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MCX Batch Process: change GUID + friendly name

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Hi,

When I use the function "change GUID" in the batch processing mode, I see that the GUID has not changed even though the process runs through without errors. Am I missing something?

I also noticed that one can not simply manually change the GUID of a model in MCX - in the object information it changes upon pressing "Set new GUID", but when you save the file the old GUID is written. Maybe this limited function is also called by the batch processing routine.

I recon that only changing the GUID of a model does not make much sense without also changing the friendly name. Would it be possible to combine the GUID renaming function in the batch processing routine with a friendly name change, where the names of the selected objects could be prefixed or suffixed with a custom extension? This way it would be easy to spawn objects en masse off a given repository and prefix them with a name that e.g. resembles the scenery project they are used for. Example:

barrels3-box1-v2
b37724b1-2a74-448b-a5fe-d2b01d42be82

would become

CBI-barrels3-box1-v2
f0c4f4f3-3c25-4e5d-a9a8-489e3e2facae

after the batch processing.


I hope my utterings are half way understandable :-)

Cheers,
Mark
 
Hi,

If you overwrite an existing mdl file the exporter by default preserves the guid. You can disable that in the options.

I can probably add a batch step to prefix or suffix the friendly name as well.
 
Hi Arno,

thanks for the answer, I have not noticed the override option, my bad. The prefix / suffix step would be great!

Cheers,
Mark
 
Hello,
I don't know how to disable this setting. There is a box that says "PreserveGUIDonExport" and I hit False, but The MDL I tweaked still has the same GUID.
 
Ok I know you can do it in the Model Info window, it is not a batch process, but it works.
 
I can change the GUID, but when I export the mdl, I can never find it. I think it has something to do with the paths.
 
I would check the log for a failed export because that would address the batch process issue as well.
 
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