Xref path redirect 3dsmax9

TWilson

Heyo

So I'm not much of an xref user or environment artist or a fan of 3dsmax. However, here I am trying to figure out how to re-direct some xref paths in an environment in 3dsmax.

I've changed some of the paths in the Asset Tracker but there's a bastard child at the bottom of each Xref that doesn't conform still. This bastard child also has no path options available - even though it shows the wrong path to taunt me.

The parent is ZN_* and the child is ZNA_*. The parent is in *\Zones\ and the child is in *\ZoneArt\.

Any ideas?

TWilson

As far as I can tell the child is yet another x-ref in a different scene again.

/me doesn't like where this is going.

there must be an easy way to fix all these. batch?

Eric Chadwick

Don't use Xrefs.

TWilson

Unfortunately I'm only the victim of someone else's decision right now.

Eric Chadwick

Bummer. Best bet then is to search the Area and CGTalk forums, and if there's nothing then post some queries.

TWilson

Thanks for that Eric...

Mark Dygert

Sometimes the asset tracking won't update, when you switch the path unless you copy/paste the path into the "browse" window. Also the Xref objects/modifier itself as a path you can edit. If clicking on each one is too much there might be a way to script it...

Also in that particular version of 3dsmax, Xrefs sometimes won't update until after you reopen the file. Just about any time I would update the source file, the Xref would turn into a little x and wouldn't display the object until I reopened the file.