Auto Texture Refresh for Maya?

JKim3 · Apr 2005

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 · Apr 2005

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 · Apr 2005

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 · May 2005

Whoo. Thanks a bunch, Snowfly. Works great.

Thanks, though, Cheese.

MoP · May 2005

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 · May 2005

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

Steve Schulze · May 2005

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 · May 2005

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

Code:<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 · May 2005

Thanks Whargoul.
Just used that script for a new key

Saves a ton of time.

MoP · May 2005

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 · May 2005

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

Whargoul · May 2005

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:

Code:<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 · May 2005

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 · May 2005

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

Jeff Parrott · May 2005

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 · May 2005

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 · May 2005

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

Whargoul · May 2005

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

Code:<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 · May 2005

Great Whargoul.

AstroZombie · May 2005

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

Jeff Parrott · May 2005

Bah!

Works great Whargoul, thanks.

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