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Hi Arno,

In the latest MCX where is the option to define material suffixes? For e.g. metallic = metal or night = LM.
 
Hi,

In version 1.6 I moved these settings to a different section. But I see now that I forgot to add that section to the GUI. Let me fix that ASAP.
 
Are you installing each update in the same folder or in a new folder?

I don't see issues with settings being lost while I develop new versions on my machine.
 
I basically copy all files in the update to the MCX folder overwriting. I have never had any issues in the past. Started having this problem only recently.
 
Let me double check with these suffixes here on my machine.
 
I can confirm, Arno that the suffixes (ex. bump, C, etc.) are not kept in Options when changed. It's not keeping the suffixes for me when changing and then closing MCX then reloading/ running MCX again.
 
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Hi,

There was a bug in the code indeed that caused the object processor settings to not be saved when MCX closed. This will be fixed in the next development release. Thanks for reporting.
 
Arno, I am getting frequent crashes in MCX when I am selecting textures in the Material Editor. I will send you the error code when I see it next.

Meanwhile I am getting this strange anomaly when running the MDL through MCX. If I export direct from GMAX it is OK.
 

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Hi,

If you have an error message I can hopefully see what is going on.

For the anomaly, does it show in MCX as well if you load the MDL back into it or does it only show in the sim?
 
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Hi,

If you have an error message I can hopefully see what is going on.

For the anomaly, does it show in MCX as well if you load the MDL back into it or does it only show in the sim?
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It only shows in-sim. MCX is looking proper.

On another matter, what is the parameter "Detail V"? Is it the same as "Detail Y" in the PBR section?
 
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Arno,

Here is that error. It happens when I multi-select materials in the Material Editor to apply (say) bump textures to all.
 

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OK, let me try to reproduce.
 
shez said:
Arno, I am getting frequent crashes in MCX when I am selecting textures in the Material Editor. I will send you the error code when I see it next.

Meanwhile I am getting this strange anomaly when running the MDL through MCX. If I export direct from GMAX it is OK.
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This visual anomaly happens when I apply the bump texture. Seems to distort the edge of the ramp (see image above).
 
Does your bump map texture follow the FS conventions?
 
I did some further work and found it was having the bump and detail texture together causing the visual anomaly. Not sure why.
 
Hi,

I tried to reproduce your crash, but I did not succeed yet. I can select multiple materials and then type in a new name for the bump texture without any error.
 
@shez

Have you figured out the problem with the anomaly? If you haven't, could you say how you created the bump map (with steps taken)?
 
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