Painter: Update/refresh all maps

MichaelF · Dec 2015

I've been looking for a button where I'm able to update all maps at once (all my baked maps) so i don't have to say "refresh" and make sure that they are properly loaded in all layers.

Is there a way to do that?

Froyok · Dec 2015

Are you baking inside or outside of Substance Painter ? If you are baking inside then the additional map slots are what you are looking for. When you bake, those slots are automatically updated. Since the filters and mask generators read those slots, they will also automatically update too.

If you are baking outside Painter and imported your texture, right-click on a texture and choose "reload". Then drag and drop the texture into the additional map slot to update it.

MichaelF · Dec 2015

Im baking outside. It just slows down my workflow when i have to update 6 maps and drag them into place everytime. So i was wondering if there was a automatic way to do that

Froyok · Dec 2015

We don't have an automation yet in this particular case.

MichaelF · Dec 2015

okay

Thanks for the fast reply and happy holidays!

Tvidotto · Mar 2020

any update on this? It would be great to not have to update every single texture one by one and then use the resource updater.

Thanks!

Grubber · Jan 2021

Five years old thread!? Nice.
Totally agree with Tvidotto. The feature is desperately needed!

TriGon_ · Jan 2021

would be an amazing way to start 2021!

poopipe · Jan 2021

You could use the resource updater

It's been there since at least 2017

Grubber · Jan 2021

poopipe said:

You could use the resource updater

It's been there since at least 2017

Yes, but like Tvidotto said, you still need to reload every texture changed outside SP one by one.

Ch4ndra · Sep 2023

Hey, years later into the discussion but there doesn't seem to be an official solution for this.
I got into this stuff recently so, I decided to write a little script/ plugin for the same purpose.
Check it out, this definitely helped me save some hassle.
Link: https://aurifexchandra.gumroad.com/l/vtyyw

haarp · Jul 2024

God bless you Chandra, spent years waiting for Substance to add an auto import.

Ch4ndra · Oct 2024

Glad to hear people are finding it useful.
I have posted an update with new features, you can check it out here:
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Painter: Update/refresh all maps

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