the SceneExplorer= line. The DesignViz.mentalray does have the SceneExplorer= 0 line, but the date on the file is pretty old, I don't use mental ray (yet) and I'm sure that file is not being referenced by Max.

 

I tried changing that DesignViz.mentalray SceneExplorer=0 to 1 but it, predictably, had no affect.

 

Thanks for trying to help me figure this out.

[Crazy Homeless Guy]

I think you can just add that line to the ini file if it is not present, and then it will work like you want. I am not at my production computer, so I don't know for sure.

[ivorip]

I wrote this script since they made the scene explorer as default.

 

Just run this script and it'll toggle between the two. Tested with max,mray,vray defaults.

 

There's probably a more elegant way, but I couldn't find a location in max where it stores that value.

 

render_type=pathconfig.strippathtoleaf (getINISetting (getmaxinifile()) "Directories" "Defaults")
max_defaults = (getdir #maxdata) + "defaults\\" + render_type + "\\currentdefaults.ini"

se_result = getinisetting max_defaults "Scene Explorer" "SelectByNameUsesSceneExplorer"
if se_result == "1" then (
setinisetting max_defaults "Scene Explorer" "SelectByNameUsesSceneExplorer" "0"
)
else
(
setinisetting max_defaults "Scene Explorer" "SelectByNameUsesSceneExplorer" "1"
)

Edited January 22, 2010 by ivorip