Help please! 3DS Max script to change a lot of textures in a large scene

Jarvgrimr · Jun 2013

Hey everyone!

Now I am gonna be honest, I know nothing about scripting. Almost zilch.

I am currently doing some work that requires me to change the textures of about 15 assets (each containing multiple multi-sub objects with vray materials on them) that are repeated through a scene... from .tif files to .jpeg. I have got both file types, and I am going to put them in the same folder; is there a script I can use to just... make every .tiff file swap to it's .jpeg equivalent?

This project has had so many file type changes (dds to tiff to tga to jpeg) for many different assets, so I have spent heaps of time in the material editor jumping up and down multisub objects and through vray texture map roll outs. If anyone can help me speed this up, or point me in the right direction to solve this, I would be forever grateful!

Thanks for reading!

Cheers
Jarv

Noors · Jun 2013

I'm using this :

(
    local sFrom = "tiff" -- previous format
    local sTo = "jpg" -- the format that we want
 
    local aBmaps = getClassInstances BitmapTexture
    for Bmap in aBmaps do (
 
            local sFilename = Bmap.filename
            local sPath = getFilenamePath sFilename
            local sFile = getFilenameFile sFilename
            local sType = replace (getFilenameType sFilename) 1 1 ""
 
            if toLower sType == toLower sFrom do Bmap.filename = sPath + sFile + "." + sTo
    )
)

from this http://www.scriptspot.com/forums/3ds-max/scripts-wanted/changing-texture-format

This replace specifically tiff files, but if you have other formats, it can be easily adapted.
Start with scripspot when looking for a specific function, there's a ton of scripts.

Eric Chadwick · Jun 2013

Yep, and there's also the older ChangeBitmaps script from Blur Studios, which is a lifesaver for changing paths, extensions, prefixes, etc.

xXm0RpH3usXx · Jun 2013

I am pretty sure relink bitmaps can do this aswell:
http://www.scriptspot.com/3ds-max/scripts/relink-bitmaps

Jarvgrimr · Jun 2013

Thanks everyone for the links, scripts and tips! I went to scriptspot this morning and it is chock full of so many useful scripts... I'm going to have to explore it all furrher. Once again, many thanks you all are life savers!

Help please! 3DS Max script to change a lot of textures in a large scene

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