Resource Manager
...
The Resource Manager remedies all these situations. Simply set one or more paths to folders containing the missing resources, and when they are needed, the Resource Manager will search until the missing file is found. If the search folders contain Search is recursive: If a folder contains subfolders, those will be seacrhed searched as well.
Add Search Folder: Adds a folder to be seachedsearched.
Remove Search Folder: The reference to the folder is deleted. (The folder itself, and its content, remains untouched.)- Entries List
- Use: Enables or disables Click in this column to enable or disable searching a particular search folder.
- Lock: the The project-relative "Resources" search folder is locked by the plugin. It cannot not be deleted, but it may be disabled.
- Downloads: Click to set the destination for materials downloaded from the online gallery.
- Search Folder Path: The path to the folder.
- mxm: Enable/disable searching for MXM files in search folder.
- img: Enable/disable searching for bitmap images (jpg, tiff, etc.) in search folder.
- ior: Enable/disable searching for complex IOR files in search folder.
- hdr: Enable/disable searching for HDR and MXI files in search folder.
- ies: Enable/disable searching for IES and LDT files in search folder.
- mxs: Enable/disable searching for MXS files in search folder.
Search folders may be dragged up or down to change the search order.
...
If the file is not found at the existing path or an any libraries, an alert is issued, indicating that the Log should be checked for missing resources. To correct:
...
- Copy your project, including it's 'Resources' folder.
- Copy the contents of any other general resources folders that are in use. (If you want to copy only relevant resources, use the Workstation Transfer command.)
- Add a search path to the general resources folder when you first open the project on the new workstation.
...