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Am I doing something wrong, or is it just a very slow process to add the textures to the proper slots in MCX, I am working on an admittedly large model but its been over 8 hours and I am still adding the proper textures in the proper slots, its like every time I add the texture in to the slot then the program has to reprocess all the textures every time. is there a way to speed this process up or am I doing it the wrong way, to begin with? Thanks
 
It sounds like your workflow may be unnecessarily complex. Can you describe the exact steps you are taking?

Most times a model is imported into MCX it should already have textures applied to it. Then you make any minor (or wholesale) modifications to the textures already present. If you are manually adding all your textures to your model within MCX then it sounds like your workflow is reversed. They should have already been applied in your modelling program of choice.
 
when im finished in substance painter I apply the textures in blender using nodes, my problem is I don't know how to export the obj file in such a way as to get MCX to find the textures.
 
If your textures are already applied and mapped in Blender then you should be good to go.

In using Blender 2.79 I usually export as a Wavefront OBJ and then convert to MDL using MCX.
However for some reason, the material (.MTL) file written with the OBJ does not work nicely with MCX and the textures aren't located. So to overcome this I export from Blender twice: once with the path mode set to COPY. Then a 2nd time with the path mode set to STRIP.
The first export moves all your textures to a common location next to the OBJ, with an "incorrect" .MTL file.
The second export ignores all textures, but writes a correct .MTL file with references to textures wherever the OBJ is located.

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When you open the OBJ in MCX the textures should now all load automatically.

Note: I am not sure if the method I describe is affected by the use of Nodes and PBR.
 
Hi,

Making changes in the material editor should not take very long. It is right that after each material update the preview is refreshed and for very complex models that might take 10 seconds or so. But in general it should happen very fast. Hours, I can't imagine. How complex is your model (amount of polygons and materials)?
 
Sorry Arno, when I downloaded the latest MCX version I forgot to extract it to my other hard drive, It was extracted to my secondary hard drive wich did not have enough room to run the program efficiently. so that was my fault.
 
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