Auto Texture Refresh for Maya?

JKim3

Is there a plug-in or a MEL script that would allow for auto texture updating, or updating with a press of a custom button? Like, anything so I don't have to keep going into the attribute window of the shader node and such and such to refresh. I've tried looking for one and even through the settings, but I guess I'm not searching for the correct words or something.

CheeseOnToast

I have one that works for Maya 4. Haven't tried it yet on later versions. I can send it on, PM me if you're interested.

Snowfly

David Keegan's reloadTexture script. Just look it up on the page.

http://www.highend3d.com/maya/mel/?section=rendering&sort=dt_modified+desc

Warghoul/the EA guys have a version too.

JKim3

Whoo. Thanks a bunch, Snowfly. Works great.

Thanks, though, Cheese.

MoP

JKim3: You know, I was gonna post the exact same link Snowfly did. Guess how I found it?

Google -> "Maya reload texture script" ... it really is as easy as that. Saves time and effort on everyone's part if you just Google it before making a new thread

MoP

JKim3

Hey, I did google it. Like I said, I probably used the wrong words. I was searching for 'refresh' and 'plug-in'

Steve Schulze

You can just bind the right-hand-side toolbar menu that has texture info on it, inluding the reload button, to a key. Then you won't have to have that annoying little menu with one button on it cluttering up your screen.

Whargoul

Or make a new hoykey with this as it's script:

<font class="small">Code:</font><hr /><pre>
//global proc CRupdateTexAll(){
{
waitCursor -state on;
string $fileTextures[] = `ls -tex`;
int $count=0;
source AEfileTemplate.mel;
for ($node in $fileTextures)
{
if (`attributeQuery -node $node -ex fileTextureName`)
{
AEfileTextureReloadCmd ($node+".fileTextureName");
$count = ++$count;
}
}
waitCursor -state off;
print ("Reloaded "+$count+" textures"+"\n");
}
</pre><hr />

I wrote this about 5 years ago

Phobos

Thanks Whargoul.
Just used that script for a new key Saves a ton of time.

MoP

Many thanks, Whargoul! I used to have that saved but didn't have it backed up before I had to get a new hard drive...

Is there any way that it could be set up to just reload a specific texture with a hotkey, instead of all textures in a scene?
Like if I was to call my texture node "WIP_Texture" or something similarly identifiable, could I edit the script to affect only that specific texture node?

MoP

Snowfly

MoP, david keegan's script lets you do exactly that.

Whargoul

I think it's pretty fast at reloading anyways, if you only change a single texture. I never noticed any big slow-downs when reloading a scene with multiple texutre, with only 1 changed. But maybe I'm lucky

If you wanted to just reload a single texture node, just change it like this:

<font class="small">Code:</font><hr /><pre>
//global proc CRupdateTexAll(){
{
string $node = "myNode";
waitCursor -state on;
source AEfileTemplate.mel;
if (`attributeQuery -node $node -ex fileTextureName`)
AEfileTextureReloadCmd ($node+".fileTextureName");
waitCursor -state off;
}
</pre><hr />

And change "myNode" to the name of the node you want reloaded.

malcolm

Reloading all textures eats up all the ram really quick on both my home pc and the ghetto one I have at work. Ryan wrote me a script which reloads textures on selected objects which is pretty nice except it has a work around on which is annoying. Do you want to write a better one?

Whargoul

What's the crappy work around? It should be pretty easy to make one reload only selected object's textures.

Jeff Parrott

mmmm... script to reload selected object's textures. Lemme show a full blown Mel scripter this thread and see if he can whip that up.

MoP

I like Whargoul's version - I just name my WIP texture node "working", and hit Alt-R to run the script. Since I'm only ever working on one texture at a time, it leaves all the others in the scene untouched and only reloads the one I'm using - fast and easy. Also means I get to tear off and maximise a viewport

Whargoul

I wrote the selected object texture refresh for malcolm already. I'll post it later. (it's on my work machine)

Whargoul

Here's one I wrote for just updating the textures on the selected objects:

<font class="small">Code:</font><hr /><pre>
//global proc CRupdateTexSelected()
{
waitCursor -state on;
source AEfileTemplate.mel;
string $mats[];
string $files[];
string $sel[]=`ls -sl -tr -l`;

for ($node in $sel)
{
string $shapes[] = `listRelatives -f -s -ni $node`;
for ($shape in $shapes)
{
string $sgs[] = `listConnections -d 1 -s 0 -p 0 -t "shadingEngine" $shape`;
for ($sg in $sgs)
{
if (`connectionInfo -id ($sg+".surfaceShader")`)
{
string $matCon = `connectionInfo -sfd ($sg+".surfaceShader")`;
$mats[`size($mats)`] = `match "[^.]*" $matCon`;
}
}
}
}
$mats = `stringArrayRemoveDuplicates $mats`;
for ($mat in $mats)
{
string $nodes[] =`listHistory $mat`;
for ($node in $nodes)
{
if (`nodeType $node`=="file" || `nodeType $node`=="psdFileTex")
$files[`size($files)`]=$node;
}

}
$files = `stringArrayRemoveDuplicates $files`;
int $count=0;
int $count2=0;
for ($file in $files)
{
if (`attributeQuery -node $file -ex fileTextureName`)
{
string $theFile = `getAttr ($file+".fileTextureName")`;
if (`filetest -r $theFile`)
{
AEfileTextureReloadCmd ($file+".fileTextureName");
$count++;
}
else $count2++;
}
}
if ($count2) print ("Reloaded "+$count+" texture"+ ($count>1?"s":"")+", skipped "+$count2 +" texture"+ ($count2>1?"s":"")+"\n");
else print ("Reloaded "+$count+" texture"+ ($count>1?"s":"")+"\n");
waitCursor -state off;
}
</pre><hr />

I added a few nice things:
* It does file nodes & psd file nodes
* It does all maps in the shader heirarchy
* Doesn't try to reload missing map files (when you get stuff from other people, eg.)

Jeff Parrott

Great Whargoul.

AstroZombie

As a loyal Max user I will take this as a small victory

Jeff Parrott

Bah!

Works great Whargoul, thanks.