komyali Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 Never ending question. My every scene have missing file window at open, on some I find file, but on some I can't find nothing, no material no object no nothing but missing file at beginning. What to do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zdravko Barisic Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 Click cancel. And drink sam kofi! ... I always ignore that, some from older files, nested into some mat in mat editor slot, thats it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heni30 Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 I know - it's a psychological pain in the butt. I look at the missing file name - then look at expanded list of materials and see what material it's attached to - that material will list the objects that have that material applied. If it's not too complicated, select that object and delete it if it's not doing anything, or apply another material to it that doesn't have the missing file associated with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
komyali Posted September 2, 2014 Author Share Posted September 2, 2014 man I have one scene with imported TV and later I changed picture on tv but now it is missing old picture, so when I delete TV it is missing again, cant find any object in list, I think best way is to copy whole scene to new max file... and yes it is psychological pain in the butt xD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
braddewald Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Use the Relink Bitmaps script by Colin Senner. It also gives you the option to delete the missing map if you don't need it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasonstewart Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 Use the Relink Bitmaps script by Colin Senner. It also gives you the option to delete the missing map if you don't need it. Yep, script is a real time saver. Every model company does it different and some do it horrible so all their maps will be missing. I just set it up to find anything in my assets folder (contains all my personal maps and purchased models etc) and in about 10 seconds or so everything is good. If it does not find it then it is not available so I delete it or find something to replace it with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corey Beaulieu Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 Sometimes, if you are using Slate instead of the Compact Editor, or vice versa, the material in question is hanging out in the other editor Look there first. If the problem persists, Just place a map of the same name that won't effect anything in your maps folder and it will fill in for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watsonjames1 Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 Never ending question. My every scene have missing file window at open, on some I find file, but on some I can't find nothing, no material no object no nothing but missing file at beginning. What to do? _____________________ watson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
braddewald Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 see my comment above, three above yours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corey Beaulieu Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 Never ending question. My every scene have missing file window at open, on some I find file, but on some I can't find nothing, no material no object no nothing but missing file at beginning. What to do? _____________________ watson Devise a better system for file keeping... You need to make sure that you copy all maps and proxies to a central folder(s) per project, or however you want to set it up, but Max is not losing your files. Zoa Path Editor can help you move things around and/or you need to setup a stable path for map/proxy drives. Sorry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
komyali Posted November 13, 2014 Author Share Posted November 13, 2014 I made copy of entire scene in new file... now it is ok (three months ago), it is some bug, there was no material or object... and I hate scripts, my way is to zip whole file and then just open all maps and put them in one folder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amen Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 I am using Project Manager to find missing bitmaps. It has a lot of other great functionality too. One thing it does, it can remove the missing map from the scene, so it cannot annoy you any more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
komyali Posted November 24, 2014 Author Share Posted November 24, 2014 one thing that I hate more than missing map is plugin xD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amen Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 But why are you using Max then? Without plugins and scripts it is only half as good and productive to use... ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
komyali Posted November 24, 2014 Author Share Posted November 24, 2014 You are right, I didnt said I dont use them, but just that I hate them If you build some product you build it whole not just part and then later use plugin, I am talking about basic things not plugins for parametric architecture and expert stuff... Imagine you buy car and they say to you that you need to buy "plugin" wheels (although they do it with rims but that is extra) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watsonjames1 Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Never ending question. My every scene have missing file window at open, on some I find file, but on some I can't find nothing, no material no object no nothing but missing file at beginning. What to do? _____________________ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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